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Judge weighs sanctions over attorneys’ AI use in Alabama prison case
A federal judge said on May 21 that she is considering sanctions against lawyers with a high-priced firm hired to defend Alabama’s prison system after ChatGPT was used to write […]
Judge blocks Trump plan to dismantle Education Department
Federal judge halts Trump's Education Department layoffs, orders reinstatement of staff amid lawsuits claiming illegal agency closure.
President Trump signs Take It Down Act, addressing nonconsensual deepfakes
President Donald Trump on May 19 signed the Take It Down Act, bipartisan legislation that enacts stricter penalties for the distribution of non-consensual intimate imagery, sometimes called “revenge porn,” as […]
Hospital tells family brain-dead Georgia woman must carry fetus to birth because of abortion ban
A pregnant woman in Georgia was declared brain-dead after a medical emergency and doctors have kept her on life support for three months so far to allow enough time for […]
Illinois gov first in U.S. to block federal access to personal data on autism
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has signed a first-in-the-nation executive order to block the federal government from collecting personal health data related to autism, a direct rebuke to the Trump administration. Democrat […]
Justice Sotomayor urges lawyers to defend democracy
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said on May 8 that lawyers should stand up and fight in battles faced by the nation’s legal system, comments that come amid attacks on federal judges and President Donald Trump’s targeting of elite law f[...]
He was killed in a road rage shooting. AI allowed him to deliver his own victim impact statement
There were dozens of statements submitted to the court by family and friends of Christopher Pelkey when it came time to sentence the man convicted of shooting him during a road rage incident. They provided glimpses of Pelkey’s humor, his character [...]
Utah judge to decide if convicted killer with dementia can be executed
Attorneys for a Utah man who has been on death row for 37 years are due before a state judge Wednesday as they seek to spare the convicted murderer from execution because he has dementia.
Diddy sex trafficking trial begins with jury selection
The sex trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs, one of the biggest music moguls and cultural figures of the past four decades, began May 5 in New York with jury selection. […]
Trump orders Alcatraz reopening for violent offenders
President Donald Trump says he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a hard-to-reach California island off San Francisco that has been closed for more than 60 years.
Judge blocks Trump move to dismantle library agency
A federal judge agreed to temporarily block the Trump administration from taking any more steps to dismantle an agency that funds and promotes libraries across the U.S.
FBI wrong-house raid case heads to Supreme Court
Trina Martin's lawsuit over a mistaken FBI raid that traumatized her family will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court this week.
Top Legal News
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- South Carolina lawyer Murdaugh’s murder conviction overturned
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- SC GOP announces plans to file a federal lawsuit to close primaries
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