#manhattan-federal-court

#manhattan-federal-court

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday sued Coinbase Inc., the largest U.S. crypto asset trading platform, accusing it of illegally operating without having first registered with the regulator.In a complaint filed in Manhattan federal court, the SEC said that at least since 2019, Coinbase has operated as an unregistered broker by handling cryptocurrency transactions, evading the disclosure requirements meant to protect investors.

Former President Donald Trump will not testify in the E. Jean Carroll civil battery and defamation trial after his attorney did not inform the court of any change in strategy before a judge-imposed deadline of 5 p.m. Sunday.While attorneys for Carroll and Trump rested their respective cases in the trial in Manhattan federal court on Thursday evening, District Judge Lewis Kaplan had left a window for Trump to testify, even as the former president's attorney said that would be highly unlikely.

The accusation at the heart of the trial that just ended in Manhattan federal court sounds like a classic criminal case an alleged sexual assault in the dressing room of a luxury department store.But the jury of nine New Yorkers were not asked to decide if former president Donald J. Trump was guilty of raping the writer E. Jean Carroll as she testified he did in the mid 1990s.

New York City police officers can no longer detain people solely to determine if there is a warrant for their arrest, if they don't believe a crime has happened or is imminent, under a settlement filed in Manhattan federal court on Friday.The police often stop people because officers believe they have illegal weapons, or have committed another crime.

A jury in New York has ruled that British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran is not liable for copyright infringement in a case that has been closely watched by the global entertainment industry.The case centered on whether Sheeran ripped off Marvin Gaye's Let's Get It On and will be seen as a major victory for recording artists.

Attorneys for E. Jean Carroll and Donald Trump rested their respective cases in the battery and defamation trial against the former president in Manhattan federal court on Thursday evening.Carroll, a former magazine columnist, alleges Trump raped her in the Bergdorf Goodman department store in the mid-1990s and then defamed her when he denied her claim, said she wasn't his type and suggested she made up the story to boost sales of her book.

Ed Sheeran's much-awaited copyright-infringement trial started last week in Manhattan federal court.Sheeran stands accused of copying Marvin Gaye's legendary R&B song "Let's Get It On" in his 2014 hit "Thinking Out Loud."This lawsuit, filed by the heirs of the song's co-writer and composer Ed Townsend, claims Sheetan unlawfully employed the "heart" of Gaye's song - that is, "harmonic progressions" and "melodic and rhythmic elements."

Ed Sheeran played the chord progression to his hit song Thinking Out Loud and sang on the witness stand in Manhattan federal court on Thursday, during a trial over whether he copied Marvin Gaye's classic Let's Get it On.Testifying as the first witness in his own defense to a packed courtroom, the British singer-songwriter described his process for writing the song about everlasting love in 2014, shortly after he began a new romantic relationship and after his grandfather died.

Ed Sheeran's much-awaited copyright-infringement trial started this week in Manhattan federal court.Sheeran stands accused of copying Marvin Gaye's legendary R&B song "Let's Get It On" in his 2014 hit "Thinking Out Loud."This lawsuit, filed by the heirs of the song's co-writer and composer Ed Townsend, claims Sheetan unlawfully employed the "heart" of Gaye's song - that is, "harmonic progressions" and "melodic and rhythmic elements."

Ed Sheeran played the chord progression to his hit song Thinking Out Loud and sang on the witness stand in Manhattan federal court on Thursday, during a trial over whether he copied Marvin Gaye's classic Let's Get it On.Testifying as the first witness in his own defense to a packed courtroom, the British singer-songwriter described his process for writing the song about everlasting love in 2014, shortly after he began a new romantic relationship and after his grandfather died.

Ed Sheeran leaves federal court, Thursday, April 27, 2023, in New York.Bebeto Matthews (AP) In a packed New York courtroom, Ed Sheeran picked up his guitar Thursday and launched into a tune that has him locked in a copyright dispute over Marvin Gaye's soul classic Let's Get it On as the only audience that mattered a jury looked on.

NEW YORK In a packed New York courtroom, Ed Sheeran picked up his guitar Thursday and launched into a tune that has him locked in a copyright dispute over Marvin Gaye's soul classic Let's Get it On as the only audience that mattered a jury looked on.Sheeran was an hour into testimony in Manhattan federal court when his lawyer, Ilene Farkas, pressed him to tell how he came to write Thinking Out Loud a decade ago.

The man who allegedly attacked New York police officers with a machete on New Year's Eve pleaded not guilty to state charges in court Wednesday.Trevor Bickford, 19, appeared in a Manhattan courtroom wearing a tan uniform with his wrists and ankles shackled.He spoke only to enter his plea.Bickford was indicted January 6 on 18 counts, nine of which included charges of first-degree attempted murder, assault, aggravated assault on a police officer, attempted aggravated assault on a police officer and attempted assault in furtherance of an act or as a crime of terrorism, according to the indictment.

The singer was also seen playing a few chords on the guitar in front of a jury that is deciding whether Sheeran's song violates the copyrights of Marvin Gaye's soul classic Let's Get It On.An hour into the testimony in Manhattan Federal court, Ed Sheeran's lawyer Ilene Farkas pressed him to explain how he came to write his song Thinking Out Loud a decade ago.

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried leaves Manhattan federal court on Jan. 3 in New York.The government has just seized $170 million from Bankman-Fried in connection with the case.(Seth Wenig/AP)The Department of Justice said Friday it has seized $170 million in cash with links to FTX as part of the criminal case into disgraced cryptocurrency executive Sam Bankman-Fried.