An Alabama lawyer has outlined the possible crimes Carlee Russell may have committed after police haven’t been able to verify her claims about her 49-hour disappearance.

The 25-year-old claims she was kidnapped, but police have shared her internet search history which suggests the ordeal may have been staged.

Birmingham lawyer Eric Guster, a longtime criminal defense attorney, told WVTM13 that he, like many others, grew interested in the case. He added that the message coming from the police was clear.

“She says she was kidnapped, and a kidnapping didn’t happen. (They say) our citizens are safe. There’s not a kidnapper

Lawyers representing billionaire Elon Musk and Tesla asked a United States district court judge to toss out a motion to have them sanctioned over alleged conflicts of interest in a $258 billion lawsuit alleging Musk participated in an illegal racketeering scheme related to the Dogecoin (DOGE) cryptocurrency.

In a filing dated July 6, Musk and Tesla’s team responded to the June 25 motion filed by Evan Spencer, a lawyer representing the plaintiffs in the case against Musk.

Spencer referred to the defendants’ lawyers as “yes men” in his filing and asked the judge to declare it a conflict of interest

Donald Trump’s personal valet Walt Nauta is struggling to secure legal representation amid his indictment in the former president’s mishandling of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate.

Though Trump was arraigned last month on 37 felony counts in the Mar-a-Lago documents case, Nauta, his co-defendant accused of helping him obstruct government efforts to recover the classified documents, has repeatedly had his arrangement postponed due to difficulty finding a Florida attorney.

Tim Jansen, a former federal prosecutor and current criminal defense attorney, told CNN that he thinks Nauta’s plight is “a combination of maybe someone trying to pick the lawyer they

Fox News and a former producer have settled a lawsuit over allegations of an “overtly misogynistic” work environment, a move that will cost the network $12 million but avoid public testimony about its culture. Abby Grossberg had said she faced sexist and antisemitic remarks and sexual harassment at Fox, including during her tenure on Tucker Carlson’s show, per Axios. She issued a statement Friday saying that while she stands by those allegations, she’s hopeful after discussions with Fox that “this resolution represents a positive step by the network regarding its treatment of women and minorities in the workplace.”

Grossberg also

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Steven Schwartz, the lawyer who cited six nonexistent, ChatGPT-fabricated citations as precedents while attempting to argue a federal court case, has officially been punished by the court.

US Ars Technica reports, US District Judge Kevin Castel has ordered Schwartz and his partner Peter LoDuca to pay a $5,000 fine. The original lawsuit has also been tossed out in its entirety.

The lawyers are also required to send apology letters via “first class mail” to the six real judges who were named in the fake citations, complete with a transcript of the original court hearing as well as the