Legal
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Newyork
A Former Weed Dealer Built the ‘Budega’ Brand. Then Copycats Moved In.
Alex Norman’s fight to protect the brand he created is part of a trend that industry lawyers say threatens small cannabis businesses.
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US
Trump Team Creates Legal-Defense Fund to Cover His Allies’ Bills
With investigations and legal fees piling up, a fund is planned to help witnesses and defendants. The former president’s legal bills are not expected to be included, however.
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US
Democrats Try a Novel Tactic to Revive the Equal Rights Amendment
Proponents of the measure to enshrine a guarantee of sex equality into the Constitution are using a creative legal theory to try to resurrect the long-stalled amendment.
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US
Sam Bankman-Fried, in First Detailed Defense, Seeks to Dismiss Charges
The FTX founder, who has been charged with fraud, said the crypto exchange and its law firm had been acting against him and offering only the most incriminating evidence to prosecutors.
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News
A.I. Is Coming for Lawyers, Again
Previous advances in A.I. inspired predictions that the law was the lucrative profession most likely to suffer job losses. It didn’t happen. Is this time different?
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Newyork
Trump’s Legal Jeopardy and America’s Political Crossroads
Produced by ‘The Ezra Klein Show’ Donald Trump’s legal troubles are mounting. A Manhattan grand jury investigation into the hush-money payment to Stormy Daniels could soon make Trump the first former American president ever to be criminally indicted ...
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News
Lawyers to Face Off Before Judge in Closely Watched Abortion Pills Case
The first hearing in a lawsuit that seeks to overturn F.D.A. approval of the pills takes place Wednesday morning in Texas.
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US
Trump Spent $10 Million From His PAC on His Legal Bills Last Year
Now that the former president is a declared candidate again, there are questions about whether he can continue using donor funds to pay his lawyers.
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World
Spain Allows Legal Gender Change Without a Medical Evaluation
A new law will allow people 16 and older to change their registered gender without undergoing psychological and medical evaluations to show gender dysphoria.
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Sports
Fans at the Super Bowl Won’t Have to Go Far to Place a Bet
Legal betting on the Super Bowl will be available at the game for the first time.