The spy who wasn’t? New York police officer wants badge back
Angwang, a former U.S. Marine, spent six months in a federal detention center before he was freed on bail while awaiting trial on charges that he fed information about New York’s Tibetan community to officials at the Chinese consulate in New York.
Then, just as suddenly, it was over. Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn dropped the charges Jan. 19, saying only that they were acting “in the interest of justice.” They didn’t explain further.
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NFTs and Intellectual Property: What Do You Actually Own?
Copyright law does not give an NFT owner any rights unless the creator takes affirmative steps to make sure that it does.
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Michigan Updates Information on Income Tax Treatment of Retirement and Pension Benefits for Tax Year 2022
It's that time of year.
The Michigan Department of Treasury has issued a release that summarizes the Michigan income tax treatment of retirement and pension benefits effective for tax year 2022.
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Johnson & Johnson faces about 40,000 cancer lawsuits that allege tainted talc in the company's baby powder formula caused cancer for its users. The company has already been forced to pay billions of dollars in damages.
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No, Ruth Bader Ginsburg did not dissent in Obergefell — and other things ChatGPT gets wrong about the Supreme Court
Be careful who, or what, you get your legal advice from. ChatGPT, the new A.I. chatbot, was asked 50 questions about the Supreme Court. It answered just 22 of them correctly...
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It’s Not Your Imagination — The Supreme Court is Less Efficient
The fact that it took over a month longer to release the first opinion this term than it has ever taken in the past shows just how slow the Court is currently moving. Whether impacted by internal or external events or procedures, or just a less efficient process, these cumulative measures do not bode well for the productivity of the Court in the near future.
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The upshot of Curley’s report: While investigators homed in on several suspects, she could not determine by a preponderance of the evidence who shared the landmark opinion with POLITICO seven weeks before its official release.
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Military Members and Spouses Could Avoid State Income Taxes Thanks to New Law
The rules governing where -- and, in many cases, if -- military members and their spouses pay state income taxes are changing thanks to a new law signed early this year.
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