Tornado Cash money launderer tells jury how he pulled off a $1M NFT scam at age 20
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WeWork's former top lawyer is building an 'AI-native' law firm. Her model for client cost savings? TurboTax.
Covenant wants to do for fund docs what TurboTax did for tax prep: make the old way look unnecessarily expensive.
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Justice Department tells Supreme Court not to toss the sex-trafficking conviction of Ghislaine Maxwell
The Justice Department and FBI said it would no longer release Jeffrey Epstein files, reigniting interest in Ghislaine Maxwell's trial.
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Cryptoprivacy on trial: Jury to decide if Tornado Cash's Roman Storm is a $1B money launderer or a free speech hero
Accused crypto-launderer Roman Storm says he's just a software engineer. The DOJ says his Tornado Cash tool helped Kim Jong Un launder millions.
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Lawyers for the Alexander brothers hail Diddy sex-trafficking acquittal as 'heartening'
Lawyers for luxury brokers Tal and Oren Alexander and brother Alon say the verdict shows a jury can see beyond the emotion of a sex-trafficking case.
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Diddy prosecutors are tallying his past sins ahead of an October 3 sentencing — including some a jury cleared him of
Diddy is hoping for no jail when he's sentenced October 3. But prosecutors are drafting a list of bad deeds they hope will keep him in for years.
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The DOJ says it won't release any more 'Epstein Files.' Here's what the government is still keeping secret.
The Trump administration says it won't release the "Epstein files" anymore. The still-secret docs could help answer mysteries about the financier.
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Federal lawyers face a very different job market
Recruiters and lawyers in and outside government told BI that it's increasingly hard to move from public to private sector work.
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Some federal lawyers want to leave. They can't find jobs because Trump's policies are closing typical exit paths.
The supply of lawyers trying to leave federal service outstrips demand, government lawyers and recruiters told BI.
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It's illegal in most states for private equity to buy a law firm. Lawyers have figured out a workaround.
Legal ethics rules largely bar non-lawyers from owning law firms. MSOs offer a chance to get around that rule.
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Diddy could get a 20-year prison sentence but the reality probably won't be anything close to that
How long will Sean "Diddy" Combs spend in prison? Even prosecutors think it won't be much more than 5 years.
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I've watched Sean Combs get acquitted twice. Over 24 years, his recklessness and eye for star lawyers never changed.
The reporter Laura Italiano was there both times Sean Combs was acquitted. His name changed from Puffy to Diddy, but his recklessness was a constant.
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Meet the lawyers who defended Diddy
Diddy's family called them the "dream team." Sean Combs trial lawyers included Marc Agnifilo, who's also repping Luigi Mangione.
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What's next for Diddy's empire
Sean "Diddy" Combs may have dodged a possible sentence of life in prison, but he's not a free man yet.
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What Diddy's guilty verdict and civil suits mean for his net worth, music catalog, and brands
Once the richest man in hip-hop, Diddy's fortune is in the balance as his civil lawsuits mount.
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Diddy verdict shows feds overreached when they called him a mob boss, ex-prosecutors say
Former federal prosecutors say Sean Combs' verdict shows the jury didn't believe the hip-hop mogul was a mob boss.
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Trump's NJ golf courses can sell liquor for 6 more months, but he can't pocket the cash just yet
Trump is barred from pocketing liquor-sale proceeds from his Bedminster and Colts Neck golf clubs. It's a ban one legal expert called "peculiar."
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Diddy trial jury tells judge they're 'concerned' that one of them can't follow instructions
Combs was allowed a moment of private prayer with family after deliberations began. An hour later, a jury note raised concerns about one of them.
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Trump's Big Law executive orders go 0-4 after judge slaps down order against Susman Godfrey
Judge Loren AliKhan in a Friday ruling found the Trump administration's order against Susman Godfrey unconstitutional, bringing Trump's record to 0-4.
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How smuggling for Pablo Escobar actually worked, according to one of his pilots
William Roger Reaves, a Medellin Cartel pilot and an associate of Howard Marks, shares how he smuggled tons of cocaine and marijuana.
A judge just handed Meta a big AI copyright victory. He said lawyers for the other side fumbled the case.
The judge said that one "potentially winning argument" — that AI tools could harm the market for human-created content — was barely mentioned.
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Diddy prosecutors trim Kid Cudi-related arson and kidnapping portions of racketeering case
Kid Cudi may have testified for nothing. Prosecutors pruned back the kidnapping and car arson allegations relating to his romance with Cassie.
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Anthropic cut up millions of used books to train Claude — and downloaded over 7 million pirated ones too, a judge said
Training Claude on copyrighted books it purchased was fair use, but piracy wasn't, the judge ruled.
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17 biggest Diddy trial bombshells — as the prosecution rests its case
Sean Combs prosecution has rested. These are the biggest revelations from the trial so far.
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Diddy demonstrated confidence by resting his case without calling a single witness
Prosecutors rested after calling 34 witnesses. Sean "Diddy" Combs rested without calling any. It's a sign of confidence, ex-prosecutors say.
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Trump's lawyers say the Supreme Court's sweeping presidential immunity ruling should save him $83.3 million
President Donald Trump is invoking the Supreme Court's sweeping immunity decision to try to wipe away defamation damages to E. Jean Carroll.
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Prosecutors say the CFA Institute's former marketing chief embezzled millions and bought a $150k engagement ring
The Manhattan district attorney's office said Michael Collins, 61, embezzled nearly $6 million from two companies he worked at.
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How soccer match-fixing actually works, according to a former player
Moses Swaibu is a former professional footballer who in 2015 was sentenced to 16 months in prison for match-fixing.
How this lawyer used AI to help him win a $1.5 million case
A civil rights lawyer says AI helped him win a case and secure more than $1.5 million in damages for his clients.
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A Combs trial glossary: ex-PA tells jury what 'SEAL Team Six' and 'Gucci bag active' mean in Diddy-speak
What does "Gucci-bag active" mean? How about "flower," "tree," and "Sunset Sherbet?" A former personal assistant defined some key Combs-world terms.
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Diddy beat one criminal trial after testifying. Will he make the same gamble again?
If Sean "Diddy" Combs decides to testify, it could open him up to potentially damaging cross-examination from the prosecution. legal experts said.
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Diddy's courtroom energy has been off the charts as the defense case nears its start
Prosecutors are about to rest. The same can't be said for Sean "Diddy" Combs, whose courtroom energy is higher than ever.
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LexisNexis is teaming up with Harvey. Here's why that matters for the legal tech market.
With LexisNexis data baked into its interface, Harvey has a stronger case to make to law firms.
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Partner at firm that made deal with Trump defects to law firm suing administration
Ellen Holloman is leaving Cadwalader, which pledged $100 million to Trump's causes, to join a firm known for representing E. Jean Carroll.
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Diddy is building a 'consensual sex' defense. Ex-prosecutors say it's his best shot.
The prosecution's case in Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex-trafficking trial will soon come to a close and the hip-hop mogul's defense will present his side.
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Combs' ex said he sulked after she went to another rapper's sex performance
Sean "Diddy" Combs' lawyers say his so-called freak offs were part of a lifestyle. Another rapper hosted a sex performance, too, an accuser testified.
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Fears of a bubble in legal tech AI are growing
Zach Abramowitz, a tech consultant to law firms and legal departments, says legal tech's surging revenue may be a sign of an impending bubble.
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Sullivan & Cromwell's Trump team makes courtroom debut in effort to clear his 34-count criminal conviction
The Big Law firm Sullivan & Cromwell is arguing that additional appeals for Trump's hush-money convictions should be heard in federal court.
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Diddy's ex testified she researched what it means to be a 'cuck' to understand freak offs
"I just wanted to know why my partner wanted so many of these nights," a sex-trafficking accuser told the jury during Sean "Diddy" Combs' trial.
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A judge's dismissal of Justin Baldoni's $400 million defamation suit is a win for Blake Lively, but it's not 'game over'
Experts call Blake Lively's dismissed suit a win. Still, one expert told BI it's not "game over" for Justin Baldoni since he can "amend his claim."
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Diddy's ex, 'Jane,' is now his 2nd accuser to describe being sex-trafficked by violence
"Is this coercion?" the woman said Combs taunted after covering her with bruises. Prosecutors say the answer is yes.
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Justin Baldoni's $400 million lawsuit against Blake Lively has been dismissed
The 132-page decision closes off a chapter in the tangle of lawsuits between Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds.
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When Donald Trump calls, one Big Law firm answers
As President Trump waged war on Big Law, the head of Sullivan & Cromwell played double duty as his personal lawyer and a White House go-between.
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How each Diddy accuser testified and how it could sway the trial's outcome
Sean "Diddy" Combs' trial hinges on whether the jury finds 7 women who testified against him are victims or, as the defense argues, opportunists.
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High-profile Paul Weiss attorney defects to Big Law firm fighting Trump
Damian Williams was at Paul Weiss for just five months before joining Jenner & Block, which won a court ruling blocking a punitive Trump order.
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Judge threatens to kick Diddy out of courtroom after seeing him 'nodding vigorously' at the jury
Sean "Diddy" Combs kept "nodding vigorously" at the jury, the judge for his Manhattan sex-trafficking trial complained on Thursday.
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'Jane' is one of the final witnesses against Sean 'Diddy' Combs. Here's why her testimony about 'hotel nights' matters.
Sean "Diddy" Combs' prosecutors are beginning to wrap up their Manhattan sex-trafficking case. Jane Doe is their third and final sex assault victim.
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DA says 40 UnitedHealthcare execs got bodyguards and one dyed her hair after the CEO's killing
Luigi Mangione's lawyers previously told the court their client, who is charged with killing UnitedHealthcare's Brian Thompson, is not a terrorist.
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The estranged husband of a 'Real Housewives' star was sentenced for embezzling tens of millions from clients of his law firm
Tom Girardi has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison after being found guilty of embezzling millions of dollars from clients of his law firm.
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