Manuel Garcia-Rulfo on Lisa’s bombshell case

Spoiler alert: The following contains details from Season 2, Part 1 of “The Lincoln Lawyer,” now streaming on Netflix.

Netflix’s “The Lincoln Lawyer” ends with a midseason cliffhanger that would bring Mickey Haller’s tires to a screeching halt.

The second season, which unveiled its first five episodes Thursday, is inspired by Michael Connelly’s novel “The Fifth Witness.” The next five episodes will be released Aug. 3.

The books and series are centered on criminal defense attorney Haller (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo), who conducts work from his Lincoln cars. In the new installment, Mickey, while riding the high of a successful case in

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Law prof confident extradition in the Nation River Lady case will be straightforward

An expert in extradition law says proceedings to return the Florida man charged in a decades-old homicide in Canada are likely to be straightforward, though the timeline may be harder to predict.

Robert Currie, professor of transnational criminal law at the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University, says authorities on both sides of the Canada-US border are likely to be motivated to bring a case of this nature to a swift conclusion.

Jewell Parchman Langford’s remains were discovered floating in the Nation River in May 1975 after being dropped from a bridge on Highway 417 near Casselman, Ont., between

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Barksdale Resources Reports Legal Update

Vancouver, British Columbia–(Newsfile Corp. – July 10, 2023) – Barksdale Resources Corp. (TSXV: BRO) (OTCQX: BRKCF) ​​(“Barksdale“or the”Company“) is providing an update on the legal matters related to the Company’s Sunnyside copper-lead-zinc-silver exploration project in Arizona.

Rick Trotman, President and CEO, comments, “I stand by the excellent work that the Barksdale and USFS teams have completed at Sunnyside during an intensive four-year permitting timeframe. The US permitting process is extremely robust and comprehensive, which ensures protection of the environment while meeting the needs of the local communities and strategic national priorities. Barksdale remains aligned with all

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Judge orders Steve Bannon to pay former attorneys nearly $500K

A New York judge has ordered former Trump White House adviser Steve Bannon to pay roughly $500,000 in legal bills in connection with a retainer agreement.

New York Supreme Court Judge Arlene Bluth ruled Friday that Bannon must pay the law firm that previously represented him $480,487.87 plus interest in relation to four different legal matters.

Davidoff Hutcher & Citron LLP sued Bannon in February, saying he had only paid $375,000 of the roughly $850,000 in total that the law firm billed him.

The firm said it had represented Bannon with regards to a subpoena sent by the House Jan.

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An Update on the New York Noncompete Ban: It is Unlikely the Governor Will Sign It Anytime Soon

We wrote previously about how nobody seemed to be talking seriously about the noncompete bill that was passed by both the New York General Assembly and Senate last month. If signed by Governor Hochul, the bill would ban non-competes without a carveout even in the sale of a business context, which both California and the Federal Trade Commission’s proposed rule includes.

Luckily, in the weeks since we wrote that post it appears that people are finally taking notice. Several legal and industry organizations in New York have either submitted or are in the process of drafting letters or otherwise reaching …

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Ramapo settles civil rights lawsuit with developer claiming corruption for $3M

RAMAPO – The Ramapo Town Board has approved a mediated legal settlement potentially topping $3 million with a developer who accused town officials of corruption in a 2019 federal civil rights lawsuit.

Connectivity Systems LLC developer Solomon Menche’s lawsuit accused the Ramapo supervisor’s chief of staff, Mona Montal, and other town officials of manipulating land-use decisions pertaining to his mixed-use development. His housing-commercial business plan, known as Hearthstone Village, is off Route 59 in the Remsen Avenue-Treetop Lane neighborhood.

Ramapo Supervisor Michael Specht had called the lawsuit frivolous when Menche filed it in 2019. Specht and other board members voted

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Canada’s Cornerstone Environmental Law Gets an Update

Beatrice Silver was in the middle of cataloging the health impacts caused by industrial pollution in her community with her neighbor, Clarence Williams, when Williams’ health declined and he passed away.

Williams was in his late 50s, and Silver says his death is connected to the job he previously held at Westlake Pipe and Fitting facility, which makes polyvinyl chloride, or PVC pipes. The factory

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Sweden may consider amending the Quran-burning law: Justice minister

A recent incident at an authorized protest in Stockholm drew outrage from governments in several majority Muslim countries

Sweden’s justice minister has said his government may be open to amending a protest law, after the public burning of a Koran in Stockholm last month sparked fury across the Muslim world.

Gunnar Strömmer told the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet the incident and others like it have helped make Sweden a target for jihadist violence.

“We have seen arrests in Sweden on suspicion of preparation for a terrorist attack,” he said. “There have been arrests in Germany on suspicion of preparation for a

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