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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has drawn a firm line between private tech surveillance and government search powers, ruling that Google acted within the law when it flagged child sexual abuse images found in a user’s cloud account. In a unanimous decision, the court concluded that Google’s automated detection and reporting of illicit material did not …

Private Cloud, Public Consequences: Wisconsin Court Backs Google’s Abuse-Reporting Call Read More »

A fresh legal storm is brewing between Washington and California. The administration of President Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit against the University of California, alleging that its Los Angeles campus fostered an antisemitic work environment that harmed Jewish and Israeli faculty members. At the center of the dispute is University of California, Los Angeles, …

Campus at the Crossroads: White House Takes UCLA to Court Over Antisemitism Claims Read More »

A fresh courtroom clash is brewing over America’s childhood immunization policy. A coalition of Democratic-led states is suing the Trump administration, accusing it of dismantling long-settled vaccine safeguards and exposing children to preventable disease. The legal challenge targets sweeping revisions issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which recently altered the nation’s …

States Take Washington to Court as Vaccine Rulebook Is Rewritten Read More »

A courtroom in Utah refused to derail the prosecution in the killing of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, rejecting claims that personal ties tainted the case. District Court Judge Tony Graf ruled that prosecutors would remain on the case, dismissing arguments that a conflict of interest existed because the daughter of a senior attorney in the …

No Conflict, No Collapse: Utah Court Keeps Prosecution Intact in Charlie Kirk Killing Read More »

A senior federal judge in Michigan has temporarily stepped away from the bench as he confronts drunken-driving charges tied to an October arrest that only recently came to light. The announcement came from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, confirming that Judge Thomas Ludington has voluntarily taken a leave of absence …

Bench in the Balance: Michigan Federal Judge Steps Aside After DUI Case Surfaces Read More »

America’s courtrooms are accustomed to weighing constitutional crises. Now, the judiciary says it is living through one—brick by brick. The policy arm of the federal courts, the U.S. Judicial Conference, has asked Congress for something it has sought for decades: the authority to manage its own courthouses, rather than relying on the executive branch. The …

Courts Seek the Keys: US Judiciary Pushes to Reclaim Control of Its Own Buildings Read More »

The chamber was heavy with ceremony, but the tension was unmistakable. When President Donald Trump stepped into the House floor to deliver his State of the Union address, he found himself only a few feet away from members of the very court that had just derailed one of his signature trade policies. Days earlier, the …

Robes and Rebukes: Trump’s Tariff Fury Shadows Supreme Court at State of the Union Read More »

The heir to a Hollywood legacy stood behind glass in a Los Angeles courtroom on Monday and uttered two words that now anchor one of the city’s most jarring crime sagas: not guilty. Nick Reiner, 32, pleaded not guilty to two counts of first-degree murder in connection with the stabbing deaths of his parents — …

Bloodline in the Dock: Nick Reiner Denies Killing Hollywood Power Couple Parents Read More »

A federal courtroom in Boston has cleared the runway for United Parcel Service to move ahead with an ambitious workforce reduction plan—one that places a $150,000 check on the table for tens of thousands of its drivers. At the center of the clash was a challenge mounted by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the union …

$150,000 Exit Door Opens: Court Clears UPS to Roll Out Massive Driver Buyout Plan Read More »

Two of the most senior figures in the federal appellate judiciary are preparing to step back from full-time duty — a quiet shift with loud political consequences. Chief Judge Debra Ann Livingston of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and Chief Judge Jeffrey Sutton of the United States Court of Appeals …

Twin Departures at the Top of Federal Appeals Courts Open Fresh Judicial Slots for Trump Read More »