Defending A Client Charged With Murder Probably Isn't The Best Time To Catch Some Zs
A man who was convicted of first-degree murder in 2013 deserves a retrial after his criminal defense lawyer failed to stay awake during his trial, Massachusetts’ top court ruled on Thursday.
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Proposals to limit how teens use social media are gaining bipartisan traction with governors and state legislators as the tech industry, so far successfully, tries to stave off such regulation through the courts.
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Alphabet's Google has agreed to settle a lawsuit claiming it secretly tracked the internet use of millions of people who thought they were doing their browsing privately. The lawsuit had sought at least $5 billion, but settlement terms were not disclosed.
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The experimental ordinance was passed in October in the southern city of Porto Alegre and city councilman Ramiro Rosário revealed this week that it was written by a chatbot, sparking objections and raising questions about the role of AI in public policy.
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Daibes is one of Menendez’s co-defendants in this indictment. His fingerprints and DNA were found on envelopes of cash taken from Menendez’s house, and he’s alleged to given Menendez the gold bars as part of the bribery scheme.
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Lawyer's Pringles poop prank in parking lot of victims advocacy center leads to suspension
The Ohio Supreme Court didn’t think that the parking lot incident was random.
“Although Blakeslee testified that he randomly selected all the locations in which he deposited his feces-filled cans, the circumstantial evidence in the record weighs heavily against his testimony that he randomly chose the Haven of Hope parking lot as his drop zone,” the state supreme court said.
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Countries including the United States, Britain and New Zealand have banned the app on government phones despite TikTok repeatedly denying that it has ever shared data with the Chinese government and would not do so if asked.
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FTC Issues Annual Report to Congress on Agency’s Actions to Protect Older Adults
Adults 60 and older report losses of $1.6 billion in 2022 to scams, investment scams are top reported by dollars lost
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Lawyers Faces Disciplinary Commission After Substitution Jutsu Goes Awry
A North Carolina lawyer told a disciplinary commission that she thought that substituting a litigant for her criminal client during an arraignment was “an acceptable strategy.”
The lawyer wants the commission to dismiss the ethics complaint on account of her desire to “represent clients zealously.”
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New Amazon scams are making the rounds. Here’s how to avoid them
Here’s a look at the two main Amazon scam tactics that have been pestering people lately, along with tips for spotting them so you don’t become a victim yourself.
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