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Faith leaders, parents, and educators on Tuesday applauded the Oklahoma Supreme Court's ruling against the establishment of the first U.S. taxpayer-funded religious charter school—which was widely seen as a test case for Christian nationalists' broader efforts to break down the barrier between church and state as well as further undermine public education.

Case file: https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/oag/documents/news-documents/2024/june/1058190300-20240625-085757-.pdf

Steve Teixeira, said to be CEO-in-waiting, now sues Firefox maker for discrimination, retaliation

Case file: https://ia800407.us.archive.org/11/items/jyjfub/pdfsz1_text.pdf

Temu says its users can “shop like a billionaire.”

Case file: https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24778503/2024-06-25-temu-12cv-24-149-complaint.pdf

There have been a bunch of lawsuits over the last couple of years from traditional content industries suing AI providers, claiming copyright infringement. We’re still a long way from figuring out how all of these lawsuits will shake out. We’ve made it clear that we’re skeptical of these lawsuits, largely because you would have to basically ignore a bunch of important and useful copyright precedents to reach the conclusion that training on copyright-covered works infringes on copyright.

U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich's closed-door trial for espionage began in Russia on Wednesday, 15 months after his shock arrest on charges he, his employer and the White House reject as false.

Notorious "Kraken" lawyer Sidney Powell, who pushed false claims about Dominion Voting Systems back in 2020 based on information she received from a woman who claims she can speak with the wind, has settled a defamation lawsuit filed against her by former Dominion executive Eric Coomer.

The names and address of Manhattan jurors who convicted Trump will remain under wraps, however.

A former North Dakota lawmaker who was one of the most powerful members of the Legislature has signed a plea agreement with federal prosecutors on a charge that he traveled to Europe with the intent of paying for sex with a minor.

A new Louisiana law requires all public schools in the state to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms. But civil liberties groups say this violates the First Amendment of the US constitution.

Lawyers for president’s son say Delaware court did not have jurisdiction over case when it proceeded to trial

The Supreme Court has rejected two appeals related to COVID-19 vaccines from Children’s Health Defense, the anti-vaccine nonprofit founded by independent presidential candidate Robert F.

The former senator and justice minister was arrested in 2017 and spent more than six years in prison.

A sentencing date will be set after an August trial to determine the aggravating factors of the charges.

Musician, 33, faces retrial after being sentenced to death for ‘corruption on Earth’

Debris was from a pallet released from space station that did not burn up in atmospheric re-entry

A federal jury in Las Vegas convicted five men for their involvement in the operation of Jetflicks, one of the largest and most popular illegal streaming services in the United States.

New Zealand's Disputes Tribunal dismissed the claim, saying the promises did not constitute a contract.

Case file: https://www.disputestribunal.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Decisions/CL-v-HG-2024-NZDT-118-7-March-2024.pdf

The ruling means the litigation — which began in 2020 — can continue. The case involves whether cookies collecting user information violates GDPR and whether the two companies are responsible for what web site operators do.

Case file: https://uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl/details?id=ECLI:NL:GHAMS:2024:1651

On March 8, 2024, KrebsOnSecurity published a deep dive on the consumer data broker Radaris, showing how the original owners are two men in Massachusetts who operated multiple Russian language dating services and affiliate programs, in addition to a dizzying array of people-search websites. The subjects of that piece are threatening to sue KrebsOnSecurity for defamation unless the story is retracted. Meanwhile, their attorney has admitted that the person Radaris named as the CEO from its inception is a fabricated identity.

Case file: https://krebsonsecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Letter-to-Mr.-Krebs-4-19-24-1.pdf
Case file: https://krebsonsecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Letter-to-Mr.-Krebs-w-Exhibits-6-13-24-1.pdf