In what may be the most unsurprising "news" ever reported, the California Supreme Court has rejected Tory Lanez's request that they review his convictions and 10-year sentence for shooting Megan Thee Stallion.

The attorney behind many social media addiction lawsuits got kicked off the steering committee for violating courthouse electronics policies, including w/ a courtroom selfie. Matthew Bergman said he was too emotional because of Zuckerberg's testimony. www.legalaffairsandtrials.com/p/inside-the...

Could a tech loyalist identify social media addiction trial jurors by wearing artificial intelligence facial recognition glasses in court? That appeared to be Judge Kuhl’s concern when she addressed the gallery before jurors returned from recess in Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony.

Mark Zuckerberg arrived at the Spring Street courthouse in downtown Los Angeles a few minutes ago to testify in the big social media addiction trial. I’ll be in the courtroom for his testimony and will let you know how it goes.

Meta and Google begin trial in lawsuit over child addiction and mental health claims www.legalaffairsandtrials.com/p/meta-and-g...

Journalist Don Lemon released from federal custody in LA after first court appearance www.legalaffairsandtrials.com/p/journalist...

Judge disqualified from Alicia Andrews' Julio Foolio murder case after defense cites 'hostile comments', 'obvious bias'

A jury in Corpus Christi, Texas, tonight acquitted former school police officer Adrian Gonzales child endangerment for his response to a gunman who killed d 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in 2022. www.legalaffairsandtrials.com/p/jury-acqui...

Defense lawyer Nico LaHood got a little worked up in his cross-exam of a Texas ranger lieutenant today in the Uvalde school shooting trial and acknowledged it by saying "sustained" before the judge did here.

A Texas-style non-objection: "He can lead all he wants, because I'm going to take care of it after a while."

A very Texas moment today in the child endangerment trial over a school police officer's response to the May 2022 mass shooting in Uvalde. An officer "takes a graze to his head ... and then they return fire, and they send that son of a bitch to hell, right?" "Yes, sir."

I saw Bob Weir and RatDog in concert in Spokane in 2009, and at the end a hippie on stage handed me this set list. Probably my coolest concert experience. 🙏

Death threats to federal judge won't derail murder-for-hire case against rapper Lil Durk www.legalaffairsandtrials.com/p/death-thre...

Megan Thee Stallion seeks permanent injunction against sued blogger after jury's liability findings www.legalaffairsandtrials.com/p/megan-thee...

I liked the audible reaction in the courtroom today when the judge in the murder case against Charlie Kirk's alleged killer said he currently has 1,409 cases. That IS a lot of cases.

I spoke with Vanity Fair about covering the federal trial in rapper Megan Thee Stallion’s defamation lawsuit against online commentator Milagro Gramz. www.vanityfair.com/style/story/...

Jury in defamation trial awards Megan Thee Stallion $75,000 in damages for three claims www.legalaffairsandtrials.com/p/jury-in-de...

Megan Thee Stallion believes a man who testified in Tory Lanez’s criminal trial likely mistook Lanez for a woman when he recounted seeing two women fighting before a “short guy” with a gun fired shots. www.legalaffairsandtrials.com/p/in-cross-m...

Here’s my article on all of Wednesday’s testimony in Megan Thee Stallion’s defamation lawsuit trial against online commentator Milagro Gramz. “Jury hears Megan Thee Stallion's assailant Tory Lanez discuss sued streamer's legal defense” www.legalaffairsandtrials.com/p/jury-hears...

Megan Thee Stallion walks into the federal courthouse in Miami this morning for day four of trial in her defamation lawsuit against online commentator Milagro Gramz.

Sued streamer says she'd 'bow down and apologize' if she believed Tory Lanez shot Megan Thee Stallion www.legalaffairsandtrials.com/p/sued-strea...

Here's my article on the first day of trial in Megan Thee Stallion's defamation lawsuit against streamer Milagro Gramz. www.legalaffairsandtrials.com/p/streamer-b...

Tory Lanez and his lawyer have been held in contempt of court after Lanez refused to answer questions in a deposition in Megan Thee Stallion's defamation lawsuit against Milagro Gramz. He's to pay $20,000, and jury in Megan's trial will be told he refused to answer questions.

Attorneys, what would you do if your client was hit with this special jury instruction as a sanction. www.legalaffairsandtrials.com/p/trial-begi...

Trial begins Monday in Megan Thee Stallion's federal defamation lawsuit against an online commentary. Here's a primer. www.legalaffairsandtrials.com/p/trial-begi...

Going through the 46-page opinion and writing an article about it really drove home what I've always known: The only real story in Tory Lanez's appeal for shooting Megan Thee Stallion is how incredibly bad it was. Full article: www.legalaffairsandtrials.com/p/appellate-...

"We affirm Daystar Peterson's conviction." The California Court of Appeal has affirmed Tory Lanez's felony convictions and 10-year prison sentence for shooting Megan Thee Stallion.

I put together an article on the basics about the first trial in rapper Julio Foolio’s fatal shooting in Tampa, Florida, which ended late Friday in a conviction only for manslaughter.

The lead defense attorney in Alicia Andrews' trial over Julio Foolio's murder also is defending online commentator Milagro Cooper in Megan Thee Stallion's defamation lawsuit, and I'm looking forward to seeing how he does in federal court.

Baseball great Mike Trout testifies in civil trial over Angels pitcher's fatal drug overdose www.legalaffairsandtrials.com/p/baseball-g...

New business card. Follow me every place you’re not already.

A federal judge has dismissed Drake’s defamation lawsuit against UMG over Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us.” “Because the Court concludes that the allegedly defamatory statements in “Not Like Us” are nonactionable opinion, the motion to dismiss is GRANTED.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

An Uber driver accused of igniting the fire that led to the deadly Palisades fire in LA has been arrested. The criminal complaint against Jonathan Rinderknecht mentions his apparent affinity for French rapper Josman's song and video "Un Zder, Un The." www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

Sean “Diddy” Combs’ appeal of his 50-month prison sentence could be the first test of a change in federal sentencing guidelines that prohibits the consideration of acquitted conduct. Much more in my article: www.legalaffairsandtrials.com/p/a-judge-se...

Judge Subramanian has rejected Sean “Diddy” Combs’ motion for acquittal / new trial. Sentencing is scheduled for Friday at 10 am in Manhattan. Entire opinion: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

New tonight: Prosecutors are recommending 135 months in prison for Sean “Diddy” Combs. That’s 11 years and 3 months. Here’s the 164-page filing: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Today's verdict for Metro Boomin followed a two-day trial with three witnesses, including Metro and the woman who accused him of sexually assaulting her and also claims to speak with the dead. www.legalaffairsandtrials.com/p/jury-finds...

Metro Boomin leaves federal court in LA after a jury cleared him in a lawsuit alleging he sexually assaulted a woman in 2016. I'll have a full recap with quotes from closing arguments and more photos and video. Subscribe to get it in your inbox: www.legalaffairsandtrials.com/subscribe

In trial testimony, Metro Boomin calls sexual assault allegation 'beyond insulting' www.legalaffairsandtrials.com/p/in-trial-t...

Metro Boomin is on trial in LA in a lawsuit alleging he raped a woman in 2016. The woman testified today she realized she needed to seek justice last year while high on the psychedelic plant Ayahuasca. I was in the courtroom and have details for you: www.legalaffairsandtrials.com/p/hip-hop-pr...

A judge ruled this week that attorney Mark Geragos won’t pay anything in a malpractice lawsuit over Michael Avenatti’s Nike extortion scheme after jurors found $100,000 in damages but no liability or causation. www.legalaffairsandtrials.com/p/judge-says...

JUST IN: Maurene Comey sues DOJ over her abrupt firing as a top prosecutor in SDNY, seeks reinstatement. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

“Mrs. Adelson, control yourself.” - Judge Stephen Everett A jury in Tallahassee, Florida, has convicted Donna Adelson of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and solicitation of first-degree murder for the 2014 contract murder of her former son-in-law, Dan Markel.

The judge in Cardi B’s civil assault trial let jurors submit questions for witnesses that he reviewed before asking himself. Jurors had zero questions for Cardi.

I’ve never seen a judge ask a defendant if they’re OK with their lawyers’ cross-examination plans like Judge Stephen Everett did with Donna Adelson in her murder-for-hire trial today. This afternoon should be interesting. www.youtube.com/live/mD3ltF6...

The lawyers defending Cardi B in her civil assault trial are Lisa Moore of Atlanta and Peter Anderson of LA. They won the trial in 2022 over her album cover a lawsuit said wrongly used a man’s distinct back tattoo. Here’s Anderson’s cross of plaintiff: youtu.be/sQMKPXSbLXs

I’m impressed by the multiple camera angles in the Adelson murder-for-hire trial live stream. And it’s Florida, so we get to see even the gallery filling up. “When you come in please take a seat, be quiet,” Judge Everett said. Watch live: www.youtube.com/live/6rkASjv...

A jury in Memphis, Tennessee, today acquitted a man accused of planning the murder of rapper Young Dolph. Hernandez Govan was declared not guilty on murder and conspiracy to commit murder.

A judge overseeing a lawsuit against Sean Diddy Combs that includes comedian Druski as a defendant may sanction plaintiff attorneys for standing by the claims against Druski despite evidence she says shows "no objectively reasonable factual basis to continue to accuse him."

"That's why today we humbly, humbly pray for exoneration of Mr. Daystar Peterson. Thank you very much." Watch the full argument in Tory Lanez's appeal of his convictions for shooting Megan Thee Stallion: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SM4N...