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Judge tosses Roy Moore’s $95M suit against comedian Sacha Baron Cohen     Sacha Baron Cohen was nominated for best actor in a TV comedy or musical category in the 2019 Golden Globes for his performance in Who Is America? (Photo by DFree / Shutterstock.com) A federal judge has dismissed a $95 million defamation lawsuit brought against British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen by former Alabama chief justice and failed U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore. Judge John Cronan of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York wrote in the July 13 opinion that Moore’s claims that Cohen i...

News Roundup Afternoon Briefs: Lee Merritt to run for Texas AG; Appeals court finds ban on handgun sales to adults under 21 unconstitutional     If elected, Lee Merritt would be the first Black person to serve as Texas attorney general. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Pool via AP File) Civil rights lawyer Lee Merritt announces his campaign for Texas attorney general Civil rights attorney Lee Merritt announced Tuesday that he will run for Texas attorney general, a position currently held by Republican Ken Paxton. The Dallas-area Democrat, who has become well known for representing families of Bla...

Judge mulls possible sanctions for Trump lawyers behind Michigan election lawsuit     A Republican election challenger observes election inspectors at the central counting board in Detroit while ballots are counted on Nov. 4. A Michigan judge is considering sanctions for attorneys who filed a lawsuit alleging voter fraud after the election. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File) During a more than six-hour hearing via videoconference on Monday, a federal judge grilled former campaign lawyers for President Donald Trump over a lawsuit they filed in Michigan alleging voter fraud in last fall’s elect...

Lawyer asks to withdraw from nearly 200 indigent-defense cases after state investigation   Image from Shutterstock. A prominent defense lawyer in Maine has asked to withdraw from nearly 200 court-appointed cases after the state’s public defense agency opened an investigation into her firm. In a copy of her motion obtained by the Maine Monitor, Amy Fairfield argues that Justin Andrus, the interim executive director of the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services, launched a “targeted campaign seemingly designed to unjustifiably harass and intimidate” her and her firm while they “d...

Afternoon Briefs: High-rise Miami courthouse closed for emergency repairs; Lawyers criticize National Guard border deployment   Miami courthouse closes after engineering firm identifies safety issues The Miami-Dade County Courthouse began undergoing immediate repairs on Friday after an engineering firm that examined the 28-story building identified safety concerns with various floors. Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, Miami-Dade Circuit Court Chief Judge Nushin G. Sayfie and Miami-Dade Clerk of Courts Harvey Ruvin announced they had asked engineers to assess all county buildings ...