Judge blocks Trump's college admissions data push in 17 states
A federal judge has ruled against the Trump administration's efforts to collect college admissions data across 17 states.
Editorial Staff Apr 4
Law
Courts, regulation, legal affairs, privacy, and corporate law.
Briefing: Kenya: Energy executives step down amid fuel manipulation probe
Strategic angle: Five senior figures arrested for allegedly exploiting fuel crisis with inflated prices.
Editorial Staff Apr 4
Briefing: 'I’m Still Getting Charged For Things': Woman Rents Car From Hertz. Then They Ghost Her
Strategic angle: A woman's frustrating experience with Hertz highlights issues in customer service and billing.
Editorial Staff Apr 4
Briefing: French-Palestinian MEP Rima Hassan denounces 'judicial harassment' as court case looms over social media post
Strategic angle: Rima Hassan will be tried over allegedly 'promoting terrorism' over an X post referring to a Japanese man who carried out a terror attack in Israel in 1972.
Editorial Staff Apr 4
Briefing: US judge upholds block of subpoenas in criminal investigation of Jay Powell
Strategic angle: James Boasberg declines US attorney Jeanine Pirro’s request to revisit earlier decision in probe into Federal Reserve chair.
Editorial Staff Apr 3
Briefing: Supreme Court issues statement that Justice Alito was hospitalized approximately two weeks ago
Strategic angle: Justice Samuel Alito was hospitalized on March 20 out of an abundance of caution and at the recommendation of his security detail.
Editorial Staff Apr 3
Briefing: Judge bats down DOJ bid to revive subpoenas to Fed
Strategic angle: A federal judge has denied the Department of Justice's attempt to reinstate subpoenas aimed at the Federal Reserve.
Editorial Staff Apr 3
Briefing: Double Shot of Privacy's Defender in D.C.
Strategic angle: Join EFF's Executive Director Cindy Cohn as she navigates the privacy battles that have shaped the internet.
Editorial Staff Apr 3
Briefing: French prosecutors open hate speech probe into polarising news channel CNews
Strategic angle: Investigation launched into alleged racist comments made on CNews targeting Saint-Denis mayor.
Editorial Staff Apr 3
Briefing: Meta, Google under attack as court cases bypass 30-year-old legal shield
Strategic angle: Internet platforms have long been able to rely on special protections to avoid liability for what takes place on their sites. But that may be changing.
Editorial Staff Apr 3
Briefing: Paris police ban annual French Muslim event over ‘major terrorist risk’ from far-right groups
Strategic angle: The Annual Gathering of the Muslims of France has been canceled due to concerns over potential far-right violence.
Editorial Staff Apr 3
Supreme Court rules against Colorado ban on ‘conversion therapy’ for LGBTQ kids
The Supreme Court's decision challenges state laws against a discredited practice aimed at LGBTQ+ youth.
Editorial Staff Apr 3
Briefing: Even Illinois State Police Can't Afford New Cars
Strategic angle: Seventy-four percent of Americans say new cars are unaffordable, but it's not just individuals who are also feeling the squeeze.
Editorial Staff Apr 3
Briefing: Judge denies UVA QB Morris' request for 7th year
Strategic angle: A Virginia circuit court judge denied Virginia quarterback Chandler Morris' request for a preliminary injunction to play a seventh season on Thursday.
Editorial Staff Apr 3
Briefing: Baby shot dead in pram in New York City, police say
Strategic angle: The seven-month-old child is the unintended victim of a suspected gang-related shooting, officials say.
Editorial Staff Apr 3
Briefing: A Baseless Copyright Claim Against a Web Host—and Why It Failed
Strategic angle: Copyright law is supposed to encourage creativity. Too often, it’s used to extract payouts from others.
Editorial Staff Apr 2
Briefing: French MEP Rima Hassan in French police custody over alleged apology for terrorism
Strategic angle: Hassan, a prominent pro-Palestine activist, faces legal issues for her controversial statements.
Editorial Staff Apr 2
Briefing: Tiger surprised over DUI arrest, bodycam shows
Strategic angle: Tiger Woods expressed astonishment as he was handcuffed after crashing his vehicle last week in Florida, according to body camera footage released Thursday.
Editorial Staff Apr 2
Briefing: War crimes complaint filed in France over deadly Israeli Beirut airstrike
Strategic angle: The filing argues that the bombing of a civilian building, which killed seven, could constitute a war crime under French criminal law and international humanitarian law.
Editorial Staff Apr 2
Briefing: Sarkozy appeal trial hears moving testimonies from families of UTA flight bombing victims
Strategic angle: Relatives of victims express their anger at former French president Nicolas Sarkozy during the trial.
Editorial Staff Apr 2