The lawyer was found to have breached professional standards A Colorado lawyer who referred to a judge as a “gay fat fag” has been ordered to undertake cultural sensitivity training. According to documents released from an administrative tribunal, Denver lawyer Robert E Abrams was reported by his own clients in a construction dispute after he sent them an email deriding judge Phillip Douglass, who was presiding over the case. Lawyer called judge a ‘gay, fat fag’ in email to his clients. In the message, he wrote: “The judge hates me. It happens, it’s not the first time. I probably remind him of someone who beat him up [when he] was a fat kid and now that he’s a...
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William Sandeson's defence team 'betrayed' during murder trial, lawyer says HALIFAX -- The lawyer for a former medical student convicted of murder said Monday his client should be granted a new trial, partly because his defence team was allegedly "betrayed" by one of their own. Lawyer Ian Smith told the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal that a private investigator hired by William Sandeson's defence team turned out to be a "traitor" when he told police about a key aspect of the case and asked to remain an anonymous source. "Hiding his identity from the defence was for an improper purpose," Smith told the court, adding that police kept the information secret and "failed to get any legal advice."...
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The family of a teenager found dead after she disappeared from a Malaysian nature resort last year is suing the site’s owner for alleged negligence and has urged the government to hold an inquest to determine what happened to her. Nóra Anne Quoirin’s disappearance from her family’s cottage at the Dusun eco-resort in southern Negeri Sembilan state on August 4 last year sparked a massive search operation. Her naked body was discovered on August 13 beside a small stream about 1.6 miles from the resort. Police have said there was no sign the 15-year-old had been abducted or raped, with a preliminary post-mortem investigation showing that she succumbed to intestinal bleeding...
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Joseph Bondy, the lawyer for indicted former Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas, posted a video of Parnas with Vice President Mike Pence and Second Lady Karen Pence, Monday, after the Vice President claimed he didn’t know the Ukrainian businessman. In response to Pence declaring, “I don’t know the guy” last week, Bondy published the video on Twitter along with the caption, “Mike Pence does indeed know the guy.” The video shows Parnas sat at a table as Mr. and Mrs. Pence approach. The Vice President is seen talking to someone off-camera, while the Second Lady pats Parnas’ back. Since Parnas’ arrest on federal “campaign finance law” charges last year, and news of Parnas...
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Lawyer: Suspect in Hawaii police deaths was 'out of control' HONOLULU — A man suspected of stabbing a woman and killing two Hawaii police officers would record neighbours with a camera mounted to his hat and rig a barbecue grill to blow thick smoke directly into their windows, a lawyer for residents said. Jaroslav “Jerry” Hanel, facing eviction, stabbed a woman in the leg Sunday before he fired on responding authorities, killing Officers Tiffany Enriquez and Kaulike Kalama, police said. A fire at Hanel’s residence then spread in a normally peaceful neighbourhood at the far end of famed Waikiki Beach, an area where attorney David Hayakawa has represented three neighbours in restraining...
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The Bar Council of Delhi has issued a notice to advocate AP Singh, appearing for Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case convict Pawan Kumar Gupta, after the Delhi High Court last month directed it to take action against the lawyer for filing "forged" documents and not appearing for the hearing. The bar council has sought Mr Singh's reply within two weeks. The Delhi High Court on December 19 last year dismissed the claim of death row convict Pawan Gupta that he was a juvenile at the time of the offence in December 2012 and had deprecated the conduct of Mr Singh for filing forged documents and not appearing in the court. The high court had imposed Rs 25,000 as costs on advocate AP Singh. "Justice...
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An experienced corporate commercial lawyer, Tony’s practice spans technology, privacy and intellectual property law. Tony advises on negotiating and implementing a variety of technology related transactions and agreements including e-commerce, cloud computing, privacy, technology outsourcing and product and service acquisitions. “Tony’s combined experience in technology and privacy law enhances our ability to serve clients in these key areas that are increasingly demanding the attention of business leaders across the country.” said Clarke Barnes, Co-Managing Partner, Calgary. “Tony will add key strength to our Emerging Tech practice as well as to our...
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Ex-youth centrecounsellor's lawyer sees greed behind charges CONCORD, N.H. — An attorney for a man charged with repeatedly raping a teenage boy at New Hampshire’s state-run youth detention centre in the 1990s said Friday the allegations are motivated by “money and greed.” Stephen Murphy, 50, was charged in July with 26 counts of rape. He and another former youth counsellor are accused of assaulting a teen at the Youth Development Center in Manchester. Last week, the victim in the criminal case, David Meehan, filed a class-action lawsuit against the state, Murphy and others, alleging that not only was he repeatedly raped and beaten, but that other workers ignored him when he sought...
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NEW YORK -- Recording Academy CEO Deborah Dugan, who the company announced Thursday was placed on administrative leave, has fired back in a statement through her lawyer, saying: "What has been reported is not nearly the story that needs to be told." The academy said late Thursday that its leader of just six months was put on leave following an allegation of misconduct by a senior leader at the organization -- just 10 days before the 2020 Grammy Awards. But in a statement released Friday to The Associated Press, Dugan's attorney Bryan Freedman said there's more to the story. "What has been reported is not nearly the story that needs to be told. When our ability to speak is not restrained by...
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In December, California Democratic Representative Ted Lieu accused Representative Devin Nunes of being in league with Rudy Giuliani's former business associate Lev Parnas. In turn, Nunes threatened to sue Lieu for defamation of character. Lieu responded with a letter to Nunes' lawyer which read in part, "You can take your letter and shove it." After Parnas alleged that Nunes "wanted to help out" with the Ukraine-based investigation into the Bidens during an interview with MSNBC's Rachel Maddow Wednesday, Lieu brought his situation with Nunes to light on Twitter. "Amazing Lev Parnas interview on #Maddow," Lieu tweeted Wednesday. "Also, I'm disclosing that the lawyer for @DevinNunes wrote a...
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