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Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. recently addressed the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence (AI) in the legal profession. In his end-of-year report, Roberts touched upon the history of technology in the Supreme Court and its potential future intertwined with AI​​. This discussion comes at a crucial time when AI is increasingly becoming a staple in various professional fields, including law.

New York judge on Tuesday delayed Donald Trump's sentencing for his conviction on criminal charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star until Sept. 18, after the former U.S. president asked for a chance to argue he should have been immune from prosecution. The sentencing had previously been set for July 11, just days before the Republican National Convention begins in Milwaukee on July 15. Trump is expected to be his party's nominee to challenge Democratic President Joe Biden in the Nov. 5 election. Trump faces an uphill battle getting the hush money conviction overturned, since much of the conduct at issue in the case predated his time in office. Trump's lawyers on Monday asked Justice Juan Merchan to allow them to argue his conviction in New York state court in Manhattan should be overturned due to the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on July 1 that presidents are entitled to immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts. Prosecutors with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office said Trump's argument was «without merit,» but agreed to delay the sentencing to give Trump the chance to make his case. A Manhattan jury on May 30 found him guilty of falsifying business records to cover up his former lawyer Michael Cohen's $130,000 payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels to stay quiet about an alleged 2006 sexual encounter until after the 2016 election, when Trump defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton.

Republican frontrunner and crypto-friendly U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump has a 17% chance of being in jail before voters hit the ballot box in November after being found guilty in his high-profile hush money trial Thursday, according to Polymarket data.

Michael Cohen once said he would take a bullet for Donald Trump. But on Thursday, Trump was on felony charges based largely on the onetime loyal fixer's testimony against his former boss. Over four days earlier this month, Cohen took the witness stand as the star prosecution witness in the first-ever criminal trial of a U.S. president, past or present. He testified that Trump directed him to pay off a porn star before the 2016 election, and then approved a plan to falsify business records to cover it up. The testimony in New York state court in Manhattan marked the culmination of a 15-year arc from a lawyer and fixer for the businessman-turned-politician to an outspoken antagonist.

Donald Trump's defense team rested its case in the criminal hush money trial on Tuesday without calling the former U.S. president to testify. Trump's lawyers called two witnesses in his defense. Justice Juan Merchan said jurors would return next Tuesday to hear closing arguments, with deliberations likely beginning the following day.

Donald Trump’s lawyers on Monday pressed the judge overseeing his hush money trial to stop the case from going to the jury and throw out the charges after prosecutors concluded their presentation of evidence.

Donald Trump's trial on charges of covering up hush money payments to a porn star enters its closing stages Monday with the door still open to the former president taking the stand.

Trump pledges ‘upper class’ tax cut if he returns to White House Cohen, the star witness in the hush-money case, detailed how Trump signed off on a plan to cover up the $130,000 Daniels payment under the guise of legal fees. Cohen’s testimony offered an insider’s perspective into Trump’s state of mind when he entered into the agreement.

Donald Trump's fixer, a problem solver who was involved in every aspect of the real estate tycoon's business, even saying he would «take a bullet» for the billionaire. But the once-loyal lieutenant has become Trump's biggest headache, appearing as the key witness for the prosecution in the ex-president's historic criminal trial.

judge overseeing Donald Trump's criminal trial on Friday urged prosecutors to tell the former U.S. president's estranged former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen to stop making public statements about the case before his expected testimony next week. Todd Blanche, Trump's defense lawyer in the case stemming from hush money paid to a porn star, said Cohen, the star prosecution witness, had spoken on social media on Wednesday while wearing a T-shirt showing Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, behind bars.

Donald Trump's defense attorney on Thursday accused Stormy Daniels of slowly altering the details of an alleged 2006 sexual encounter with Trump, trying to persuade jurors that a key prosecution witness in the former president's hush money trial cannot be believed. «You made all this up, right?» attorney Susan Necheles asked.

Donald Trump's defense attorney on Thursday accused Stormy Daniels of slowly altering the details of an alleged 2006 sexual encounter with Trump, trying to persuade jurors that a key prosecution witness in the former president's hush money trial cannot be believed. «The details of your story keep changing, right?» attorney Susan Necheles asked at one point.

hush money payment at the centre of his criminal trial as extortion, questioning a lawyer involved in the deal about his cash-for-dirt negotiations with other celebrities. Defense attorney Emil Bove's questioning of the lawyer Keith Davidson hinted at a strategy by Trump's legal team to undermine the credibility of prosecution witnesses in the first-ever criminal trial of a former US president. Trump stands accused of falsifying business records to hide a hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels shortly before the 2016 presidential election.

Who is Stormy Daniels linked with Donald Trump's hush money criminal trials? According to a witness, the man had made statements of a political nature before setting himself on fire. It is not clear whether the incident is related to Trump's trial. US polls 2024: Can Donald Trump still become president if convicted? The New York Police Department said the man, who they identified as Max Azzarello of St.

Donald Trump might've relished before politics: a porn actress claiming they'd had sex. But on the eve of the 2016 presidential election, Trump feared the story — which he says is false — would cost him votes. So, prosecutors say, he arranged to pay Stormy Daniels to keep quiet.

Donald Trump on Monday will become the first former U.S. President, and the first leading presidential candidate, to be put on criminal trial. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg will try to prove to a jury that Mr.

By Luc Cohen

Michael Cohen, former attorney and fixer for Donald Trump, admitted to unwittingly using artificial intelligence to fabricate legal citations in a court filing. This revelation surfaces amidst Cohen's ongoing legal entanglements and his role as a potential witness against Trump in various legal proceedings.

By John Kruzel

Barclays, which is in the process of devising a new strategy that may not, but should really, mean a lot of job cuts in its investment bank, is also making some promotions. In apress release yesterday, it said it had promoted 81 managing directors in its investment bank, down from 85 last year. 

fraud trial in New York, calling him «crazy», «unhinged» and «disgrace to the legal profession», The Hill reported on Wednesday. Trump attacked Judge Arthur Engoron on decisions made so far in the trial, and his judicial track record calling it a «politically motivated» attack on him. He also said he would appeal a partial gag order imposed by Engoron on October 3 that bars him from attacking court staff "Judge Engoron is a political hack who ruled against me before the trial even started. He is doing the dirty work for the Democrat Party," Trump wrote on Truth Social, claiming Engoron, «fought us, sanctioned us for no reason, fined us big money, never gave us even a one-day delay.