A major courtroom clash over children’s online safety laws has taken a new turn, with a federal appeals court allowing large portions of California’s landmark child-protection statute to move forward while simultaneously dismantling some of its most controversial provisions. The ruling came from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which reviewed an …
A legal battle over judicial independence has reached the steps of the Supreme Court of the United States, where one of the country’s most senior judges is asking for intervention in a dispute that has sidelined her from the bench. Pauline Newman, a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, has …
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The corridors of a major legal technology gathering in New York hummed with a mix of curiosity, ambition—and quiet unease. Thousands of lawyers, software developers and corporate executives crowded the venue, all circling the same question: if artificial intelligence can do legal work in minutes, what becomes of the industry’s most sacred metric—the billable hour? …
A sweeping overhaul of the United States immigration court system is underway, with the administration of Donald Trump appointing a fresh wave of judges—many drawn from law-enforcement and prosecution roles—as part of its broader push to tighten deportation enforcement. The Justice Department has sworn in 42 new immigration judges, assigning them to courts spread across …
The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, has launched a defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and its parent company Dow Jones & Company, accusing the newspaper of publishing a report that seriously harmed the firm’s reputation. Filed in federal court in New York City, the complaint centers on an article that claimed Binance halted …
A key deposition involving billionaire financier Leon Black has been postponed in a high-profile civil lawsuit accusing Bank of America of turning a blind eye to financial activity tied to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. A federal judge in Manhattan moved Black’s testimony to March 26, delaying it from the previously planned March 16 date. …
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A fresh analysis of legal scholarship in the United States is challenging long-standing assumptions about influence in the academic world. The newest ranking of the country’s most-cited law professors reveals a striking trend: women now dominate the upper tier, claiming seven of the ten most influential spots. For decades, citation rankings—often treated as a rough …
A federal appeals court has ruled that the U.S. government must continue funding the massive Hudson Tunnel Project, rejecting an attempt by the administration of Donald Trump to halt payments tied to the $16 billion rail initiative. The project, overseen by the Gateway Development Commission, is designed to build a new commuter rail tunnel between …
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Two Democratic lawmakers have asked the watchdog inside the U.S. Department of Justice to examine whether Attorney General Pam Bondi properly stepped away from matters connected to clients represented by her brother, raising new questions about potential conflicts inside the department. Senator Adam Schiff and Representative Dave Min sent a letter to Deputy Inspector General …
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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