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A legal confrontation is brewing between artificial intelligence firm Anthropic and the United States Department of Defense after the Pentagon moved to block the company from certain military contracts. Legal analysts say the company may have a solid argument that the government stretched the limits of a little-known security law. The dispute centers on a …

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The United States’ largest federal appeals court is preparing to revisit how it handles its vast immigration caseload after a dispute among judges exposed deep disagreements over court procedures. Chief Judge Mary Murguia announced that the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit will reassess the way it manages deportation-related appeals, including the …

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A fast-rising legal technology company from Sweden has secured a massive $550 million funding round, setting the stage for an aggressive push into the United States legal market. The company, Legora, announced that the Series D investment values the startup at $5.55 billion and will fuel a major expansion across the U.S., where demand for …

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A federal appeals court has allowed West Virginia to continue blocking Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming surgeries, marking a significant development in the widening legal fight over transgender healthcare across the United States. The ruling came from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, where a three-judge panel concluded that the state’s law targets …

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A legal fight has begun in the United States after immigrant rights advocates challenged a federal decision that could strip hundreds of Somali nationals of the legal protections that allow them to live and work in the country. The lawsuit, filed in a federal court in Boston, seeks to block the government’s plan to terminate …

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A senior official at the U.S. Department of Justice is confronting professional misconduct charges after a controversial letter sent to Georgetown University Law Center ignited accusations that he attempted to pressure the school over its diversity curriculum. The complaint, filed in Washington’s attorney discipline system, centers on Ed Martin, who currently serves as the Justice …

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A significant cyberattack has pushed the American federal judiciary to accelerate long-delayed plans to modernize its electronic case management system, a platform that stores and processes court filings across the country. The push for speed came during a closed-door meeting of the Judicial Conference of the United States, the policy-setting body for the federal courts, …

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A major confrontation between the U.S. government and one of the world’s leading artificial intelligence developers has spilled into the courts, with Anthropic suing the U.S. Defense Department after being placed on a national-security blacklist that restricts the military’s use of its AI systems. The dispute centres on the company’s refusal to remove built-in restrictions …

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A high-profile trial in New York has ended with a dramatic fall for three wealthy brothers once prominent in elite social and business circles. A federal jury found Oren Alexander, Tal Alexander, and their brother Alon Alexander guilty in a sweeping sex trafficking case that accused them of preying on women at exclusive parties. The …

Party Empire Collapses: Jury Convicts Alexander Brothers in Explosive Sex Trafficking Trial Read More »

A federal judge in Washington has stopped a major attempt by the Trump administration to rapidly dispose of immigration appeals, ruling that the government pushed forward the plan without following required rule-making procedures. The decision wipes out the central elements of a new policy crafted by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Executive Office for Immigration …

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