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Google recklessly violated privacy laws to spike ad profits, lawsuit says....

Officers threatened to kill the dog of Thomas Perez Jr as they pressured him to falsely confess to killing his father, who was alive

Rebecca Joynes, 30, convicted of engaging in sexual activity with minors while in a position of trust

The Supreme Court’s opinions in the NetChoice/CCIA cases have been leading to some bizarre interpretations, as many people try to read into it things they wanted to see but just aren’t there. Cathy already covered some of the oddities of Justice Alito’s concurrence (which Justices Thomas and Gorsuch signed onto), but I...

Brothers charged in novel crypto scheme potentially face decades in prison....

You may recall last month’s hilarious story of lawyer Mike Dunforth’s response to a vexatious angry demand letter from IMG, representing the LAPD Foundation, claiming that a t-shirt with the following “Fuck the LAPD” logo violated its IP rights:

Ruling: Thumbprint scan is like a "blood draw or fingerprint taken at booking."...

The actor is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Halyna Hutchins, the film’s cinematographer

In the October incident, a pedestrian crossing the road was struck by another vehicle before landing in front of the Cruise taxi. The robotaxi braked hard but ran over the person.

Disgraced biotech company founder is now due to be released in August 2032, two years and four months before original date

A court in Romania’s capital has ruled that social media influencer Andrew Tate can leave Romania but must remain within the European Union as he awaits trial on charges of human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women.

New Zealand's Disputes Tribunal dismissed the claim, saying the promises did not constitute a contract....

The ruling means the litigation — which began in 2020 — can continue. The case involves whether cookies collecting user information violates GDPR and whether the two companies are responsible for what web site operators do....

Industry groups said the E.P.A. had exceeded its authority in requiring the drinking-water cleanup. The chemicals, known as PFAS, are linked to cancer and health risks....

Verdict comes after week-long trial in Biden family home town of Wilmington, Delaware

U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley acknowledged that she failed to allow David DePape to address the court before sentencing him to 30 years in prison last week.

Deputy manager of Tiny Toes nursery sentenced over manslaughter of nine-month-old Genevieve Meehan

Court denies application for a stay but could still hear challenge to the law.

HARRISBURG, Penn. — The Pennsylvania Superior Court upheld the sentencing of a criminal defendant who formed his hand in the shape of a gun and pointed it at a testifying witness during trial. The court had enough evidence to convict him of criminal contempt....

A federal judge spared the former executives of the classified ads website of more than half the convictions they were handed by a jury in November....

General Motors will pay nearly $146 million in penalties to the federal government because 5.9 million of its older vehicles don’t comply with emissions and fuel economy standards.

A former reporter for a weekly Kansas newspaper has agreed to accept $235,000 to settle part of her federal lawsuit over a police raid on the paper that made a small city the focus of a national debate over press freedoms.

Authority cited by FTC just a "housekeeping statute," US judge in Texas rules.

A Trump-appointed federal judge on Wednesday partially blocked a Federal Trade Commission rule banning most noncompete clauses, ubiquitous anti-worker agreements that prevent employees from moving to or starting their own competing businesses.

The jury took less than a day to find the NFL had violated U.S. antitrust law. The ruling could put the league on the hook for a whopping $14.1 billion in total damages.