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Brooklyn Teen Falsely Accused of Mass Shooting by NYPD Faces Death Threats

Police Mistakenly Label 15-Year-Old as Murder Suspect, Refuse to Issue Retraction A Brooklyn teenager’s life was turned upside down after the New York Police Department (NYPD) wrongly accused him of a mass shooting at the West Indian American Day Parade. The 15-year-old, Camden Lee, was shocked to see his own...

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Woman Arrested After Kansas City Reporter Covering Super Bowl Found Dead

Police Investigate Possible Foul Play in Tragic Death of Sports Journalist A woman has been arrested in connection with the death of a Kansas City reporter who was covering the Super Bowl in New Orleans, police announced Friday. Adan Manzano, 27, was found unresponsive in his hotel room in Kenner,...

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While many companies are still dabbling in AI, Jones Lang LaSalle Inc.'s three-year push to get artificial intelligence into the hands of its 110,000 employees offers a case study of how a pervasive, organization-wide strategy can play out.

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UnitedHealthcare is facing accusations that it defrauded at least $100 million from Massachusetts’ Medicaid program, according to a lawsuit filed by the state on Friday.

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The NCAA is set to consider voting on new age-based eligibility rules at its June meeting, potentially allowing student-athletes up to five years of competition within their chosen sport beginning the academic year after they graduate from high school.

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Federal employees would sign nondisclosure agreements to discourage them from leaking government information to the press and the public, under a proposal from the Office of Personnel Management.

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Latham & Watkins, Kirkland & Ellis and Cooley LLP are at the top of the wish list for associates considering switching firms, according to a new Chambers survey.

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A new investment for a decision intelligence tool tops this roundup of recent legal technology news.

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AI-performed coding doesn’t always apply the security best practices needed to avoid data breaches, undercutting its goals of streamlining application development and making it accessible to those lacking tech expertise.

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More than 140 Democrats from the House and Senate have urged an appellate court to uphold a lower court's ruling that halted construction on President Donald Trump's ballroom at the White House. https://www.law360.com/articles/2483538

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SeatGeek Inc. convinced a federal court in California to dismiss a proposed class action over the online ticket platform’s use of third-party trackers because the lead plaintiff lacked standing to bring the suit.

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The International Ice Hockey Federation announced Friday that it will reconsider its current ban of Russia from competition and said that it would evaluate the country's return on an "event-by-event basis.''

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The US Forest Service prevailed in environmentalists’ legal challenge to a Montana logging project.

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Artificial intelligence-enabled voice generating software company Lovo Inc. has filed for Chapter 7 protection In New York in the midst of an ongoing putative class action brought by voice actors alleging their voices were used by the company without permission.

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Stephen Colbert’s joke of having his band play “Charlie Brown” music in a mock effort to saddle CBS with copyright liability may not actually create any, but it incidentally evokes an area of the law with nebulous boundaries.

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The Trump administration told a D.C. federal judge that it is complying with his injunction last week requiring White House staff to follow record-keeping rules set out in the Presidential Records Act, but signalled that it may appeal the ruling in the future.

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US Foods Inc. was hit with a lawsuit claiming it illegally used 401(k) forfeitures for its own benefit and attempted to paper over this misconduct by amending its retirement plan document.

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Judge Rules Racial Bias Tainted Jury Selection and Death Sentence in North Carolina

Court Finds “Glaring” Disparities in Capital Cases Against Black Defendants A North Carolina judge ruled on Friday that racial bias influenced the jury selection and death sentence in the 2009 trial of a Black man, exposing what he called “glaring” patterns of racial discrimination in a prosecutorial district outside the...

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22 States Sue New York Over Climate Change Superfund Law

Legal Battle Over $75 Billion Environmental Fund Sparks Constitutional Debate Twenty-two states have filed a lawsuit against New York, arguing that the state’s new Climate Change Superfund Act, which requires major fossil fuel companies to pay $75 billion to cover climate change-related damages, is unconstitutional. The lawsuit was filed Thursday...

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Los Angeles Sheriff’s Deputy Found Guilty of Excessive Force in Arrest Caught on Video

Deputy Faces Prison Time After Violent Arrest of Woman Filming Police A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy was found guilty of using excessive force in the violent arrest of a woman who was filming a police encounter outside a supermarket in Lancaster. The deputy, 32-year-old Trevor James Kirk, was convicted...

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Alabama Jailers Created Deadly Conditions to Secure More Funding, Plea Deal Reveals

Jail Staff Manipulated Officials While Inmate Died in Squalor A former lieutenant at a Walker County, Alabama jail has admitted that officers intentionally kept conditions inside the facility “as filthy as possible” as part of a scheme to pressure county commissioners into increasing salaries and the jail’s budget. The ploy...

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Two Former Albuquerque Officers Plead Guilty in DWI Corruption Probe

Bribery Scheme Allowed Drunk Drivers to Evade Convictions Two former Albuquerque Police Department officers pleaded guilty Friday to racketeering, extortion, and accepting bribes in a widespread corruption investigation involving the dismissal of DWI cases. Federal prosecutors revealed that the officers, Joshua Montaño and Honorio Alba, admitted to working with attorney...

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Texas Man Executed for Killing Pastor During Church Robbery

Second U.S. Execution of the Year Carried Out in Texas A Texas man convicted of murdering a pastor during a robbery at a church was executed Wednesday evening, marking the second execution in the U.S. this year. Steven Lawayne Nelson, 37, received a lethal injection at the Huntsville state penitentiary...

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New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell Backs Out of $20M School Settlement

City Council Members Condemn Decision as ‘Illegal’ and ‘Indefensible’ New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell has reportedly decided against honoring a $20 million settlement agreement with the Orleans Parish School Board, drawing sharp criticism from City Council members. The settlement, authorized by the City Council in November, was meant to help...

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Lawsuit Accuses University of California of Racial Discrimination in Admissions

Students Group Challenges UC Admissions Practices A lawsuit filed this week accuses the University of California (UC) of racial discrimination in undergraduate admissions, alleging that the university system favors Black and Latino students over Asian American and white applicants. The lawsuit was filed Monday in federal court by Students Against...

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Ohio Warehouse Shooting: Police Seek Motive After Suspect’s Arrest

Shooter Kills One, Injures Five in Targeted Workplace Attack Authorities are investigating the motive behind a deadly shooting at a cosmetics warehouse in New Albany, Ohio, where a worker killed a colleague and injured five others before fleeing the scene. The suspect, 28-year-old Bruce Reginald Foster III, was arrested Wednesday...

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