China outlines rules to regulate human-like AI companion apps
China’s internet regulator issued new draft rules on Saturday that aim to regulate the use of artificial intelligence “companions,” which are defined as s
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5 of Our Top Legal Wins From 2025
The onslaught of environmental attacks from polluting industries and their allies in the Trump administration is not slowing down – but neither is the pace of
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AI firms began to feel the legal wrath of copyright holders in 2025
Big AI firms have built their models by hoovering up copyrighted material from the internet as training data. They say this is legal, but copyright holders disa
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US can’t deport hate speech researcher for protected speech, lawsuit says
On Monday, US officials must explain what steps they took to enforce shocking visa bans.
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Lawsuit over Trump rejecting medical research grants is settled
Settlement forces NIH to review grants previously rejected on ideological grounds.
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We fought for 33 years to abolish not proven verdict after our daughter's murder
The centuries-old verdict has been scrapped after decades of controversy about its use in Scottish criminal trials.
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Disney to Pay $10 Million After Feds Say It Broke Kids’ Privacy Rules on YouTube
The DOJ accused Disney of mislabeling videos aimed at children, resulting in targeted ads and unlawful data collection.
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Maritime Law Enforcement on the High Seas: Authority, Jurisdiction, and the Seizure of The Skipper
An expert explainer on the U.S. boarding and seizure of the oil tanker, “The Skipper,” off the coast of Venezuela. The post Maritime Law Enforcement on the
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Nine Stories That Deserved More Attention in 2025 – and Might Shape 2026
What stories or topics merited more attention in 2025, and which might inform law and policy conversations in 2026? The post Nine Stories That Deserved More Att
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Atomically Thin Materials Significantly Shrink Qubits
Quantum computing is a devilishly complex technology, with many technical hurdles impacting its development. Of these challenges two critical issues stand out:
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Manhattan Man, 80, Faces Homicide Charge After Sidewalk Shoving
Dana Escoffier was indicted on a charge of criminally negligent homicide in the death of Dean Whetzel, 82, a neighbor whom he had known for decades.
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In Chief Justice’s Annual Report, a History Lesson and Embrace of Independence
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. did not directly address the tensions between the Trump administration and federal judges who have blocked the president’s a
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I’m afraid my financial adviser will steal my money. I’ve read too many cautionary tales. How can I be sure?
“I am 66 years old and have been retired for about a year and a half.”
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Grand Theft Auto game creator sacked us for trying to unionise
Former staff at the Grand Theft Auto creator are seeking an employment tribunal over alleged "union-busting".
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Ofcom investigates BT and Three for failing to connect 999 calls
The companies have been fined in the past over outages leaving customers unable to call emergency services.
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Videos released in Epstein files raise fresh questions about jail footage
A recently released cache of security videos is raising new questions about the prison cameras at the facility where Jeffrey Epstein died in his cell in 2019
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Judge voids decision to end legal status of 60,000 immigrants
A U.S. District Court judge issued a summary judgment on Wednesday, finding that the effort to revoke the legal status of tens of thousands of Hondurans, Nepali
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Supreme Court won’t halt judge’s probe into civil service laws’ virility, for now
The unsigned order, which prompted no public dissents, suggested the Trump administration could return to the high court if the federal district court’s factf
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Oldham child gang-rape suspect later attempted to murder wife
Exclusive: Greater Manchester police ignored claim ‘Offender J’ among men who had abused 12-year-old, paperwork shows‘They thought we were problem childre
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Abd el-Fattah citizenship row shows shift on questions of national identity
Activist was entitled to UK passport but for a rising number of voters Britishness is something you are born withNumber of people who say Britons must be born i
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