Jury convicts Trump of falsifying business records in hush-money scheme (www.courthousenews.com)
Prosecutors accused Trump of falsifying business records to cover up a scheme to influence the 2016 election.
Musk can’t avoid testifying in SEC probe of Twitter buyout by playing victim (arstechnica.com)
Class action alleges secret Twitter stock scheme ahead of Musk’s SEC testimony....
Google accused of secretly tracking drivers with disabilities (arstechnica.com)
Google recklessly violated privacy laws to spike ad profits, lawsuit says....
Wordle locked in legal row with geography spinoff, Worldle (www.bbc.com)
The New York Times, Wordle’s owner, accuses similarly-named geography game of “creating confusion.”
US sues Hyundai, others over child labor at Alabama parts plant (www.reuters.com)
The U.S. Department of Labor on Thursday sued South Korean auto giant Hyundai Motor Co, an auto parts plant and a labor recruiter over illegal use of child labor in Alabama.
Circuit Judge Proposes Using AI-Powered LLMs to Interpret Legal Texts (news.justia.com)
In a concurring opinion, U.S. Circuit Judge Kevin Newsom included thoughts on using AI-powered LLMs to help analyze the ordinary meaning of words in legal texts.
Europol and US seize website domains, luxury goods in $6bn cybercrime bust (www.theguardian.com)
‘World’s largest botnet’ – spread through infected emails – taken down through coordinated police action among several countries
"That's what I'm trying to tell you": Cannon confused by legal questions in Trump documents case (www.salon.com)
Judge confirms 30-year sentence for Paul Pelosi hammer attacker (www.courthousenews.com)
The judge did not allow DePape to speak before his original sentence two weeks ago, necessitating a new hearing.
Lawsuit against American Airlines claims Black passengers were asked to deboard flight (www.theguardian.com)
Lawsuit alleges airline representative approached three Black men individually and asked them to leave without explanation
Jury deliberations begin in Trump’s Manhattan hush-money trial (www.courthousenews.com)
Trump is facing 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, which prosecutors claim were part of a broader scheme to bury negative press surrounding Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.
Feds lay out timeline of Egyptian bribery conspiracy in Menendez corruption trial (www.courthousenews.com)
Prosecutors detailed text messages they say show the Democratic senator unfroze U.S. military aid to Egypt after dining at upscale restaurants in New York and Washington with Egyptian intelligence officials.
Activision is awarded $14.5 million in a Call of Duty cheating lawsuit (www.theverge.com)
Most of the defendants never responded to the lawsuit....
Lawsuit argues Call of Duty helped cause the Uvalde school shooting (arstechnica.com)
Suit: Activision is “manipulating players’ brain chemistry,” ignoring “use by minors.”...
Former FTX executive Salame sentenced to over 7 years in prison (www.bbc.com)
Ryan Salame is one of four former top bosses from Sam Bankman-Fried’s firms to plead guilty to charges.
Nvidia denies pirate e-book sites are “shadow libraries” to shut down lawsuit (arstechnica.com)
Will quibbling over the meaning of “shadow libraries” help Nvidia’s case?...
Deaf man awarded £50,000 damages after mistreatment by jobcentre officials (www.theguardian.com)
Tribunal rules Paul Rimmer was subject to ‘character assassination’ and was not given specialist help
Idaho drag performer awarded $1.1m in defamation case against far-right blogger (www.theguardian.com)
A blogger falsely claimed Eric Posey exposed himself to a crowd, including children
EU watchdog rules airport biometrics must be passenger-controlled to comply with GDPR | Biometric Update (www.biometricupdate.com)
Facial recognition use for airport passenger processing only complies with GDPR if passengers have control over their biometrics, the EDPB has ruled....
Judge orders Google to calculate the costs of Epic’s biggest Play Store demand (www.theverge.com)
Google has a month to figure out the cost of compliance....
Hundreds of victims in infected blood scandal to sue UK health secretary (www.theguardian.com)
Group of about 500 people to reinstate 2017 lawsuit against government due to ‘holes and gaps’ in compensation framework
A jury hands Bungie a landmark victory in a Destiny 2 cheating lawsuit (www.theverge.com)
It may be the first jury to say cheats violate copyrights....
Indian man stole $37 million in crypto using fake Coinbase Pro site (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
An Indian national pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy for stealing over $37 million through a fake Coinbase website used to steal credentials....
‘Psychologically tortured’: California city pays man nearly $1m after 17-hour police interrogation (www.theguardian.com)
Officers threatened to kill the dog of Thomas Perez Jr as they pressured him to falsely confess to killing his father, who was alive
Federal Judge Says ICE’s ‘Knock And Talk’ Variant Violates The Constitution (www.techdirt.com)
ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) tends to treat the Constitution as some ticky-tack policy its officers can safely ignore. That’s not to say ICE believes the Constitution does not exist. It probably at least realizes it exists. After all, it’s a US federal agency. What it firmly believes is that the Constitution...
