Enter Judge Kavanaugh: Eight Things You Will See From The Righter Roberts Court
How different will the Supreme Court really be with Brett Kavanaugh as the newest associate justice? Here is a sneak preview: Day-to-day change will not be that drastic: the majority of decisions handed down by SCOTUS relate to technical, non-political issues decided by easy majorities. Kavanaugh will not impact those decisions. In politically […]
Does Peloton Have a real law suit or is competition creeping up in it? Only Michael Milken Knows!
Peloton, the maker of popular at-home fitness bikes, is striking back against Flywheel for purportedly stealing the technology that brings cycling classes into users’ bedrooms. Does it have a real case or is competition simply intensifying in the luxury boutique fitness systems – we will know in time. Peloton commenced an action in federal court […]
Entertainment Industry Business Manager Convicted of Defrauding Celebrity Clients, Bankruptcy Fraud and Tax Charges
A federal jury in Columbus, Ohio has convicted Kevin R. Foster, 42, of Montclair, NJ, of 16 charges related to a fraud scheme. He was found guilty of wire fraud, money laundering, bankruptcy fraud, tax evasion and filing a false tax return, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s […]
Manafort/Cohen: 3 Big Take Aways
It seems that every day is more remarkable than the prior day during the volatile presidency of Donald Trump. But the conclusion from yesterday’s events is inescapable — Trump’s web is getting more tangled. In a double whammy day two people very close to the President Trump will now be going to jail … for […]
Donald Trump: Tale of the Tape?
The NYT revealed that Cohen may have tape recorded conversations he had with Donald Trump – yes, conversations! So, the real story is not what Trump said to Cohen during that single conversation about paying off the former Playboy playmate Karen McDougal, who alleged an affair with Trump, to keep her quiet. After all, the […]
LeSean McCoy’s girlfriend says robber beat her while demanding jewelry in their Atlanta home
The vicious, brutal beating of LeSean McCoy’s girlfriend while she was asleep in her Atlanta home raises eyebrows. Was it a random attack or was it someone hired by McCoy or someone else. We do not know yet but the press is reporting that the relationship was volatile, McCoy would not show her how to […]
AT&T/Time Warner merger not blocked
As expected, U.S. District Judge Richard Leon rejected the Justice Department’s attempt to block the AT&T/Time Warner merger yesterday. Judge Leon announced his decision in a packed courtroom, ruling that antitrust enforcers at the Justice Department failed to prove that AT&T violated antitrust laws by merging with Time Warner Cable. Here’s the simple breakdown of […]
You can bet on it!
This past Monday, the Supreme Court cleared the way for states to legalize sports betting, striking down the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (“PASPA”), a 1992 federal law that prohibited states from authorizing sports betting. The 6 – 3 decision (which was the “over” bet as it was expected that the decision would be […]
Open mouth, insert … Giuliani!
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?
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 […]
