law

Albany Times Union ranks Nxivm as #2 biggest story of 2018; Raniere’s lawyer claims he is now in ‘general population’
The Albany Times Union has ranked the arrest and indictments of Nxivm leaders Keith Raniere, Nancy Salzman, Allison Mack, Lauren Salzman, Clare Bronfman and…

NYC Lawyer With Contacts: On Peterson, Betancourt, Tighe and Parlato
By A NYC Lawyer with Contacts:

Agnifilo blasts government, says DOJ ‘constructed criminal case from media and Hollywood-driven detritus’
Marc Agniflo has pretty much summed up the weakness, he says, of the case against NXIVM and the government’s foolish notion to pursue it – in a memorandum of law filed on Dec. 28.

Burke and Sandweg – two high-profile Obama lawyers – represent Nxivm in suspicious visa dealings
By Stated For the Record

‘Victims’ step forward to accuse former AUSA Anthony Bruce of corruption
This publication began seeking people wrongly accused of crimes by former Assistant US Attorney Anthony M. Bruce, who retired after 38 years with the US Attorney’s office, Western District of NY…

Mack’s lawyers say releasing ’embarrassing collateral’ is not serious harm to slaves – so there can be no forced labor charges
See more at The New York Post.

Peterson lawsuit not relevant to NXIVM
By Laura D. Esq.

Prosecution Responds To Raniere’s Request That Mexican Defense Witnesses Be Allowed To Testify Via Closed-Circuit Television
In the Memorandum-Of-Law that the prosecution filed on December 17 th , it was responding to all the unresolved pre-trial motions that have been filed by the various defense attorneys who are…

Other Media Outlets Miss The Point: The Hammer Is Coming Down On All The Defendants
Several media outlets recently ran stories about one of the prosecution’s most recent filings in the case of the U.S. v. Raniere – a 71-page Memorandum Of Law that was filed in response to the…

Prosecution May Charge Bronfman-paid Attorney Who Told Woman to Plead the 5th in Grand Jury
One of the first things that they teach students in law school is to pay attention to the footnotes in legal opinions.

Judge orders NXIVM lawyers to reveal all donors to the Defense trust – by noon tomorrow
Another Order From Judge Garaufis = Another Bad Day For NXIVM
![Jeff Peterson sues Arizona Mafia leader [and Clare Bronfman attorney] Dennis Burke](/media/35223936ecec374a9ac3edbc.webp)
Jeff Peterson sues Arizona Mafia leader [and Clare Bronfman attorney] Dennis Burke
Allegation made that Burke is orchestrating NXIVM lawyers

Clare Bronfman’s invisible man – lawyer Dennis K. Burke
By Thomas Todd

When Lawyers Cry (because the money is slipping away)
By Thomas Todd

Her lawyers: Allison Mack has been unfairly charged with sex trafficking and forced labor
Allison Mack’s attorneys are seeking to get her charges dismissed.

Hope For Women Who Want To Be Branded: Detroit Judge Rules: Federal Statute Outlawing Female Genital Mutilation is Unconstitutional
Branding adult women on their pubic region is not the same as female genital mutilation [FGM]. Indeed, it may be worse.

Part 1: Why the Feds dropped Bronfman charges against Frank Parlato – and and why he will win his multi-million civil lawsuit against them
By K.R. Claviger

El Chapo has only three lawyers, compared to Raniere’s five, will spend a mere $5 million on defense
Joaquin Guzman Loera, 61, AKA El Chapo , only has three attorneys on his legal defense team – and he’s only going to spend an estimated $5 million for his trial.