Open mouth, insert … Giuliani!

Posted on May 3, 2018 in Business Litigation

Here we go again.  Did Giuliani, once again, say something he should not have said to the media, or was it planned?  The answer is both.   In a long interview last night, Rudy Giuliani, President Trump’s new counsel, told Sean Hannity that Trump did reimburse his personal attorney, Michael Cohen, the $130,000 paid to […]

Mueller’s Questions were Leaked: Will the True Leaker Stand Up?

Posted on May 1, 2018 in Business Litigation

There is only one potential source of that leak and that is Trump.  The reasons are obvious.  First, on the Mueller side, nothing has been leaked to the press.  We learned on the day that it went down that Mueller indicted 13 Russian nationals.  No one knew beforehand.  And there is no benefit for a […]

Stormy is back

Posted on Apr 30, 2018 in Business Litigation

Why would Stormy Daniels file yet another litigation against Donald Trump?  Was she seriously harmed yet again?  Did he do something else to her?  Is she playing his game – and beating him at it?  Or is she trying to sidestep the Cohen indictment that will freeze her first litigation.  The answer is “yes” to […]

Bill Cosby retrial begins

Posted on Apr 9, 2018 in Business Litigation

Opening statements in Bill Cosby’s retrial on sexual assault charges get underway in suburban Philadelphia Monday in what all sides — defense, prosecution and especially the judge — hope will not be a rerun of the deadlocked jury failure that ended Cosby’s first trial last June.  Here is a snapshot of where we are: The accusations:  Cosby, now […]

The Mueller Sharks Continue to Circle

Posted on Apr 9, 2018 in Business Litigation

This afternoon, the FBI raided the office of President Trump’s longtime attorney Michael Cohen, a key figure in legal matters including the payment to a porn star actress and the Russian election investigation. Apparently agents seized documents using several search warrants after a referral by Special Counsel Robert Mueller and the AUSA in New York. […]

NRA sues the state of Florida

Posted on Mar 13, 2018 in Business Litigation

Taking the saying “the best defense is a good offense” to an extreme, the NRA just sued the state of Florida after Governor Rick Scott signed the first gun control legislation enacted in the state after the February 14th massacre at the Parkland school. Florida’s new legislation changes the minimum age to purchase a firearm […]

The Trump reality show continues …

Posted on Mar 13, 2018 in Business Litigation

Donald Trump is in the middle of yet another “storm,” this time by name. That is, adult film star Stormy Daniels sued Donald Trump Tuesday, alleging that he failed to sign the nondisclosure agreement that was meant to shut her up Filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, the Complaint alleges that her agreement not to […]

Russia probe continues to swirl

Posted on Mar 5, 2018 in Business Litigation

Robert Mueller’s Russia probe continues to swirl around Trump as the Special Counsel now has subpoenaed documents from those closest to The President. The subpoena demands all communications, including emails, texts and telephone logs, dating back to Nov. 1, 2015, the first four months of Trump’s presidential campaign, from several White House insiders. Trump, who […]

Forbes’ $2.3 billion valuation of the Panthers, is it too low or too high?

Posted on Dec 18, 2017 in Business Litigation

The Panthers will undoubtedly retain an investment banker to value the business based on its balance sheet and income statement, including reviewing it revenues, expenses, profits, assets and liabilities, as is true with any business. Since the only comparable sale is the Buffalo Bills close to three years ago, the price will certainly be greater […]

Trump and The Apprentice

Posted on Dec 6, 2017 in Business Litigation

Yesterday, President Trump argued he was immune from any state court action, attempting to dismiss the lawsuit filed by a former “Apprentice” contestant who says Trump sexually assaulted her in 2007. Summer Zervos, a former contestant on the Apprentice, is seeking an apology and minimal damages, claiming that Trump defamed her after she came out […]