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After the alleged attack on Jussie Smollett in Chicago, the brothers who police say coordinated the assault with the Empire star are taking his lawyers to court today. In a federal defamation lawsuit filed Tuesday against Mark Geragos, Tina Glandian and their law firm, brothers Ola and Abel Osundairo say they have…

UPDATED with Smollett comments, more details: Jussie Smollett’s lawyers announced today that all criminal charges have been dropped and his record expunged. However, the Illinois law enforcement aren’t letting the Empire actor off totally free. “Today all criminal charges against Jussie Smollett were dropped and his…

(UPDATED 5:50 PM with Avenatti posting bond) Celebrity attorney Michael Avenatti has been released on $300,000 bond, and says he expects to be "fully exonerated" of federal extortion and bank and wire fraud charges. The attorney who sued President Donald Trump on behalf of Stormy Daniels is lawyering up himself today…

CNN jettisoned celebrity lawyer Mark Geragos on Monday after reporting that he is alleged to be the unnamed co-conspirator in the Southern District of New York’s criminal complaint against another celebrity lawyer, Michael Avenatti. Garagos, best known for repping the likes of former NFL-er Colin Kaepernick, actor…

The settlement amount that former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick and ex-teammate Eric Reid reaped from their collusion lawsuit against the National Football League may be far less than previously reported. The Wall Street Journal, citing anonymous sources familiar with the settlement, said Kaepernick…

(UPDATED with a statement from one of Smollett’s defense team) Empire star Jussie Smollett’s legal troubles over an alleged false assault just got worse. A grand jury in Chicago on Friday returned 16 felony counts of disorderly conduct and false report of offence against the actor, stemming from a “potential hate…

Chicago Police have cast aside a tip today that looked to directly connect Jussie Smollett to the former “persons of interest” in the January 29 alleged attack on him as the Empire actor is looking to add more muscle to his legal team. A resident or someone visiting Smollett's Chicago apartment told the cops that they…

Fresh off a settlement of his collusion case against the National Football League, Colin Kaepernick wants back into the NFL. And his attorney predicts it may happen. Mark Geragos, who helmed the Kaepernick case that was confidentially settled for what some estimated could be as much as $60 million to $80 million, told…

The controversy surrounding Super Bowl LIII’s halftime show continues, as Colin Kaepernick’s attorney Mark Geragos called Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine’s rationalization on his participation “a cop out.” Speaking on Good Morning America on Friday, Geragos called on Levine to admit what he’s doing by appearing in the NF…

The NFL's Hail Mary hope that it could get Colin Kaepernick's collusion lawsuit against the league and team owners tossed off the field has floundered with a week to go before the new season kicks-off. In what can only be viewed as the legal equivalent of a touchdown for the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback and…

UPDATED to include comment from the Qatar government’s communications office. Big3 basketball league founders Ice Cube and Jeff Kwatinetz are suing a group of Qatari nationals for $1.2 billion, claiming the investors boasted of connections to the royal family and its riches, but paid little more than half of the money…

EXCLUSIVE: Jeff Kwatinetz, who went to Harvard Law School and graduated near the top of his class, is leaving The Firm as CEO after relaunching the company two years ago. He will now move into the law firm of Geragos & Geragos to practice civil rights litigation, though he will remain actively involved in CubeVision…