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Angelina Jolie questioned the judge presiding over her and Brad Pitt’s divorce because she was “concerned that something untoward was happening.” Jolie filed court papers to have the private judge disqualified from their case after her lawyer Samantha Bley DeJean discovered Judge John W. Ouderkirk had an ongoing professional and financial relationship with Pitt’s attorneys …
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The artists formerly known as Lady Antebellum tested the court of public opinion this week when, after changing their name to Lady A in a gesture of support to the Black Lives Matter movement, news broke that they were suing a blues singer, Anita White, who has been using the stage name Lady A for years. …
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Twitter has tapped former FBI general counsel James Baker, a central player in the Russia collusion investigation, to serve as counsel to the tech giant. “Thrilled to welcome @thejimbaker to @Twitter as Deputy General Counsel,” Twitter’s chief legal officer, Sean Edgett, posted Monday. Edgett continued, “Jim is committed to our core principles of an open …
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Power lawyer Lisa Bloom has been ordered to pay photographer Bruce Weber over $28,000 in legal costs. Bloom’s repping model Jason Boyce, who claims he was sexually assaulted by Weber at a 2014 shoot. But last week, a federal judge ordered Bloom to pay Weber’s attorneys’ fees and other costs after one of her expert …
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They say there are no second acts in American lives, but … Halsey is apparently studying constitutional law while quarantined. The “You Should Be Sad” singer, 25, included a close-up of a book of constitutional law studies by Erwin Chemerinsky in a recent Instagram update. “Law is fun but hard,” she wrote in the caption …
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The world’s most powerful A-list legal firm hit by a cyberattack is refusing to pay the shadowy hackers their $42 million ransom demand — meaning that a trove of details of some of the biggest deals in showbiz history, including Bruce Springsteen’s Netflix deal and Sean “Diddy” Combs’ rumored $100 million vodka deal will be …
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The ransom demand for the secret files of a cyber-attacked lawyer to A-list stars has doubled to $42 million — as the hackers now threaten to reveal “dirty laundry” on President Donald Trump in just a week if they are not paid in full. Attorney Allen Grubman — the most prominent entertainment attorney in the world, …
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Power lawyer Ben Brafman is recovering at home after a serious fall that he told us could have lead to a “tragic situation.” Brafman — who has represented Michael Jackson, Diddy, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Harvey Weinstein and “Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli — said he fell down the steps at his house in Nassau County on April …
Angelina Jolie questioned the judge presiding over her and Brad Pitt’s divorce because she was “concerned that something untoward was happening.” Jolie filed court papers to have the private judge disqualified from their case after her lawyer Samantha Bley DeJean discovered Judge John W. Ouderkirk had an ongoing professional and financial relationship with Pitt’s attorneys …
