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Federal judge rejects Hunter Biden plea deal, prompting not guilty plea

JURIST

In a hearing Wednesday, a US federal judge in Delaware rejected a plea deal by Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden. The plea agreement would have also voided the felony gun charge against Biden, so long as he does not commit any further violations over the next two years. At issue are two agreements.

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Chancery Gets Another Magistrate To Fill Vacancy

Law 360

Delaware's Chancery Court has added another magistrate to help move its caseload, this time bringing on a longtime state Department of Justice worker who formerly headed the department's felony trial unit and was also previously its chief legal ethics officer.

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Insys Ch. 11 Trustee Slams Kapoor's Legal Fee Clawback Bid

Law 360

A bankruptcy trustee for Insys Therapeutics has urged a Delaware judge to order imprisoned former company CEO John Kapoor to return nearly $6 million paid by Insys for his felony racketeering defense, arguing that Kapoor wrongly claimed that some cash went to dropped actions or civil matters.

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Hunter Biden Discovers There is No “Nicer” Way to Say “I’m Guilty”

JonathanTurley

However, it was consistent with a bizarre criminal defense that never seemed connected to a legal strategy. It is the continuation of a legal strategy that could be best described as controlled chaos. The effort to plead guilty without admitting guilt left him looking like the most privilege person since Marie Antoinette.

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Animal rights and the First Amendment, due process and a confession of error

SCOTUSBlog

Tyrance McCall, a Florida resident, filed suit in Georgia against Cooper Tire & Rubber Company, a Delaware corporation with its headquarters in Ohio, after a 2016 accident in Florida resulted from the alleged failure of a tire that Cooper manufactured in Arkansas. Animal Legal Defense Fund. Animal Legal Defense Fund , 21-760.

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“Patently False”: Special Counsel Files Blistering Reply to Hunter Biden Motion to Dismiss

JonathanTurley

The filing begins by outright accusing Hunter Biden and his counsel of lying to the court about what occurred after the earlier plea agreement fell apart in court after the judge in Delaware asked about a sweeping immunity clause in paragraph 14. ” The rest of the filing is equally devastating.

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Rahimi and the Second Amendment: How The Supreme Court Intercepts Hunter Biden’s Hail Mary Pass

JonathanTurley

Hunter and his legal team were counting on the Court striking down the federal gun law at issue in the case of United States v. Hunter was just convicted by a unanimous jury in Delaware for false statements on a gun form and possession of a firearm as a drug addict. That brings us back to Hunter. It almost worked. It almost worked.

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