Jonathan Fisher KC's independent report into prosecuting fraud has two parts; the first (already published) focusses on disclosure in complex fraud cases;
the second part identified a number of issues with complex fraud cases but concluded jury trials are not a serious problem complicating the ability of the Serious Fraud Office to gain convictions.
Oddly, the second part has not (yet) being published, perhaps as it contradicts the Govt.'s line on jury trials?
NEW: If Attorney General Pam Bondi’s team wins this case, thousands of immigrant moms and dads could be exposed to deportation for minor involvement in the juvenile court system, a new realm for President Trump’s deportation regime.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-immigration-deportation-family-court-sotero-mendoza-rivera
#news #trump #immigration #deportation #PamBondi #government #courts #law #criminaljustice
'Online drogisterijen en webshops delen gevoelige gezondheidsdata met Big Tech’
Vanavond besteedt het tv-programma Radar (20:25 uur, NPO 2) aandacht aan een onderzoek naar het verzamelen van gegevens door grote technologiebedrijven op Nederlandse apotheek-websites.
Ik ben geïnterviewd, dus misschien ben ik vanavond op TV.
Artikelen in De Groene en Investico:
There’s something to be said about how neoliberalism, in pursuit of transforming public services to private, has obscured what democracy dictates public.
In policing, we have privatized surveillance such that companies control what data even police have access to, let alone defendants. Where processes and their resultant data used to be subpoenable, now we have strict NDAs and proprietary claims.
This is a major impediment to justice, accountability, equality. #police #surveillance #AI
All of this is happening while (1) larger and larger collections of data are being amassed, sold, and repurposed in a way that the courts can’t keep up with and (2) fewer criminal cases are going to court in favor of plea deals, limiting the ability to challenge surveillance methods or data use. #police #law #surveillance #justice
NEW: The Victims Who Fought Back
An #Oklahoma law was supposed to help reduce the sentences of women who killed their abusers.
Why are nearly all of them still in prison?
https://www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-survivors-act-domestic-violence
#news #crime #criminaljustice #domesticviolence #law #justice #women #courts
Our top story, from Steven Monacelli: Wearing black, owning zines, using the encrypted messaging app Signal. The broader constitutional rights of left-wing activists may hang in the balance as the government builds its "antifa conspiracy." https://www.texasobserver.org/antifa-scare-prairieland-19-trial-ice-detention/
#politics #USpol #news #FreeSpeech #Texas #NorthTexas #ICE #law #antifa
Our top story, from Steven Monacelli: Wearing black, owning zines, using the encrypted messaging app Signal. The broader constitutional rights of left-wing activists may hang in the balance as the government builds its "antifa conspiracy." https://www.texasobserver.org/antifa-scare-prairieland-19-trial-ice-detention/
#politics #USpol #news #FreeSpeech #Texas #NorthTexas #ICE #law #antifa
NEW: EmblemHealth has agreed to a $2.5 million settlement with the New York attorney general’s office after failing to correct provider directory errors that made it more difficult for customers to get mental health care.
#LegalEthics: Can a pro se party be criminally charged for generating deep fake #AI evidence for a civil case?
A CA judge found that a pro se litigant fabricated evidence for summary judgment in a civil matter, including deep fakes of video testimony by supposed witnesses. The Court issued a terminating sanction but declined to refer the litigant to criminal authorities. Nevertheless, the CA DOJ decided to take up the issue and got a search warrant for ... (cont.)
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.464020/gov.uscourts.cand.464020.5.0.pdf
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#LegalEthics: Can a pro se party be criminally charged for generating deep fake #AI evidence for a civil case?
A CA judge found that a pro se litigant fabricated evidence for summary judgment in a civil matter, including deep fakes of video testimony by supposed witnesses. The Court issued a terminating sanction but declined to refer the litigant to criminal authorities. Nevertheless, the CA DOJ decided to take up the issue and got a search warrant for ... (cont.)
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.464020/gov.uscourts.cand.464020.5.0.pdf
#Law
#Colbert Says #CBS Pulled #Senate Candidate Interview
#StephenColbert said he had to drop an interview with #JamesTalarico from his Monday broadcast because of new #FCC guidance that targeted political interviews on late-night shows.
#law #FirstAmendment #censorship #Trump #dictatorship #authoritarianism #autocracy #fascism
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/business/media/colbert-cbs-fcc-talarico-carr.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
#Colbert Says #CBS Pulled #Senate Candidate Interview
#StephenColbert said he had to drop an interview with #JamesTalarico from his Monday broadcast because of new #FCC guidance that targeted political interviews on late-night shows.
#law #FirstAmendment #censorship #Trump #dictatorship #authoritarianism #autocracy #fascism
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/business/media/colbert-cbs-fcc-talarico-carr.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
