Legal Affairs and Trials with Meghann Cuniff

Legal Affairs and Trials with Meghann Cuniff

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A hearing in North Carolina provided a rare look at a teenage mass shooter. Here are the details.
Following a seven-day hearing, a judge sentenced an 18-year-old man to five consecutive terms of life in prison without parole for murdering five people…
 • Meghann Cuniff
Instagram head Adam Mosseri testifies in child social media addiction trial in Los Angeles
Mosseri is the first technology executive to testify in the landmark social media trial against Google and Meta over YouTube and Instagram.
 • Meghann Cuniff
Meta and Google begin trial in lawsuit over child addiction and mental health claims
One of the most successful mass torts lawyers in the United States will question Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg and Instagram Head Adam Mosseri as…
 • Meghann Cuniff

January 2026

Journalist Don Lemon released from federal custody in LA after first court appearance
I spent the afternoon inside the courthouse with dozens of other people awaiting Lemon's first appearance in his federal criminal case over a Jan. 18…
 • Meghann Cuniff
Judge disqualified from rapper's murder case after defense cites 'hostile comments', 'obvious bias'
An attorney for Alicia Andrews, who is awaiting sentencing for manslaughter for rapper Julio Foolio's fatal shooting, plans to cite the disqualification…
 • Meghann Cuniff
Jury acquits Texas school police officer of child endangerment in trial over mass school shooting
Adrian Gonzales was accused of a crime for each of the 19 children who were murdered and 10 who were injured on May 24, 2022, by a gunman who was killed…
 • Meghann Cuniff
Uvalde cop's defense focuses on 'fatal funnel' and other officers' actions as trial enters third week
The sister of one of two teachers murdered in the 2022 school shooting was removed from the courtroom last week after yelling that her sister "went into…
 • Meghann Cuniff
Trial for Texas school cop over mass shooting response continues after surprise testimony
Adrian Gonzales is the first of two police officers to stand trial for the slow response to the 2022 mass shooting at a Texas elementary school that…
 • Meghann Cuniff
Death threats to federal judge won't derail murder-for-hire case against rapper Lil Durk
Defense attorneys argued prosecutors should've disclosed sooner the threatening voicemails received by the magistrate judge who denied Banks' requests…
 • Meghann Cuniff
2025 Year In Review: From A$AP Rocky to Karen Read and Donna Adelson, here are my top cases
This was the year of my YouTube channel, which is growing into a major operation. This Substack will grow with it in 2026.
 • Meghann Cuniff

December 2025

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