Cyber thieves stole $6.9 billion in 2021, and every indication is that 2022 will be worse, no matter what authorities do to prevent it.
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Industry associations and business owners say serial plaintiffs filing dozens or hundreds of cases are increasingly using the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act to extract tens of thousands of dollars in settlements — and not to promote access as the landmark civil-rights law intended.
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A public school district in Michigan was tricked into wiring its monthly health insurance payment to the bank account of a California nail salon. The district — and taxpayers — fell victim to an online scam called Business Email Compromise, or BEC for short.
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It’s easy around these parts to get deeply cynical about law and justice and the federal judiciary. But sometimes there’s a story like this and a direct, scathing opinion like this.
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A judicial panel on Tuesday abandoned a proposal by the U.S. Justice Department to give federal officials more time to respond to lawsuits against them related to their duties, particularly when they rely on a "qualified immunity" defense often use to shield law enforcement accused of excessive force.
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The creation of the FBI's "virtual asset exploitation" unit comes after the Justice Department's largest-ever financial seizure earlier this month. It charged a married New York couple with allegedly laundering bitcoins now valued at over $4.5 billion that were stolen in the 2016 hack of the digital currency exchange Bitfinex.
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Private contractor ID.me said it will drop the facial recognition requirement in the identity-verification software used by several U.S. states and federal agencies, after backlash over the technology's privacy concerns grew.
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To hold otherwise would require police officers to ‘identify themselves as [such] when they investigate criminal activity,’ thus rendering ‘virtually all undercover work’ unconstitutional,” the court said
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Corporate defense lawyers support federal rule changes said to help prevent 'junk' scientific testimony
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Navient Corp. committed Thursday to canceling $1.7 billion in private student loans for 66,000 borrowers across the country, over lending practices and payment plans said to be abusive and predatory.
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