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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
US judge blocks Trump administration from publishing names of universities' foreign donors www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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US judge blocks Trump administration from publishing names of universities' foreign donors
A federal judge has blocked the US Department of Education from publicly disclosing the names of foreign donors who provided thousands of gifts to universities throughout the country, saying the insti...
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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Judge warns AI could stunt lawyers' training and harm their clients www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
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Judge warns AI could stunt lawyers' training and harm their clients
A federal judge has warned that law firms' increasing use of artificial intelligence could create risks for clients and hinder the training of junior lawyers, even ​as he declined to sanction attorney...
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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
US judge restores court-appointed top federal prosecutor Trump fired in Seattle www.reuters.com/world/us-jud...
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US judge restores court-appointed top federal prosecutor Trump fired in Seattle
A federal ​judge on Thursday ordered ‌President Donald Trump's administration to recognize ​a court-appointed attorney ​as the head of ⁠the federal prosecutors' ​office in Seattle, ​restoring him to t...
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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 30/09/2026
A Florida lawyer is seeking to avoid sanctions after a state appeals court said her filings in a case bore hallmarks of generative artificial intelligence output that the panel of judges called “AI slop.”
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Florida lawyer denies submitting ‘AI slop’ in bid to dodge court sanctions
A Florida lawyer is seeking to avoid sanctions after a state appeals court said her filings in a case bore hallmarks of generative artificial intelligence output that the panel of judges called “AI slop.”
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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Second judge blocks Trump's $100,000 fee for new H-1B worker visas www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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Second judge blocks Trump's $100,000 fee for new H-1B worker visas
A second federal judge on Wednesday blocked an unprecedented $100,000 fee ​that US President Donald Trump has imposed on new H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers.
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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 01/10/2026
A Florida lawyer is seeking to avoid sanctions after a state appeals court said her filings in a case bore hallmarks of generative artificial intelligence output that the panel of judges called “AI slop.” @mikescarcella.bsky.social reut.rs/4e0yC0v
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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
US Senate blocks bill to limit stock trading by lawmakers www.reuters.com/world/bill-l...
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US Senate blocks bill to limit stock trading by lawmakers
The US Senate on Wednesday blocked legislation placing new restrictions on stock trading by members of Congress, as Democrats refused to provide enough votes to advance the measure toward passage, arg...
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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Arizona court says judge wrongly allowed AI-generated victim video www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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Arizona court says judge wrongly allowed AI-generated victim video
An Arizona appeals court on Wednesday ordered a new sentencing hearing for a man convicted of a fatal road-rage shooting, finding that a judge improperly relied on an AI-generated video depicting ​the...
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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Arizona court says judge wrongly allowed AI-generated victim video www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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Arizona court says judge wrongly allowed AI-generated victim video
An Arizona appeals court on Wednesday ordered a new sentencing hearing for a man convicted of a fatal road-rage shooting, finding that a judge improperly relied on an AI-generated video depicting ​the...
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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
US DOJ files complaint against Minnesota judges who gave interviews about immigration surge www.reuters.com/business/med... Original NYT - Trump’s Minnesota Surge Threatened Democracy, Judge Warns www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/u...
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US Justice Department files complaint against Minnesota judges who gave interviews about immigration surge
The US ​Justice Department filed a judicial misconduct ‌complaint on Wednesday against judges in Minnesota who gave interviews to the New York Times about the immigration surge there, ​alleging it was...
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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
US trade court to weigh challenge to Trump's forced labor tariffs www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
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US trade court to weigh challenge to Trump's forced labor tariffs
The US Court of International Trade ‌will hear a challenge on Wednesday to President Donald Trump's tariffs on goods from 60 trading partners he accuses of failing to prevent imports made with forced ...
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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Florida lawyer denies submitting ‘AI slop’ in bid to dodge court sanctions www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
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Florida lawyer denies submitting ‘AI slop’ in bid to dodge court sanctions
A Florida lawyer is seeking to avoid sanctions after a state appeals court said her filings in a case bore hallmarks of generative artificial intelligence output that the panel of judges called “AI sl...
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Reuters @reuters.com · 24/09/2026
A federal judge ordered President Trump to restore White House access for journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico, saying his ban on the three media outlets was likely unconstitutional reut.rs/4iGBhjl
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Judge lifts Trump's White House ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico
A federal judge ordered US President Donald Trump ​on Thursday to restore White ‌House access for journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico, ​saying his ban on ​the three media outlets was likely ⁠unc...
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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Judge lifts Trump's White House ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico www.reuters.com/world/judge-...
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Judge lifts Trump's White House ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico
A federal judge ordered US President Donald Trump ​on Thursday to restore White ‌House access for journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico, ​saying his ban on ​the three media outlets was likely ⁠unc...
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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
NEW - Judge lifts Trump's White House ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico www.reuters.com/world/judge-...
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Judge lifts Trump's White House ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico
A federal judge ordered US President Donald Trump ​on Thursday to restore White ‌House access for journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico, ​saying his ban on ​the three media outlets was likely ⁠unc...
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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Judge Kelly: "Defendants offer no declarations or other support—classified or unclassified—explaining how any of the reporting they identified in their letters to Plaintiffs damaged the national security." tmsnrt.rs/4ymOB1d
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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Breaking - US judge orders Trump White House to immediately reinstate credentials to CNN, Politico and MS NOW -- TRO order: tmsnrt.rs/4ymOB1d
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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Judge says Trump's White House media ban may not comply with legal precedents www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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Judge says Trump's White House media ban may not comply with legal precedents
A US judge told a hearing on Wednesday that President Donald Trump's decision to ban CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House ​did not appear to comply with prior rulings by a federal appellate c...
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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Washington lawyer Goldstein loses bid for release as he appeals tax crime conviction www.reuters.com/legal/govern... #SCOTUS
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Washington lawyer Goldstein loses bid for release as he appeals tax crime conviction
Washington lawyer Tom Goldstein on Wednesday failed to convince a US appeals court to free him from jail as he fights to overturn his conviction and six-year prison sentence for tax ​and financial cri...
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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Sherrill in 13 spots. 'Sherill' typo in four others. Trump DOJ brief tonight in media ban says 1977 DC Circuit ruling in First Amendment case Robert Sherrill v H. Stuart Knight "is wrong and should be overruled" storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... More on Sherrill: www.rcfp.org/briefs-comme...
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Sherrill v. Knight
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press filed an amicus brief along with co-amici the officers of the White House Correspondents Association, and the National Press Club in the D.C. Circuit i...
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Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Trump is now assailing U.S. District Judge Tim Kelly, who he appointed but who granted a TRO in Jim Acosta's favor in 2018. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Disney says Trump threats against reporters should prompt court to block FCC action www.reuters.com/world/trump-...
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Disney says Trump threats against reporters should prompt court to block FCC action
Ongoing threats by President Donald Trump against reporters and broadcast networks are grounds for ​a US judge to block the Federal Communications Commission from reviewing Disney's eight ‌ABC station...
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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 18/09/2026
A Florida appeals court has ordered an attorney to explain ‌why she should not be sanctioned after finding that her filings bore hallmarks of generative artificial intelligence output that the panel of judges called “AI slop.” @mikescarcella.bsky.social reut.rs/4cL1zNG
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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 18/09/2026
AI error-ridden court filings surge despite three years of court sanctions @mikescarcella.bsky.social reut.rs/3UOIVOO
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AI error-ridden court filings surge despite three years of court sanctions
(Billable Hours is Reuters' weekly report on lawyers and money. Please send tips or suggestions to D.Thomas@thomsonreuters.com)
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Reuters @reuters.com · 17/09/2026
Appeals court warns about ‘AI slop’ in filings, weighs punishing lawyer reut.rs/4gZYITB
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Appeals court warns about ‘AI slop’ in filings, weighs punishing lawyer
A Florida appeals court has ordered an attorney to explain ‌why she should not be sanctioned after finding that her filings bore hallmarks of generative artificial intelligence output that the panel of judges called “AI slop.”
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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Judge orders Trump to give 30 days notice before any steps to demolish Kennedy Center www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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Judge orders Trump to give 30 days notice before any steps to demolish Kennedy Center
A federal judge ordered ​President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday to provide at least 30 days' notice before taking any steps to demolish the ‌Kennedy Center, the landmark performing arts v...
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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Appeals court warns about ‘AI slop’ in filings, weighs punishing lawyer www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
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Appeals court warns about ‘AI slop’ in filings, weighs punishing lawyer
A Florida appeals court has ordered an attorney to explain ‌why she should not be sanctioned after finding that her filings bore hallmarks of generative artificial intelligence output that the panel o...
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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
US judge blocks Trump limits on duration of visas for foreign students, journalists www.reuters.com/world/us-jud...
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US judge blocks Trump limits on duration of visas for foreign students, journalists
A federal judge on ​Monday blocked U.S. ‌President Donald Trump's administration from implementing ​a new rule ​that would limit how ⁠long foreign ​students and journalists can ​remain in the U.S. wit...
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 11/09/2026
👀 👀 👀 Spent 15 minutes on the phone with Joe diGenova this morning, who acknowledged there was a specific event that sparked his resignation yesterday amid a clash with Main Justice.
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Trump loyalist probing Mar-a-Lago search says DOJ tensions sparked his resignation
“Lanes got crossed,” Joe diGenova told NBC News after his departure from the Justice Department.
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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
"The brief in chief contained false testimony from wholly fabricated witnesses" -- including police officers. New Mexico Supreme Court holds defense lawyer in contempt and refers for disciplinary action - www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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ChatGPT invented fake police testimony in murder appeal, New Mexico high court says
A ​defense lawyer appealing his client's murder conviction submitted a brief containing made-up police testimony and witnesses fabricated ‌by OpenAI's ChatGPT, New Mexico's highest court said.
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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Los Angeles turns to law firm Susman Godfrey for lawsuit over fire truck prices www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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Los Angeles turns to law firm Susman Godfrey for lawsuit over fire truck prices
Los Angeles has hired a top national litigation firm for a new lawsuit alleging major manufacturers conspired to overcharge the city for firefighting trucks and equipment, marking the ​latest case in ...
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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
ChatGPT invented fake police testimony in murder appeal, New Mexico high court says www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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ChatGPT invented fake police testimony in murder appeal, New Mexico high court says
A ​defense lawyer appealing his client's murder conviction submitted a brief containing made-up police testimony and witnesses fabricated ‌by OpenAI's ChatGPT, New Mexico's highest court said.
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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Musk pushes regulatory limits with Tesla's Cybercab robotaxi service www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
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Musk pushes regulatory limits with Tesla's Cybercab robotaxi service
Tesla's race to deploy Cybercab robotaxis will put regulatory limits to the test as the EV maker begins rides in the sporty, two-seaters that run without ​a steering wheel, pedals or mirrors.
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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 04/09/2026
Prominent U.S. law firms Quinn Emanuel and McDermott said that they suffered recent data breaches and had notified law enforcement, amid heightened cyber risks for firms that hold sensitive client ​and personal information @mikescarcella.bsky.social reut.rs/4zZrIlS
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Data at law firms Quinn Emanuel, McDermott exposed in cyber breaches
Prominent U.S. law firms Quinn Emanuel and McDermott said on Thursday that they suffered recent data breaches and had notified law enforcement, amid heightened cyber risks for firms that hold sensitiv...
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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
US judge urged to block Trump memorial arch - new filing www.reuters.com/world/us/opp...
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Opponents seek to block US from breaking ground on Trump arch in Washington
A group of three ​military veterans and ‌an architectural historian on Friday asked ​a U.S. ​judge to block the ⁠Trump administration ​from breaking ground ​on an arch in Washington.
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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Musk’s xAI loses court bid to block Minnesota's AI ‘nudification’ ban www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
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Musk’s xAI loses court bid to block Minnesota's AI ‘nudification’ ban
Elon Musk's artificial intelligence ​company xAI on ‌Friday failed to convince a federal ​judge to block ​a new Minnesota state ⁠law that ​restricts AI tools from ​creating realistic fake nude images.
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Nate Raymond @nateraymond.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Breaking: A federal judge in Maryland has blocked President Donald Trump's administration from enforcing a new executive order limiting the number of people eligible for birthright citizenship that he issued after the U.S. ​Supreme Court rejected his previous effort. www.reuters.com/world/us-jud...
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US judge blocks Trump's newest order limiting birthright citizenship
A federal judge on Wednesday blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a new executive order limiting the number of people eligible for birthright citizenship that President Donald Trump issued ...
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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Kalshi permanently bans George Santos over State of the Union bets www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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Kalshi permanently bans George Santos over State of the Union bets
Prediction market company Kalshi said on Monday that it had imposed a penalty of more than $71,000 on former Congressman ​George Santos and permanently banned him from its platform for ‌betting on his...
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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Chinese province hires prominent US law firm to fight $24 billion COVID judgment www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
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Chinese province hires prominent US law firm to fight $24 billion COVID judgment
China's Hubei province, the epicenter of the 2019 coronavirus outbreak, has hired a high-powered U.S. law firm to fight a $24.5 billion judgment ​won by Missouri over allegations that China hoarded pr...
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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Judge blocks rule implementing Trump plan to restrict mail-in voting www.reuters.com/world/judge-...
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Judge blocks rule implementing Trump plan to restrict mail-in voting
A federal judge on Thursday blocked the U.S. ​Postal Service from implementing core parts of a new rule it adopted at President Donald Trump's ‌direction that would tighten mail-in voting requirements...
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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
"The empty invocation of national security is not a blank check to punish and retaliate against government critics." www.reuters.com/legal/govern... Order -https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.465515/gov.uscourts.cand.465515.250.0.pdf
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Order on Motion for Miscellaneous Relief AND Order on Motion for Summary Judgment AND Order on Motion for Summary Judgment – #250 in Anthropic PBC v. U.S. Department of War (N.D. Cal., 3:26-cv-01996) ...
Order on Motion for Miscellaneous Relief AND Order on Motion for Summary Judgment AND Order on Motion for Summary Judgment
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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
US judge blocks Pentagon's Anthropic blacklisting www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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US judge blocks Pentagon's Anthropic blacklisting
A U.S. judge on Thursday blocked the Pentagon’s blacklisting of Anthropic, ​the latest turn in the Claude maker’s high-stakes fight with the military over AI safety ‌on the battlefield.
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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
US judge blocks Ohio law requiring proof of citizenship for voter registration www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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US judge blocks Ohio law requiring proof of citizenship for voter registration
A U.S. judge on Tuesday blocked an Ohio ​law requiring residents to present documentary proof of citizenship when registering to vote at the battleground state's motor ‌vehicles offices, in the latest...
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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Ghislaine Maxwell loses bid to throw out conviction for aiding Jeffrey Epstein www.reuters.com/world/ghisla...
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Ghislaine Maxwell loses bid to throw out conviction for aiding Jeffrey Epstein
A U.S. judge rejected Ghislaine Maxwell's bid ​to throw out her conviction ‌and 20-year prison sentence for helping the late financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls.
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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Google expands Gemini AI platform for law firms, lawyers www.reuters.com/business/goo...
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Google expands Gemini AI platform for law firms, lawyers
Alphabet's Google on Tuesday expanded its Gemini Enterprise artificial intelligence platform with new tools for lawyers and ​law firms, accelerating a race among technology companies to meet legal sec...
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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 25/08/2026
A U.S. appeals court said it will hear a challenge to a judge’s order that allowed a class action ​to move forward against Cornell and several other elite U.S. universities ‌alleging they colluded to reduce student financial aid @mikescarcella.bsky.social reut.rs/45Q4lNE
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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Attorneys Beth Wilkinson and Paul Clement represent Disney/ ABC in the suit against the FCC www.reuters.com/world/disney...
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Disney, ABC sue US regulator over threats to broadcast licenses
Disney and its ABC unit sued the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday to ​block an early review of licenses for eight ABC stations, arguing the Trump ‌administration is trying to punish the ne...
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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Disney, ABC sue US regulator over threats to broadcast licenses www.reuters.com/world/disney...
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Disney, ABC sue US regulator over threats to broadcast licenses
Disney and its ABC unit sued the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday to ​block an early review of licenses for eight ABC stations, arguing the Trump ‌administration is trying to punish the ne...
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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Trump promised a sex-trafficking crackdown. His Justice Department hasn't delivered www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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Insight: Trump promised a sex-trafficking crackdown. His Justice Department hasn't delivered
Investigations have stalled and prosecutions declined in the past six months because of staffing shortages, funding cuts, immigration enforcement and growing distrust of the government among victims.
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Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Chief Justice Roberts on Chief Justice Taft (& published on Substack, which must be a first): inpursuit.substack.com/p/william-ho...
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William Howard Taft by John G. Roberts, Jr.
Maintaining your dignity and principles through defeat can pave the road for future success
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