For lawyers, there’s a fine art to litigating in the press, of calibrating how to shape a public narrative without running afoul of ethics rules or antagonizing judges.

Lively's spokesperson also lambasted Baldoni's legal team and publicist, Melissa Nathan, for trying to put Swift "at the center of this case since day one," adding, "Faced with ha

Nevertheless, Baldoni and his Wayfarer Studios team continued to make more and more outlandish legal claims, like the fact that Lively supposedly tried to extort Swift into publicly supporting her amid the drama.

President Trump said Wednesday he was considering making two giant government-sponsored home lenders public. “I am giving very serious consideration to bringing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac public,”

Rates for home loans pressed higher, as Washington policies continue to stifle housing market activity. In the week ending May 22, 30-year fixed-rate mortgages averaged 6.86%, Freddie Mac announced, up from 6.

By Rocky Swift (Reuters) -Over-the-counter (OTC) shares in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac rose sharply on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump said he was considering taking the U.S. mortgage finance firms public.