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* Lower court judges face escalating threats, so they will receive NO additional security. But Congress will increase Supreme Court security so they can safely continue to put lower court judges at risk. [ ABA Journal] * UK getting rid of jury trials for most crimes in order to clear backlog. [ Legal Cheek] * Lawyer arrested as cruise turns into fight club. [ The Independent] * Trump administration threats against Senator Kelly face "hurdles" to the extent Kelly... committed no crime when he accurately described military law. [ Reuters]

On Monday, the New York Court of Appeals found that the state's requirement to provide a reason why they should be allowed to own a firearm which was struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, to be severable from the rest of New York's detailed licensing system. In its decision, the court upheld the state's right to impose certain limitations on the right to carry a concealed weapon.

President Trump's second term has brought a period of turmoil and controversy unlike any in the history of the Justice Department. Trump and his appointees have blasted through the walls designed to protect the nation's most powerful law enforcement agency from political influence; they have directed the course of criminal investigations, openly flouted ethics rules and caused a breakdown of institutional culture.

The Inglewood Police Department "systematically" violated state public records laws by disregarding requests for documents related to police misconduct, including fatal shootings, and must now post the information on its website, a judge has ruled.

According to a release from the PCSO, Garula-Mers was hired by the association in 2020 on a starting salary of roughly $80,000. After four months on the job, in November 2020, Garuda-Mers allegedly increased her own salary to roughly $85,000 and issued several bonus checks to herself. The Sheriff's office states that within three years, Garula-Mers had increased her salary to $99,472 after numerous increases carried out without authorization.

Hudson, better known as University of North Carolina head football coach Bill Belichick's potentially controlling, 24-year-old girlfriend, is suing "Pablo Torre Finds Out" podcaster Pablo Torre - or at least she claimed she is in a November 23 Instagram post. "P.S. I'm suing you @pstorre 🫶🏻" Hudson captioned a selfie dangling her University of North Carolina access badge while wearing a "Banned" necklace.

The regulator Ofcom investigated Itai Tech Ltd, which provides AI tools allowing users to edit images to seemingly remove someone's clothing. On Thursday, Ofcom said it had fined the company 50,000 for its age check failings, plus an additional 5,000 for not responding to its information requests. BBC News has contacted Itai Tech Ltd for comment. The nudity website it runs is currently not accessible from a UK IP address.

Simpson Thacher is about to give their employees a reason to be thankful. After grossing $2,896,282,000 in 2024, the Biglaw firm is doing the right thing and sharing some of the profits to reward associates for their hard work. Here's the scale: To everyone at Simpson Thacher, enjoy the money. With the extra cash, you could invest a little more into this year's Turkey day. According to our tipster's email, you should expect to see the money come your way by the end of December.

Wexford man pleaded guilty to what the circuit court judge described as a 'pretty horrendous crime'

On September 25, 2025, Lindsey Halligan, a former White House aide with no prior prosecutorial experience, appeared before a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia. Having been appointed Interim U.S. Attorney by the Attorney General just days before, Ms. Halligan secured a two-count indictment charging former FBI Director James B. Comey, Jr. with making false statements to Congress and obstructing a congressional proceeding.

According to police reports, Thompson tried to escape Alameda police officers at Highland Hospital after asking to use the restroom. Officers wrote that they tackled her to the ground and handcuffed her to a gurney. That night, Thompson was transferred to John George Psychiatric Hospital and underwent a mental health evaluation. She was later placed on a 72-hour involuntary psychiatric hold before being booked into Santa Rita Jail in Dublin.

I am not going to rule on this because it would be inappropriate for me to do that at this point. The Supreme Court has to tell us its decision.

Best Buy should have replaced your microwave quickly after it failed to repair it. It looks like you paid extra for Best Buy's protection warranty, which covers you up to the regular retail price at the time of purchase. And that was the problem with all the technician visits, it seems Best Buy had already exceeded the price of the microwave.

Yesterday afternoon, D.C.-based litigation boutique Wilkinson Stekloff announced year-end bonuses that are 150% of market bonuses. Biglaw bonus season is in full swing, with firms stepping in left and right to match Cravath's year-end bonuses and Milbank's special bonuses, but things are about to get even hotter, because one of the boutiques is here to play. This firm went over the top in a major way - including on their bigger and better special bonuses.

* "If you kill this witness, the case will be dismissed," advised attorney. Man, these MPRE hypos are getting super easy. [ Toronto Star] * Trump signs bill to release the Epstein files. Unclear if he drew a woman's curves around it before signing this time. [ Reuters] * Texas governor demands action on Sharia Law, so you know it's a bad news cycle for him. [ KXAN]

Hotels in the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County will need to prepare for more than guests checking in when the County's Hotel Worker Protections Ordinance (HWPO) takes effect on April 1, 2026. The County joins Los Angeles, Santa Monica, and West Hollywood in requiring safety measures for covered hotel employees, workload and overtime limitations, and mandatory training. Who's Covered? The HWPO broadly applies to all hotels in the unincorporated areas of the County with two limited exceptions:

Sacked teacher says he is 'entirely reliant on charity of others' after money seized

At 29, I wasn't just finalizing a divorce. I was entering a new era of contractual self-protection. That meant completely rewiring how I think about partnership, boundaries, and my own value. When you go through something like marriage fraud, you learn firsthand that love without legal protection can cost you more than heartbreak. It can cost you your peace, your assets, and your sense of control. That experience completely changed how I approach contracts, not just in relationships, but in business.

The law allows convicted defendants to challenge the length of their prison terms if they can demonstrate racial disparities or discriminatory practices in the California jurisdiction where their case was prosecuted. But five years after its passage, the law has hardly been used, according to an analysis of newly obtained sentencing data by the Stanford Law School Three Strikes Project and NAACP's Legal Defense Fund.

A high-court claim that had pitted the leading sports agent Jonathan Barnett against his former business partners, Olympic medallists John Regis and Jennifer Stoute, was withdrawn following an extraordinary three-year legal battle. A partnership of which Barnett was a member, the sports agency Stellar Athletics LLP, pursued a claim against Regis and Stoute for 1.2m after they left the partnership in 2021.

Federal prosecutors on Thursday moved to drop criminal charges against Marimar Martinez, a woman who was shot multiple times by a US Border Patrol agent last month in Chicago's Brighton Park neighborhood. As reported by local news station WTTW, prosecutors filed a one-page motion asking the court to dismiss the indictment against both Martinez and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, who had been accused of assaulting a federal immigration officer by intentionally ramming their vehicle into the officer's car.

On top of these bonuses, MWS will be continuing one of MWE's traditions of offering bonuses that go above and beyond the market scale. As chairman Ira Coleman notes in the firm's announcement, "We remain committed to being top of market in all that we do and are pleased to note that, consistent with prior years, about two-thirds of legacy MWE Associates will earn above the Cravath scale." We suppose legacy SRZ associates - who were formerly able to cash in on step-up bonuses for their extraordinary contributions - will be able to get in on that action next year.