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N.J. Court: Posting Videos Trying to Get Prosecutor Fired = Illegal "Cyber-Harassment"

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Kansas Proxy Advisory Transparency Act Likely Violates First Amendment

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Mayor and Fire Chief Calling Union Leaders "Punk Ass White Boys" and "Racist" Was Labor Law Violation

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Settlement as to "California Law Prohibiting Anyone from Sharing Lawfully Obtained Information About Sealed Arrest Records"

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22.06.2026 6

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Nassau County (N.Y.) Buffer Zone Outside Houses of Worship Struck Down

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22.06.2026 10

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Independent Journalist's Lawsuit Against West Texas County Can Go Forward, Recommends Magistrate Judge

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22.06.2026 10

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No Right to Videorecord in Tax Collector's Office

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19.06.2026 8

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Man Denied N.J. Gun Permit, Largely Based on Mental Health Records + Social Media Posts

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19.06.2026 10

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Wisconsin S. Ct. Strikes Down Race-Based College Aid Program

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19.06.2026 10

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N.J. Man Denied Gun Permit, Largely Based on Mental Health Records + Social Media Posts

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19.06.2026 10

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Guns, Aliens, Indians, Registration Numbers, and John Jay

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Plaintiff Can't Litigate Claim That "Security Clearance Process" Was Used "as a Pretextual Weapon to Execute an Ideological Purge"

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18.06.2026 10

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Libel by "Buddy Comedy"

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Disclosing One's HIV+ Status Isn't Criminal Harassment of Ex

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17.06.2026 10

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"The President is Legally Barred from Waiving Iranian Sanctions as Pledged in the Iran [Memorandum of Understanding]"

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17.06.2026 9

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Shrexting: Free Speech or Criminal Harassment?, on Free Speech Unmuted

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17.06.2026 10

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Pennsylvania S. Ct. Finds Pattern of "Lack of Candor" in Philadelphia D.A. Krasner's Filings Urging Reversal of Murder Convictions

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Can Employer Fire You for Self-Defense on the Job?

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Disbarred Lawyer Can't Pseudonymously Challenge Her Disbarment

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16.06.2026 10

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Court Rejects Sealing of Summary-Judgment-Related Filings in Trump Media Libel Suit Against Washington Post

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16.06.2026 10

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"Needless Cost Increases" from "Both Counsels' Choices to Follow the Path of Most Resistance"

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AI Tort Lawsuit Tracker

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The Coroner "Kept Several Skulls as Trophies from the Deceased He Examined"

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Lawyers' Bar Journal Article Discussing Their AI-Hallucination Errors Doesn't Entirely Satisfy Judge, but …

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Two New Large Libel Models Lawsuits, Though Alleging Mischaracterization Rather Than Outright Hallucination

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"American Diabetes Association Ejects Researchers from Conference for Sharing Editorial from Its Own Journal"

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Our Friend with the "Attractive, Busty Jewess" Problem Denied Pseudonymity Again, in Case Against Dartmouth

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12.06.2026 10

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Blake Lively Entitled to Attorney Fees (But Not Punitive Damages) in Justin Baldoni et al.'s Libel Lawsuit Against Her

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12.06.2026 10

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"Eight Conspirators … Threatened University of Michigan Officials, Businesses, and the Jewish Federation"

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Cultural Difference "Cannot Be Accepted as a Reason to Mitigate" Ethiopian-Born Lawyer's Dishonesty-Related Misconduct

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12.06.2026 10

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Large Libel Models Ruling in Germany, Allowing Liability Against Google AI

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12.06.2026 10

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No Heckler's Veto Allowed at School Board Meetings

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11.06.2026 20

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Magistrate Judge Declines to Recuse Herself in Trump v. BBC Libel Lawsuit

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10.06.2026 10

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