USA v. MENENDEZ
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January 16, 2024
Sen. Menendez, Wife Ask For Own Trials In Bribery Case
U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., and his wife, Nadine, are requesting that the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York sever their trials in their federal foreign bribery case to avoid a "Catch-22" in deciding whether each should testify against the other.
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January 10, 2024
Menendez Skewers 'Outrageously False' Bribery Case
U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., blasted federal prosecutors' bribery case against him Wednesday, arguing the case should be tossed because the alleged illegal conduct he engaged in is immune from prosecution.
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January 09, 2024
Jones Day Litigator Joins Defense Team For Sen. Menendez
Jones Day attorney Jacob "Yaakov" Roth has joined New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez's defense team in his federal bribery case alongside Paul Hastings LLP lawyers, according to documents filed in federal court.
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January 02, 2024
Menendez Took Gold Bars For Supporting Qatar, Feds Say
The gold bars found when agents raided U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez's home as they pursued a second set of bribery charges against the embattled politician were given to him in exchange for using his power and influence to benefit the government of Qatar, according to a superseding indictment leveled Tuesday.
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January 01, 2024
New York Cases To Watch In 2024
The coming year's big cases developing in New York courts involve the protracted legal woes of Donald Trump, bribery allegations against Sen. Bob Menendez and a high-stakes fight over whether artificial intelligence has been purposefully deployed to engage in flagrant copyright theft.
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January 01, 2024
Trials To Watch In 2024
Major trials coming down the pike in 2024 include a wealthy Russian art collector's suit against Sotheby's, first bellwethers in multidistrict litigation over allegations Chiquita funded a violent group in Colombia, and a criminal case against U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez. Here's a rundown.
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January 01, 2024
New Jersey Cases To Watch In 2024
In the coming year, May 6 looms large for New Jersey court watchers with two high-profile federal bribery cases scheduled to go to trial. One case — the prosecution of two former executives of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. — has taken years to get to trial. The other case — which accuses Sen. Robert Menendez, his wife and three businessmen of a bribery conspiracy — is proceeding much more swiftly, with the indictments having been handed down on Sept. 22.
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December 20, 2023
Menendez Wants 2-Month Delay Of Bribery Trial
U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., asked a New York federal judge Wednesday to postpone an explosive bribery case — the government's second — for two months, citing the complexity of an additional, unprecedented foreign-agent charge. If the delay is granted, the May 6 trial would be pushed to early July.
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November 16, 2023
Menendez Subs Out Winston & Strawn For Paul Hastings
Paul Hastings LLP will take over U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez's defense in a criminal case accusing the New Jersey Democrat of a bribery scandal involving the Egyptian government, according to filings in New York federal court on Thursday.
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October 23, 2023
Sen. Menendez Denies 'Foreign Agent' Charge In Bribery Case
U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez entered a not guilty plea Monday on federal charges accusing the politician from New Jersey of conspiring to act as an unregistered foreign agent for the Egyptian government after previously denying taking about $600,000 worth of bribes from Garden State business associates.