Category: Law & Courts
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The FBI has arrested a woman over an alleged plot against the New York State Capitol. How the law prosecutes an attack that never happened, why implausibility is not a defence, and the contested role of undercover operations.
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The operator of the boat that capsized near the Statue of Liberty faces thirteen counts of reckless endangerment. Why the count matches people at risk rather than people harmed, what “reckless” means in law, and the pattern behind small-boat disasters.
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Lebanon’s parliament has voted to abolish the death penalty, moving the country from abolitionist in practice to abolitionist in law. Why that distinction matters, what happens to existing sentences, and the arguments on both sides.
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Two phrases run through the Meta coverage without explanation: multidistrict litigation and bellwether trial. What they mean, how an MDL differs from a class action, and why a bellwether verdict decides less than it appears to.
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US states accuse Meta of designing Facebook and Instagram to keep children hooked, in a trial that opened in Oakland. What is claimed, why the case gets around Section 230, Meta’s defence, and the two things worth watching.
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Twenty-nine states are suing Meta over claims Facebook and Instagram were designed to hook children. The trial turns on a single legal move — suing over product design rather than content — and that is why it could reshape the apps.
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The Supreme Court has declined to undo the civil verdict finding Trump liable for sexually abusing E. Jean Carroll. What a civil finding is, what the court actually decided by refusing to intervene, and why the distinction matters.
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Anthropic settled with authors for a reported $1.5 billion. OpenAI has been ordered to hand over 20 million ChatGPT logs. The Supreme Court is reviewing whether AI-generated works can be copyrighted at all. Where AI copyright law stands.
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Newly released Epstein files expose years of disturbing correspondence with one of Dubai’s most powerful businessmen, alongside efforts to gain access to senior members of the UAE royal establishment. The latest release of Jeffrey Epstein files has drawn fresh scrutiny to his connections in the United Arab Emirates, revealing a disturbing combination of sexually explicit…
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A year after the ICJ found Israel’s occupation unlawful and ordered its rapid end, settlement construction has continued and settler violence risen. What the opinion did and didn’t change — and what international courts can actually do.