London, Stockholm courts issue unlawful rulings on Russian companies — Putin

Hackers stole private information of more than 50,000 clients from a Philadelphia-based law firm, lawsuits say

Cybercriminals duped a Blank Rome attorney into sharing the personal information of 57,554 former and current clients, two federal lawsuits filed Monday say. The firm, which is headquartered in Philadelphia and has 15 other offices nationwide, ...

Meet Ilya Novikov, the Russian-born lawyer and sharp Zelensky critic helping to defend the Ukrainian man accused of bombing the Nord Stream pipeline

Defense attorney Ilya Novikov moved from Russia to Ukraine in 2019. Back home, he has been sentenced in absentia to eight and a half years in prison for spreading ”fake news,” labeled a “foreign agent,” added to the registry of “terrorists and extremists,” and put on a wanted list in a separate criminal case — on treason charges for fighting on Ukraine’s side. Now, as a Ukrainian lawyer, Novikov is defending Serhii Kuznetsov, a Ukrainian citizen who was detained in connection with the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines and later extradited to Germany. Novikov is also handling several cases for former President Petro Poroshenko, and he is a critic of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s policies. (Zelensky and Poroshenko have a long-running feud.) Meduza asked Novikov about his criticisms of Zelensky and his administration, and why he thinks Ukraine’s government imposed sanctions on Poroshenko.

Gary Barnett presses on in $15M legal battle with ex-partners

A years-long legal battle between real estate mogul Gary Barnett and two of his former business partners could be headed for its next chapter. The Extell Development founder and chairman is taking his case with Yoel Weber and Yoel Leonorovitz to an appeals court. The conflict goes back to 2022, when Weber and Leonorovitz sued Barnett, HP Stock LLC — an entity solely owned by him — and Extell Development for over 15 million in allegedly unpaid “fees for electrical contracting” performed at four of Barnett’s projects. Barnett fired back by filing counterclaims, arguing that since 2014 he owned a []This article originally appeared on The Real Deal. Click here to read the full story.

Breaking News: Judge Orders DOJ to Remove Redactions from Epstein Files

In response to a lawsuit filed by independent journalist Katie Phang, a federal judge has ordered the Department of Justice to “unredact” specific portions of the Epstein files or explain why it could not comply. A redaction is a black mark used to hide names or other material. CBS reporters Joe Walsh and Daniel Ruetenik []

New York sues 3 companies over 'forever chemicals'

The state of New York this week sued several companies over “forever chemicals,” a family of toxic chemicals that have commonly been used in consumer products. New York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday sued five firms, alleging that they knew and hid information indicating these chemicals were toxic and persistent in the environment. James...