attorney
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“It really raises the fundamental question: What’s the difference between a U.S. attorney and a first assistant attorney?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
The authority granted by a power of attorney generally ends when the principal dies, as you say.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
Karren Kenney, his criminal defense attorney, said she is seeking to appeal the ruling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Question #2: My authority as power of attorney ends at her death, so I would no longer be able to access or manage these accounts in that capacity.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
So, at three in the morning, the attorney parked his Model T at the ranch and went to sleep in the car.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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As part of an insurance dispute over a fire-damaged Carson home, attorneys for State Farm cited several cases in court filings this month that they later acknowledged don’t exist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
It said the claims were “limited in scope and entirely unsubstantiated,” and that the attorneys general offered “no evidence” that state residents had been harmed at all.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
Meta is facing thousands of lawsuits from more than 40 state attorneys general, school districts and individual social media users that allege the company prioritized growth over the safety of its underage users.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Some have been more successful at that than others, and at times attorneys general on both sides of the aisle have been thorns in the side of the presidents they serve.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026
After we met Kay Hanlon, we went up one floor in the Juvenile Court building to talk to the four attorneys from the Juvenile Public Defender’s office representing Johnny, the ten-year-old defendant.
From "Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago" by LeAlan Jones
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