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fromAbove the Law
1 day ago

Morning Docket: 04.02.26 - Above the Law

DOJ has prioritized deporting law-abiding individuals over prosecuting serious criminal cases.
fromThe Local France
9 hours ago

French teen admits killing her grandparents over relationship feud: prosecutors

The girl had told investigators she had planned the killings, and that her boyfriend had 'agreed to take part'.
France news
#sexual-abuse
US news
fromThe Washington Post
1 day ago

Judges are increasingly using AI to draft rulings and prepare for hearings

Federal judges increasingly use AI tools for case preparation, improving efficiency and decision-making.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 day ago

French court denies extradition of ex-Tunisian President Ben Ali's daughter

The Paris Appeals Court stated that its ruling was based on Tunisia's failure to respond to a request for guarantees of a trial by an independent and impartial court.
France news
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 day ago

European Parliament member Rima Hassan taken into French police custody

Detention of Rima Hassan is viewed as an attempt to intimidate supporters of Palestine by the La France Insoumise party.
Law
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

Court of appeal says it cannot rule on which identical twin fathered a child

Paternity cannot be determined between identical twins due to DNA testing limitations, leaving parental responsibility unresolved for the child.
Philosophy
fromAbove the Law
2 weeks ago

You Can't Salvage A Bad Judge By Calling Them Postmodern - Above the Law

Postmodern analysis offers useful concepts for understanding contemporary disenchantment with traditional meaning systems, exemplified by judicial figures like Lawrence VanDyke who adopt unconventional approaches to legal writing.
France news
fromThe Local France
2 days ago

French class-action lawsuit over motorway peage charges

A French law firm is launching a class-action lawsuit against motorway operators over potentially illegal toll pricing and lack of transparency.
Law
fromAbove the Law
4 days ago

Morning Docket: 03.30.26 - Above the Law

AI associates should not be blamed for failures, raising questions about their necessity.
#judicial-independence
fromAbove the Law
2 weeks ago
US politics

Morning Docket: 03.18.26 - Above the Law

Chief Justice Roberts calls for ending personal attacks on judges, while questions arise about presidential official acts; meanwhile, legal developments span judicial conduct, cryptocurrency regulation, Section 230 reform, and national security concerns.
fromAbove the Law
1 month ago
Law

Federal Judges Threatened For Doing Their Jobs Speak Up - Above the Law

Federal judges face escalating violent threats and harassment for making constitutional rulings, including swatting attacks and assassination attempts, undermining judicial independence.
US politics
fromAbove the Law
2 weeks ago

Morning Docket: 03.18.26 - Above the Law

Chief Justice Roberts calls for ending personal attacks on judges, while questions arise about presidential official acts; meanwhile, legal developments span judicial conduct, cryptocurrency regulation, Section 230 reform, and national security concerns.
Law
fromAbove the Law
1 month ago

Federal Judges Threatened For Doing Their Jobs Speak Up - Above the Law

Federal judges face escalating violent threats and harassment for making constitutional rulings, including swatting attacks and assassination attempts, undermining judicial independence.
France news
fromThe Local France
2 days ago

Family of man killed in 2020 arrest to sue French state

The family of Cedric Chouviat seeks to hold the French state liable for his death during a police arrest in 2020.
Law
fromAbove the Law
4 days ago

Judge Throws IT Worker Out Of Courtroom For Doing His Job - Above the Law

Judges must balance their authority with humility and public service to avoid abusive behavior in courtrooms.
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 days ago

Murder trial opens over alleged masonic lodge crime network in Paris

The alleged ringleaders are Jean-Luc Bagur, Frederic Vaglio and Daniel Beaulieu, all members of the lodge, alongside Beaulieu's right-hand man Sebastien Leroy, accused of carrying out or organising the violence through a network of hired attackers.
France news
Law
fromAbove the Law
1 week ago

Morning Docket: 03.25.26 - Above the Law

The Justice Department may have leaked grand jury testimony, raising concerns about legal violations.
Intellectual property law
fromPatently-O
4 weeks ago

Patently Unreasonable: Hyatt's Return to the Supreme Court and the Fight Over Prosecution Laches

Gilbert Hyatt petitions the Supreme Court to challenge the Federal Circuit's prosecution laches doctrine, arguing it conflicts with statutory patent timing provisions in the Patent Act.
fromBusiness Insider
3 weeks ago

12 perks of being a Supreme Court justice

After all, you get lifetime job security, great pay and benefits, thousands of dollars in gifts, entry into an elite club of fellow justices - oh, and the ability to shape the country as we know it.
US politics
fromwww.dw.com
1 week ago

France: Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan gets 18 years for rape

A Paris court has sentenced in absentia Swiss Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan to 18 years in prison for the rape of three women, marking his latest fall from grace.
France news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month ago

Judges reject appeal claiming VAT on private schools infringes human rights

We acknowledge that the measure may have a serious impact on the group one claimants if they are unable to afford private education which accords with their religious convictions, but it is important to bear in mind that they have the option of home schooling if free education in the state sector is not acceptable to them.
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fromThe Local France
1 week ago

France jails ex-policeman for raping domestic abuse victim

A former police officer was sentenced to 12 years for raping a woman who reported domestic abuse in France.
Law
fromThe Local France
2 weeks ago

France's justice minister to present criminal justice bill to Cabinet

France introduces a plea bargain procedure for crimes that reduces sentences by one-third, aiming to expedite trial processing for the 6,000 pending criminal cases.
US news
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

Supreme Court appears split in tax foreclosure case

The Supreme Court examines whether counties must pay homeowners fair market value when seizing homes for unpaid property taxes, or only auction proceeds minus taxes owed.
Law
fromAbove the Law
2 weeks ago

The Rule Of Law Joins America's Dead Pets On The Rainbow Bridge - Above the Law

Trump attorney John Lauro claimed the DOJ improved under Attorney General Pam Bondi, contradicting legal observers who view current conditions as a constitutional crisis threatening prosecutorial independence.
France news
fromThe Local France
2 weeks ago

Join our live Q&A on France's new citizenship rules

French citizenship requirements became significantly stricter in 2026, introducing higher language standards, income thresholds, new civics tests, and affecting retirees, with retroactive application of some changes since 2025.
Law
frompatentlyo.com
3 weeks ago

Judge Newman Asks the Supreme Court to Intervene: Framing Judicial Independence as a Constitutional Imperative

Judge Pauline Newman, barred from judicial duties since 2023 without impeachment or disability finding, petitioned the Supreme Court to challenge the Judicial Conduct and Disability Act's bar on reviewing judicial council orders.
France news
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Nicolas Sarkozy back in court for fresh trial over alleged Libya funding

Nicolas Sarkozy faces a fresh appeal trial over allegations of receiving illegal election campaign funding from Libya's Gaddafi regime during his 2007 presidential campaign.
#judicial-conduct
Law
fromAbove the Law
2 weeks ago

'We Are Better Than This,' Say Ninth Circuit Judges Despite All Evidence To The Contrary - Above the Law

Judge Lawrence VanDyke of the Ninth Circuit has authored inflammatory and unprofessional dissents using crude language and personal attacks against colleagues, contradicting the ABA's initial assessment of his qualifications.
France news
fromThe Local France
2 weeks ago

Appeal trial opens for France's Sarkozy over alleged Libyan funding

Nicolas Sarkozy faces an appeal trial for seeking Libyan financing for his 2007 election campaign, after being convicted and imprisoned last year.
Law
fromAbove the Law
3 weeks ago

Legalweek's Annual Judicial Panel: A Clear And Present Danger To Our Judges - And The Rule Of Law - Above the Law

Federal judges face escalating threats, harassment, and violence from those who disagree with their rulings, creating a crisis threatening judicial independence and the rule of law.
France news
fromThe Local France
3 weeks ago

French court rejects Sarkozy's bid to merge jail terms

A French court ruled that former president Nicolas Sarkozy must serve jail time for an illegal funding conviction, potentially requiring him to wear an electronic ankle tag again.
Law
fromAbove the Law
3 weeks ago

Change Change Change - See Generally - Above the Law

Multiple legal institutions face ethical and governance crises, including DOJ conflicts of interest, law school loyalty pressures, judicial tenure challenges, and bar association inconsistencies.
Miscellaneous
fromLGBTQ Nation
2 months ago

10 people found guilty of cyberharassment for claiming France's first lady is secretly transgender - LGBTQ Nation

Ten people convicted of cyberharassment for spreading false, degrading claims that Brigitte Macron is a trans woman; most received suspended sentences.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Act of family vengeance': French defamation case highlights perils of writing autofiction

The Polish poet Czesaw Miosz is famously credited with the line: When a writer is born into a family, the family is finished. In contemporary European literature, a book these days is often the beginning of a familial feud. With thinly disguised autobiographical accounts of family strife undergoing a sustained boom across the continent, it can increasingly lead to family reunions in courtrooms.
Books
fromAbove the Law
2 months ago

Morning Docket: 01.13.25 - Above the Law

* Mark Kelly hires Arnold & Porter to sue Pete Hegseth and the Defense Department for threatening to illegally slash his pension. [ The New Republic] * Jerome Powell hires Williams & Connolly to deal with DOJ threats. [ New York Times] * It's striking that critics of the Maduro capture cite specific text from the Constitution and international treaties, and the Deputy Attorney General cites "nuh uh." [ The Hill]
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France news
fromThe Local France
4 weeks ago

French policeman to be tried over 2023 killing of teen

A French police officer will stand trial for violence causing death rather than murder in the shooting of 17-year-old Nahel Merzouk, after an appeals court determined intent to kill was not established.
#supreme-court
fromPatently-O
2 months ago
Intellectual property law

The Tinderbox Ignites: Supreme Court to Decide Whether Generic Equivalence Statements Constitute Inducement

fromPatently-O
2 months ago
Intellectual property law

The Tinderbox Ignites: Supreme Court to Decide Whether Generic Equivalence Statements Constitute Inducement

France news
fromThe Local France
1 month ago

French court slashes jails term for trio over 2020 teacher beheading

A French court reduced prison sentences for three men convicted of involvement in the 2020 beheading of teacher Samuel Paty, who was killed for showing Prophet Mohammed cartoons in class.
fromAbove the Law
2 months ago

They've Done Enough - See Also - Above the Law

Trump's Lawyers Should Be Disbarred: Time for accountability.
US politics
#trump
US politics
fromAbove the Law
2 months ago

Morning Docket: 01.21.26 - Above the Law

Headlines report data theft linked to election overturn efforts, judicial turmoil, U.S. Attorney vacancy, international sentencing, DOJ birthright citizenship push, and immigration court compliance concerns.
France news
fromThe Local France
1 month ago

French court sentences man for upskirting in Senate

Former Senate adviser given one-year suspended sentence for up-skirt photographs, fired and banned from the Senate, and ordered to undergo psychological treatment.
#jeffrey-epstein
#statute-of-limitations
#judicial-misconduct
#marine-le-pen
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Paris court finds 10 guilty of harassing Brigitte Macron online

A Paris court has found 10 people guilty of online harassment of the French first lady, Brigitte Macron, by posting or reposting malicious comments on social media that claimed falsely that she was a man. Eight men and two women, aged 41 to 60, including a school sports teacher, an art gallery owner and a publicist, were on Monday given sentences ranging from a compulsory course in understanding online harassment to an eight-month suspended prison sentence.
France news
Law
fromAbove the Law
2 months ago

Morning Docket: 01.28.26 - Above the Law

Legal and political institutions face competing pressures from ICE operations, private equity priorities, and accountability demands, reshaping firm behavior and public responses.
fromThe Local France
2 months ago

French justice authority finds failings in rapist Dominique Pelicot case

France's General Inspectorate of Justice (IGJ) has exposed failings in an investigation into Dominique Pelicot, convicted in a high-profile rape case, for not acting on DNA evidence against him for a dozen years, in a report seen by AFP. Pelicot was sentenced to 20 years in prison in December 2024 in a case that shocked the country, after admitting to repeatedly drugging his then-wife Gisele Pelicot and inviting dozens of men to rape her while she was unconscious between 2011 and 2020.
France news
Law
fromAbove the Law
2 months ago

Morning Docket: 01.22.26 - Above the Law

ICE and courts face controversies over enforcement tactics and civil liberties, while legal industry and prominent figures draw scrutiny for lobbying, clemency requests, and ethics.
France news
fromThe Local France
2 months ago

French ex-senator found guilty of drugging lawmaker

Former senator Joel Guerriau was convicted of drugging MP Sandrine Josso with ecstasy and sentenced to four years, with 18 months to be served in prison.
Law
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

Court system on 'brink of collapse', former senior judge warns

Criminal court system faces collapse due to unprecedented Crown Court trial backlogs, requiring comprehensive, immediate reforms rather than selective measures.
#cyberbullying
France news
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Former French senator on trial accused of spiking MP's drink with MDMA

Former senator Joel Guerriau is on trial in Paris accused of spiking Sandrine Josso's champagne with MDMA to sexually assault her.
fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
2 months ago

Researchers May Be Forced to Rely on an Obscure Court

A majority of justices say this 16-judge court likely has jurisdiction over lawsuits regarding thousands of National Institutes of Health federal research grants that the Trump administration has tried to terminate, as well as other fights concerning canceled grants. If the Supreme Court sticks by its current thinking in final rulings, the Court of Federal Claims could be handling fights over countless grants that the Trump administration and future higher ed-targeting presidencies may try to cancel in the future.
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France news
fromThe Local France
2 months ago

French court jails one over cyber harassment of Brigitte Macron

Ten people convicted for cyber-bullying Brigitte Macron; suspended sentences, mandatory online hate-speech courses, and temporary social-media suspensions for spreading false gender and paedophilia claims.
fromThe Local France
2 months ago

French court fines Credit Suisse 910,000 for discriminating against pregnant employee

The plaintiff, hired in 2009 as a vice president in the French branch of Credit Suisse's UK operations, believed she had been discriminated against "because of her sex, her pregnancy and her status as a mother". In court, she cited about 10 incidents to support her claim, including "structural sex discrimination within the company" and the "sudden termination of her variable compensation coinciding with her pregnancy".
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 months ago

Ten found guilty of gender cyberbullying France First Lady Brigitte Macron

A Paris court found ten people guilty of cyber-harassing Brigitte Macron with malicious gender, sexuality and paedophilia claims, imposing suspended sentences and jail time.
France news
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

French magistrate reportedly summons two French-Israelis over complicity in genocide'

A French magistrate summoned two French-Israeli nationals for alleged complicity in genocide over attempts to block humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza.
France news
fromEngadget
1 month ago

X's Paris HQ raided by French prosecutors

Paris authorities searched X offices and summoned Elon Musk and Linda Yaccarino for voluntary interviews over investigations into X's algorithms and alleged crimes.
fromwww.thelocal.fr
1 month ago

OPINION: TV anchor's child sex conviction reveals hypocrisy of French right-wingers

CNews is the country's most-watched 24-hours TV news station but it scarcely reports the news. It provides a running commentary of loud-mouthed opinion. Emmanuel Macron is a charlatan; the Left is wicked; immigrants are mostly violent criminals; Donald Trump is a breath of fresh air; Vladimir Putin has some faults but many qualities; France is swamped with crime because of the moral weakness of the ruling elite.
France news
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fromThe Local France
1 month ago

French man charged with rape, sexual assault of 89 minors

A 79-year-old man was charged in 2024 with aggravated rape and sexual assault of 89 minors between 1967 and 2022.
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