Hong Kong amends law to limit foreign lawyers in some cases

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong lawmakers on Wednesday passed an amendment to a law granting the city’s leader the power to bar overseas lawyers from handling national security cases, following a high-profile row sparked by a pro-democracy Hong Kong publisher’s hiring of a British lawyer.

The changes will require overseas lawyers who do not generally practice in Hong Kong to obtain permission from the chief executive before submitting applications to represent clients in national security cases in court.

The city’s leader will only give approval if there are sufficient grounds to believe the lawyers’ involvement will not contradict the

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Jude Denies Trump’s Latest Request to Delay Rape Trial to Probe Nonprofit

  • Trump’s lawyers asked to delay the E. Jean Carroll battery and defamation trial a month on Thursday.
  • They said they wanted to probe a nonprofit backed by Hoffman that gave money to Carroll’s defense.
  • The judge ruled to reopen discovery but not to postpone the trial’s April 25 start date.

For the second time in three days, lawyers for former President Donald Trump asked to delay his rape claim trial for a month — this time

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Todd Blanche, a newly hired criminal defense lawyer for former President Donald Trump, leaves the courthouse after Trump's indictment, in New York, April 4, 2023. (Ahmed Gaber/The New York Times)

Todd Blanche, a newly hired criminal defense lawyer for former President Donald Trump, leaves the courthouse after Trump’s indictment, in New York, April 4, 2023. (Ahmed Gaber/The New York Times)

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Seated to Trump’s far right was Todd Blanche, a newly hired criminal defense lawyer

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CNN anchor appears stunned as Trump attorney questions suitability of another to handle Stormy Daniels case

There was an odd moment of apparent legal one-up-manship on CNN during an interview regarding the representation of Donald Trump following his indictment.

One attorney for the former president, Tim Parlatore, publicly undermined the credibility of another Trump attorney, Joe Tacopina, who has been engaged in a media blitz this week following Mr Trump’s indictment for his role in the Stormy Daniels hush money case.

Mr Parlatore is representing the former president in the investigation into his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, as well as his role in inciting the January 6 Capitol riot.

Asked by CNN anchor Kaitlan