New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) in a new filing asked a state judge to sanction former President Trump, his two adult sons and their legal team for $20,000, saying they continue to bring up arguments already rejected in court.

James — who is suing the former president, his sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, the Trump Organization and others for $250 million over allegations that they falsely inflated their assets — argued Tuesday that arguments raised by Trump’s legal team have been struck down twice by the court. An appeals court also separately rejected the claims.

When the Trump legal team raised the arguments the second time, the judge noted that they “were borderline frivolous even the first time defendants made them” and said that a “sophisticated defense counsel should have known better,” according to Tuesday’s filing.

  • Teh@sh.itjust.works
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    Yeah, I’d be surprised if a public photo was subject to copyright. Upside is that anyone ELSE can sell them.

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      Some US states do hold copyright over state workers’ work. This isn’t illegal under federal law (though maybe it should be).

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        1 year ago

        So the old lady at the DMV owns all our ID pics?

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          No, as with all other work done as part of employment, the employer (in their case, the state) owns the copyright.

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      It was released by Fulton County, but they own the rights to it. They might end up buying a new fleet of cruisers over the copyright settlement.

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        1 year ago

        I’d be investing in riot gear, but then again I’m sort of hopeful as a person.