Lawyer distances ex-Jay Osuna from 'remorse' comments by Astros GM

A lawyer for former Toronto Blue Jay Roberto Osuna, who is charged with assault, took issue Wednesday with recent comments from the general manager of his client's new team, the Houston Astros. Domenic Basile, who appeared on Osuna's behalf during a brief hearing in Toronto, said outside court that remarks from Astros general manager Jeff […]

‘You’: Trump lawyer Giuliani triggers online funfest over three-letter tweet

Donald Trump’s lawyer and former NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani, has sent out a one-word tweet, the word “You” – but it was enough to set off a wave of trolling and ridiculous explanations to the puzzling message. It was most likely a mistake by Giuliani or his staff, but there was no chance it would’ve […]

National Enquirer’s Yearslong Dealings With Trump Lawyer Fall Under Federal Scrutiny

Michael Cohen and the tabloid publisher traded favors over many years, including helping mediate a lawsuit threat by former “Apprentice” star Omarosa Manigault-Newman and tackling emerging stories potentially unfavorable to the president. Authorities are trying to determine whether the publisher and Mr. Trump’s team violated campaign-finance laws.

Lawyer Casado replaces ousted PM Rajoy as leader of Spain’s Popular Party

Spain’s conservative Popular Party (PP), which was cast into opposition after six years in power, has chosen 37-year-old lawyer, Pablo Casado, as its new leader. Its previous chairman, Mariano Rajoy, announced that he would no longer lead the party shortly after losing the position of Spanish prime minister in a vote of no-confidence in June. […]

Rudy Giuliani blasts Michael Cohen’s new lawyer, saying he lied for Bill Clinton during the Monica Lewinsky scandal

Regis Duvignau/Reuters President Donald Trump’s outside attorney Rudy Giuliani blasted Lanny Davis, the new attorney for the president’s longtime lawyer Michael Cohen. Davis mocked Giuliani’s Sunday show appearances. Giuliani hit back in a text-message exchange with Business Insider, criticizing Davis’s work for former President Bill Clinton. “I like Michael but I don’t get hiring a […]

'Not a punching bag': Ex-Trump lawyer Cohen says he will put family & country before POTUS

The disgraced former lawyer to US President Donald Trump, Michael Cohen, has indicated he will trade the remains of his loyalty to Trump for his family and country’s interests, pledging full cooperation with the Russia probe. Cohen, who had been the longtime personal lawyer and confidante of President Trump, has distanced himself from the quagmires […]

Michael Cohen reportedly hires a new lawyer — the guy you’d hire ‘if you wanted to keep open the option’ of flipping

Jeenah Moon/Reuters President Donald Trump’s longtime lawyer Michael Cohen has reportedly hired a new attorney named Guy Petrillo. Petrillo used to be in charge of the criminal division in the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. That’s where Cohen is under criminal investigation. Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz told Business Insider this […]

Kim ‘begged on hands and knees’ for summit with Trump, US president's lawyer says

Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani has risked causing another diplomatic uproar after he claimed that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was “on hands and knees,” desperately trying to save the June 12 summit after Trump briefly withdrew. Read more Lately, Giuliani has become an avid foreign policy commentator despite not being authorized by the US president, […]

‘The Happytime Murders’ Responds to ‘Sesame Street’ Lawsuit Through a Puppet Lawyer

When The Happytime Murders, a comedy about foul-mouthed and sex-crazed puppets who look an awful lot like the ones created by Jim Henson, used the tagline “All Sesame. No Street.” in its marketing campaign, the creators of Sesame Street weren’t thrilled. They planned to sue the film for unauthorized use of the Sesame Street brand, and now […]

From private investigators to a 5-hour meeting with superstar lawyer David Boies, here are the lengths Theranos went to contain The Wall Street Journal’s bombshell story

Hollis Johnson/Business Insider When Theranos learned what Wall Street Journal reporter John Carreyrou was digging into, the company went through some tremendous lengths to get ahead of the story.  In Carreyrou’s new book, “Bad Blood,” he details the legal sit-downs with superstar lawyer David Boies, and the suspected private investigators that tailed some of his […]