Tootfinder

Zurich-based DeepJudge, which builds customized search indexes for law firms that plug into AI tools like ChatGPT, raised a $41M Series A at a $300M valuation (Alicia Park/Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/aliciapark/2025…

Meet The Ex-Google Researchers Building AI Search For Law Firms
Legal tech startup DeepJudge has raised $41 million to build out customized search engines for law firms.

Washington state overestimates climate law's emission reductions by a long shot #Washington

Washington state overestimates climate law's emission reductions by a long shot
Projects funded by Washington's Climate Commitment Act have not been nearly as effective at reducing greenhouse gas emissions as previously thought, state officials acknowledged this week.

Trump Lays Out a Vision of Power Restrained Only by His Own Hubris
On topic after topic, Trump made clear that he thinks he is the arbiter of any limits to his authorities, not international law or treaties.
"My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me.”
“I don’t need international law,”
he added.
“I’m not looking to hurt people.”
When pressed further about whether his administration needed to abide by international law,
Trump said,

Trump Addresses Venezuela, Greenland and Presidential Power in New York Times Interview
On topic after topic, President Trump made clear that he would be the arbiter of any limits to his authorities, not international law or treaties.

A district court judge denies Texas AG Ken Paxton's request for a restraining order preventing Samsung from collecting data on TV watchers (Ryan Autullo/Bloomberg Law)
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/tech-and-telecom-law/sa…

Samsung Defeats Texas’ Bid to Halt TV Tech Following Court Error
Samsung Electronics America can continue to use technology that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) says allows it to unlawfully collect data on TV watchers, a judge ruled Friday.

Texas ends American Bar Association oversight of bar exams ...
#Texas #SupremeCourtDecision issued an order this week finalizing opinion that the ABA should "no longer have the final say" on which law school graduates qualify to sit forvbar exam.
Recently

Texas becomes first state to end American Bar Association oversight of law schools
The Texas Supreme Court on Tuesday finalized a tentative opinion issued in September that no longer requires soon-to-be lawyers to attend a law school accredited by the American Bar Association. The power to approve those law schools now rests with the state's highest civil court.

Portugal updates cybercrime law to exempt security researchers
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/portugal-updates-cybercrime-law-to-exempt-security-researchers/

Portugal updates cybercrime law to exempt security researchers
Portugal has modified its cybercrime law to establish a legal safe harbor for good-faith security research and to make hacking non-punishable under certain strict conditions.

Enforcement begins for New York’s algorithmic pricing law https://therecord.media/enforcement-begins-new-york-pricing-law

#DataRetention

Czechia illegally stored citizens’ phone data: here’s what it means
The ruling affects metadata from calls and texts, shows who communicated and where; lawmakers must revise rules, tightening access and protecting privacy.

On the occasion of ice’s latest killing: Local police MUST engage, detain and arrest ice. There is no better option.
Here’s why in detail: https://stuff.davidaugust.com/local-law-enforcements-challenge-uphold-the-law-even-against-the-feds…

Local Law Enforcement's Challenge: Uphold the Law, Even Against the Feds
in the absence of action, civilians will fill the void I do want to write something not so serious, maybe even funny, here soon. But today, I think the police have to do a very hard and necessary thing: defend Americans against their federal government. If any other group arrived

Poland's President Karol Nawrocki vetoes legislation meant to enforce the EU's DSA in Poland, arguing it would grant excessive powers to government officials (Wojciech Kość/Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/polish-pre

Polish president aligns with Trump to block Brussels’ Big Tech law
Nawrocki called EU social media law “Orwellian,” echoing Washington’s main line of attack.

I don’t need international law’: Trump says power constrained only by ‘my own morality’
#news

‘I don’t need international law’: Trump says power constrained only by ‘my own morality’
President says morality ‘the only thing that can stop me’ in New York Times interview on limits to his authority

Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to push the Overton window a bit more to the right by curbing ECHR
No respect for #HumanRights |
Fuckwit.
https://www.theguard…

Pat Gelsinger will mit neuen Lasern Moore’s Law retten
Durch EUV-Lichtquellen außerhalb von Chipfabriken sollen Halbleiter feinere Strukturen bekommen. Intels Ex-CEO hat das nun genauer erklärt.
https://www.

Nice piece on 'Prototyping semantic search for case law' by PhD student Caitlin Wilson working with the National Archives: 'a user searching for 'divorce' may be shown legal alternatives like '[decree] nisi,' or searching for 'compensation' will suggest terms like 'damages,' or 'reparation''

Prototyping semantic search for case law
PhD student Caitlin Wilson showcases the latest results from her research into an accessible search function for The National Archives' Find Case Law service.

"The criminal in the White House will not be able to save you.” - Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal
▶️ Philadelphia Sheriff Blasts ICE Agents As 'Wannabe Law Enforcement' | HuffPost
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/philadelphi

When big corp is whining, you're on the right track.
https://www.politico.eu/article/us-slams-eus-proposed-space-law-as-unacceptable/

US slams EU’s proposed space law as ‘unacceptable’
Brussels proposed the law in an attempt to dial up regulatory oversight of satellite operators.

You know, for a (mostly) law abiding citizen, I sure do think about ways to crime all the time.

Trump DOJ Argues Key Anti-Discrimination Law Doesn’t Apply to Federal Workers | Portside
https://portside.org/2025-12-07/trump-doj-argues-key-anti-discrimination-law-doesnt-apply-federal-workers

Short-term renewal of cyber information sharing law appears in bill to end shutdown https://therecord.media/cisa-2015-information-sharing-law-renewal-bill-ending-shutdown

‘I don’t need international law’: #Trump says power constrained only by ‘my own morality’.
Which he doesn't have...
#GrabThemByThePussy #Epstein https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/08/trump-power-international-law?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Supreme Court asked to block California law against outing trans students (Josh Gerstein/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/08/california-law-transgender-students-supreme-court-00717924
http://www.memeorandum.com/260108/p155#a260108p155

It retrospect, I may have been wrong with my conclusion in my 7th grade essay about whether “ignorance was bliss.”
This is a really frustrating time to know even a little bit about international law and maritime law.
#law #uspol

Don't believe ICE claims that the woman in Minneapolis was trying to run them over. Eyewitness contradicts the lie:
https://www.fox9.com/news/police-swarm-scene-federal-law-enforcement-shooting-minneapolis

LIVE UPDATES: ICE shooting in Minneapolis, police swarm scene
Law enforcement agencies have swarmed the scene of a shooting involving federal law enforcement agencies in south Minneapolis on Wednesday.

“‘Ownership gives you things and elements that you can’t get from just signing a document,’” Trump told NYT.”
And how, pray tell, does this former real estate developer think ownership of things like real estate is established?
From just signing a document. 🤦‍♂️
His mind is mush wrapped in malicious childhood disappointment.

Trump insists he doesn’t need international law and his power is only limited by his own morality
In an extrordinary interview, Donald Trump defends his record on Venezuela and threats to others nations including Greenland, Colombia and Mexico in the last week

One of the few good developments happening over the past 24 hours...
Cyber information sharing law would get extension under shutdown deal bill
https://cyberscoop.com/cisa-2015-shutdown-extension-continuing-resolution/

Cyber information sharing law would get extension under shutdown deal bill
The Cybersecurity and Information Sharing Act of 2015 would go from expired to extended through Jan. 30.

The Department of Justice estimates that American police officers shoot 10,000 pet dogs in the line of duty each year.
It is impossible to ascertain a reliable number, however, because most law enforcement agencies do not maintain accurate records of animal killings.
The tally may be substantially higher, and some suggest it could reach six figures.

It looks like lying about the murder and calling Good a terrorist isn’t really flying with the press or the general public. We all know what we saw, and we Noem is full of BS.
Stay tuned for these greatest hits:
- “The real problem is that there’s video! Everything would be fine now if ICE could have just murdered her in secret.”
- “Of course this is tragic, but we cannot condone the violent response to Good’s killing [instigated by law enforcement, but we’re pretending it’s the public]! Now that there are riots [by law enforcement], we call on protestors [who have remained peaceful] to remain peaceful.”

Rest in Peace
US Constitution
Effective March 4, 1789
Terminated January 8, 2026
On January 8, 2026 trump declared himself dictator (but avoided using that word):
'In a new interview with the New York Times, Trump said the only constraint to his power as president of the US is “my own morality, my own mind”.'
<…

Murder in Minnesota is against state law. What kind of idiot would claim it's not in the state's jurisdiction?
ICE Barbie, that's who.

Vietnam's parliament passes amendments to its press law that tighten restrictions over information gathering and sharing, weakening confidentiality protections (Francesca Stevens/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

"So imagine the Brownstone startup puts 50 pods in one big room. Once they rent pod #1, that person appears to have the right to the entire room. Renting pods #2 through #50 could violate Section 1950. If they do, they are double letting, and 'every tenant in the building, under the same landlord' could withhold rent for as long as the 'double letting' continues." 👀

Sleeping Pods in San Francisco: Are They Even Legal? — Dean Preston
The rise of sleeping pods as a housing solution in San Francisco raises questions about legality. California Civil Code Section 1950 prohibits double letting, but is the startup Brownstone breaking the law?

"Interpol announces a new global fight against illegal deforestation"
#Trees #Environment #Deforestation

Interpol announces a new global fight against illegal deforestation
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Interpol and partners launched a global law enforcement effort Wednesday aimed at dismantling criminal networks behind illegal logging, timber trafficking and gold mining, which drive large-scale deforestation and generate billions in illicit profits each year. The effort announced ahead of the U.N. COP30 climate summit in Brazil will focus mainly on tropical forests […]

Very happy to see Trump’s illegal block on wind farm development thrown out by a judge, along with the Orwellian justification given for it—a classic inversion of the truth. Every accusation is a confession, etc. (“The government argued that the states’ claims amount to nothing more than a policy disagreement over preferences for wind versus fossil fuel energy development that is outside the federal court’s jurisdiction.”)

Federal judge throws out Trump order blocking development of wind energy
A federal judge has struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order blocking wind energy projects, saying the effort to halt virtually all leasing of wind farms on federal lands and waters was “arbitrary and capricious” and violates U.S. law. Judge Patti Saris of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts vacated Trump’s Jan. 20 executive order. Saris ruled in favor of a coalition of state attorneys general from 17 states and Washington, D.C., led by New York's attor…

Rocker explained that their "bond is one of free agreement between my wife and myself. It is a purely private matter that only concerns ourselves, and it needs no confirmation from the law." Witkop added: "Love is always free. When love ceases to be free it is prostitution." 
#Anarchism

https://www.tumblr.com/teledyn/805036343214358528/jacobwren-oppression-is-nine-tenths-of-the-law?source=share

Nonsense. Doku is in the exact same sight line. Letter of the law, but not the spirit of it.
Always uphill against PGMOL.
#LFC

Steven Newcomb and Peter d'Errico have between them 90 years (!) of experience studying and working with so-called "federal Indian law" — what we show to be "federal anti-Indian law".
https://www.youtube.com/@DominationChronicles

Domination Chronicles
Steven Newcomb and Peter d'Errico have between them 90 years (!) of experience studying and working with so-called "federal Indian law" — what we show to be "federal anti-Indian law". Domination Chronicles is where we share our thoughts about the details and the implications of a claim of a right of domination... for all peoples and for Earth itself.

"Because professional, well-trained law enforcement officers do not roll up to a woman in her car, hide their identities, crowd her vehicle, and execute her in broad daylight. But ICE did and does.
And this administration keeps trying to get us to forget that."
https://heatherdelaneyre…

Trump’s endless web of lies
In 1993, I was sixteen and a brand new driver when I was pulled over for going six miles over the speed limit at the bottom of a steep hill. It was the first time I’d ever been stopped by a police officer. And I was so nervous I started to shake because I didn’t understand what was happening. I didn’t realize I had picked up that much speed. The officer was hostile and irritated by my shaking hands as I passed him my license and registration. So much so that he made me get out of the car …

Hur främmande israelisk högern är från judisk religiös tradition. De talmudiska rabbinerna (1500-2000 år sedan) arbetade hårt för att göra det till en pappersprodukt, trots att det praktiserades brett i omgivningen. Man införde en stor mängd regler för att göra det mycket lättare att frikänna än att döma (se bilder) och man etablerade regeln att en överdomstol (sanhedrin) som dömer ut ett dödsstraff en gång på 70 år drar vanära över sig som en "blodig sanhedrin"

law_firm: Lazega law firm network
Multiplex network with 3 edge types representing relationships (coworkers, friendship, advice) between partners and associates of a corporate law firm. Data hosted by Manlio De Domenico.
This network has 71 nodes and 2571 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Multilayer, Unweighted
https://net…

U.S. House passes bill to combat stadium drones https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47266975/us-house-passes-bill-help-stadiums-combat-drones

Texas becomes first state to end American Bar Association oversight of law schools (Toluwani Osibamowo/Houston Public Media)
https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/court/2026/01/07/540073/texas-supreme-court-ends-american-bar-association-law-school-accreditation/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260108/p4#a260108p4

Texas gives DOJ list of its 18 million registered voters https://www.texastribune.org/2026/01/09/texas-voter-roll-trump-administration-justice-department-democrats-dnc/

Texas hands over complete list of registered voters to Trump administration
The Justice Department has asked states for their voter rolls with an eye toward purging ineligible voters. Democrats say sharing the data could violate federal election law.

"In 2020, Berlin passed a law that resulted in a five-year rent freeze [...] for 90% of the flats in the city. While the law offered relief to about 1.5 million households who had seen rents rise by an estimated third in the six years prior, it was ruled as unconstitutional in 2021 after Germany’s highest court sided with landlords and property investment lobbyists who had argued it was inappropriate and illegal for the state to meddle with the private market."

Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given

If there is any truth in these allegations, we really have to worry about that is going on in both AGS and GSOC.
The initial story was bad enough: the Irish police service being so incompetent that their statistics on homicides were wildly incorrect, and the whistleblower getting penalised; but this is batshit.

Garda whistleblower says she took work leave as she was ‘terrified’ of new analysis chief
Civilian was installed as Garda analysis bureau head after Lois West testified to Oireachtas about errors in homicide data

If it wasn't so serious, it would be enormously funny, how law enforcement in the US dress when coming to a school in Minneapolis, as if they are entering a warzone.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/01/08/after-border-pa…

My lord, to be able to write science this well. This is like the opening of an econ or law paper.
From Donald Hoffman's "The Interface Theory of Perception",
https://sites.socsci.uci.edu/~ddhoff/interface.pdf

"I appreciate you for blurring people’s faces. Thank you for respecting the law, and people’s privacy." schrieb teotwaki@mastodon.online unter das Foto der fremden Radfahrenden.
Ich verpixel Fotos von Fremden, weil ich es nicht schaffe die Fotos zu machen und die Radfahrenden dann anzusprechen (bin offen für Ideen zur Problemlösung). Aber auch, weil ich mit meinen Fotos auf die Räder und die Kleidung blicken möchte.
Auch wenn die Fotos ohne Blur viel mehr her machen.

Thijs Lucas (@Thijs_Lucas@pixel.tchncs.de)
Queen #Copenhagen #København #Kopenhagen #Vesterbro #CycleChic #Radschick #Fashion #Cycling #Fahrrad #VelorettiBikes #Veloretti #Mixte #Panning #Mitziehen #FujifilmXT3 #Fujinon16f2_8 23mm | 1/60 | f/8 | ISO640

It would take a law to stop laws, not the pronouncement of a POTUS
Trump pledges executive action to counter state AI laws - Roll Call
https://rollcall.com/2025/12/08/trump-pledges-executive-action-to-counter-state-ai-laws/

/2
Meer over Clare's Law wat aangehaald werd
Clare's Law - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clare's_Law
First implemented in England and Wales in 2014, the policy structure has since been adopted or proposed in various forms elsewhere in the United Kingdom as well as in Australia and Canada.

#Blakes7 Series D, Episode 04 - Stardrive
VILA: Two billion? Training manual rule one: Never play with asteroids. They're what Murphy's Law's all about.
DAYNA: Murphy's Law?
SOOLIN: Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.
https:…

#SCOTUS conservatives and esp #ChiefJusticeJohnRoberts must be so proud of what they have accomplished.
I, on the other hand, am horrified.
‘I don’t need international law’: Trump says power constrained only by ‘my own morality’

#SCOTUS conservatives and esp #ChiefJusticeJohnRoberts must be so proud of what they have accomplished.
I, on the other hand, am horrified.
‘I don’t need international law’: Trump says power constrained only by ‘my own morality’

From various rumors and sources it appears that Open AI - a company organized under Delaware law but with HQ in California - is the cause of the tripling of computer memory prices and shortages.
Word is that Open AI bought up all of the large wafers from Samsung and Hynix that are used to make memory. The intention seems to be to corner the market in order to hobble Open AI's competition.
I am not an expert in either Federal or State laws on anti-competitive practices.

"EU ministers break deadlock on CO2 emission cut by 2040 amid political pressure"
#EU #EuropeanUnion #Climate #ClimateChange

EU ministers break deadlock on CO2 emission reduction by 2040
After months of political impasse, the revision of the EU's climate law was backed with significant flexibilities for member states to hit the 90% emissions reduction by 2040. Now the European Parliament needs to have a say on the bloc's climate target.

Statewide animal cruelty database goes online, listing animal abuse offenders online as newest phase of Dexter's Law https://baynews9.com/fl/tampa/news/2026/01/01/statewide-animal…

Animal cruelty database goes online, listing animal abuse offenders online
A statewide animal cruelty database is set to launch today as part of the newest phase of Dexter's Law. The part of the law requiring the State of Florida to create and maintain a public database of abusers goes into effect today.

The Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency said it has asked Interpol for cooperation in a manhunt for the Chinese suspect currently residing in China.
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/law-crime/20251208…

Police confirm identity of Chinese mastermind behind KT payment breach
Police investigating the KT Corp. payment breach and micropayment scam said Monday they have identified the mastermind behind the crime, known as a...

Ukraine update: Rotation of leadership ensures integrity and democracy under martial law, until peace returns the possibility of elections.
Giorgio is a hero reporting in Ukraine, he shares the friend link to bypass the paywall.
Please share and support Ukraine, and support true journalism.

Leader of law firm that struck deal with president 'heckled' at big speech - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-paul-weiss-heckler-karp/

Increasingly the victims of the administration's campaign of terror are people just trying to survive when their daily life is upended by the presence of masked federal agents.
Those agents are ambushing immigrants after court appearances,
crashing into drivers while trying to escape protestors,
or abducting children if they seemingly impede the arrest of their own parents by dint of simply existing;
The people in the cities in which this is happening are just t…

When Everyday Life Becomes Domestic Terrorism | Defector
People are back out on the streets of Minneapolis again, they are barricading the roads and tending curbside memorials, and they are asking for someone to make sense of a reckless and unnecessary death at the hands of law enforcement. On Wednesday, Renee Macklin Good was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement…

Police arrest suspect in shooting of Jets' Boyd https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47257417/police-arrest-20-year-old-suspect-shooting-jets-boyd

It might sound reasonable in theory, but it restores discrimination in practice.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-rule-restores-equal-protection-all-civil-rights-enforcement

Department of Justice Rule Restores Equal Protection for All in Civil Rights Enforcement
Today, the Justice Department issued a final rule updating its regulations under Title VI of the Civil Rights of 1964. This rule ensures that our nation’s federal civil rights laws are firmly grounded in the principle of equal treatment under the law by eliminating disparate-impact liability from its Title VI regulations.

Scott Wiener is trying to change the slogan from "Abolish ICE" to "Abolish and replace ICE."
I guess he figures there still needs to be *some* agency that deports international students who criticize Israel, a Trump regime priority he's bolstered in California by co-authoring #AB715.

Half of US states now require users to upload IDs or biometric data to access pornographic content, as Missouri became the 25th state to enact such a law (Samantha Cole/404 Media)
https://www.404media.co/missouri-age-verification-law-porn-id-check-vpns/

Half of the US Now Requires You to Upload Your ID or Scan Your Face to Watch Porn
Missouri’s age verification law, enacted on November 30, is the halfway mark for the sweep of age verification laws across the country.

So, I kinda got wondering about the sequel of SpaceBalls that is being filmed.
I do hope they have some evil characters they can make fun of, perhaps in some sort of "Springtime for Hitler" dance number.
With an evil dance crew led by "Little Emperor Dump", his daughter "I Vahnt Ewe" and son-in-law "Harelip Cushion", sons "Dump (the dumpster) Jr." and "Whatshiz Name". With courtiers IShootem, IDeportem, and ImDrunk.)

Senate unanimously approves installing Jan. 6, 2021 plaque (Hailey Fuchs/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/01/08/congress/senate-unanimous-approves-jan-6-plaque-law-enforcement-00717799
http://www.memeorandum.com/260108/p138#a260108p138

"French Fast Fashion Law Could Reshape European Clothing Market"
#France #FastFashion #Fashion #Textiles

French Fast Fashion Law Could Reshape European Clothing Market | Happy Eco News
The French fast fashion law passed the Senate overwhelmingly, targeting companies like Shein with penalties up to 50 percent of product prices. The legislation aims to combat environmental damage from ultra-cheap clothing imports, though industry lobbying weakened original provisions before the bill advances to final parliamentary approval.

A thread about the kind of law that Mamdani is going to impose on NYC:
https://bsky.app/profile/craiguito.bsky.social/post/3m54kpup3xs2x

"President Trump declared on Wednesday evening that his power as commander in chief is constrained only by his “own morality,” brushing aside international law and other checks on his ability to use military might"
https://www.

ICE is not law enforcement. It's a performance of brutality for political ends. Shooting bystanders is just part of the play.

Donald Trump said he’ll “be involved in” deciding if Netflix can buy Warner Bros.
Is that an open invite for CEOs to curry favor with Trump in exchange for merger approvals?
It should be an independent decision by the Department of Justice based on the law and facts.
https://bsky.app/profile/warr…

Elizabeth Warren (@warren.senate.gov)
Donald Trump said he’ll “be involved in” deciding if Netflix can buy Warner Bros. Is that an open invite for CEOs to curry favor with Trump in exchange for merger approvals? It should be an independent decision by the Department of Justice based on the law and facts. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

Half of US states now require users to upload IDs or biometric data to access pornographic content, as Missouri became the 25th state to enact such a law (Samantha Cole/404 Media)
https://www.404media.co/missouri-age-verification-law-porn-id-check-vpns/

Half of the US Now Requires You to Upload Your ID or Scan Your Face to Watch Porn
Missouri’s age verification law, enacted on November 30, is the halfway mark for the sweep of age verification laws across the country.

"Texas hands over complete list of registered voters to Trump administration" - Election Law Blog
https://electionlawblog.org/?p=153767

“Arguing that ‘no country should be above international law,’ Mayor Brandon Johnson urged the United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday to hold President Donald Trump’s administration accountable for what he called a ‘worsening human rights crisis in the United States.’”

Johnson urges UN panel to hold President Trump accountable for what he calls 'human rights abuses'
In a virtual appearance before a United Nations Human Rights Council meeting in Switzerland, Mayor Brandon Johnson invited UN experts to come to Chicago to witness firsthand the “abuses” by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during raids that have wreaked havoc in neighborhoods across the…

Various thoughts on the Maduro case:
1. Did they read him his Miranda rights when they arrested him?
2. Does anyone remember the international law Head of State doctrine? That would seem to create immunity. (See URL below)
3. I notice that in photos the guards have DEA badges - which suggests that nobody has an actual indictment.
4. I see that the trumpies want to charge gun violations. Wouldn't it be amusing if he defeated that on 2nd Amendment grounds?
…

Immunity from prosecution (international law) - Wikipedia

The 'International Law' Illusion in Venezuela (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/international-law-venezuela-nicolas-maduro-united-nations-china-russia-c68f4427?st=skbVt7
http://www.memeorandum.com/260106/p107#a260106p107

Blackstone invests $50M into compliance agent-focused Norm Ai, which is launching an independent law firm offering "AI-native legal services" (Norm Ai)
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/n<…

Conservative Warning To Judges: Get On Board With Trump's Agenda Or Get Impeached - Above the Law
https://abovethelaw.com/2025/11/conservative-warning-to-judges-get-on-board-with-trumps-agenda-or-get-impeached/

"Nigeria passes tough new wildlife law; enforcement doubts remain"
#Nigeria #Wildlife #Environment

Nigeria passes tough new wildlife law; enforcement doubts remain
The Nigerian Parliament recently passed sweeping legislation to protect endangered wildlife from illegal trafficking. Once the president signs it into law, offenders could face fines of up to 12 million naira ($8,300) and up to 10 years in prison for trafficking elephant ivory, pangolin scales, and other products from threatened species. The bill, hailed as […]

Books, movies, music, and works of art published in 1930, including William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying, and sound recordings from 1925 enter the US public domain (Duke University School of Law)
https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2026/

Public Domain Day 2026 | Duke University School of Law
January 1, 2026 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1930 are open to all, as are sound recordings from 1925! By Jennifer Jenkins and James Boyle[1] CC BY 4.0 Please note that this site is only about US law; the copyright terms in other countries are different.[2] On January 1, 2026, thousands of copyrighted works from 1930 enter the US public domain, along with sound recordings from 1925.

He was already out of the path of the vehicle when he decided to shoot her.
US Department of Justice Policy On Use Of Force
https://www.justice.gov/jm/1-16000-department-justice-policy-use-force#1-16.200

“Nixon tried to keep his criminality secret,
and the Bush administration tried to keep the torture secret,
and that secrecy acknowledged the norm that these things were wrong,”
Harvard Law Professor Jack Goldsmith said.
“Trump, as he often does when he is breaking law or norms,
is acting publicly and without shame or unease.
This is a very successful way to destroy the efficacy of law and norms.”

The Peril of a White House That Flaunts Its Indifference to the Law
The White House has made no legal argument explaining its bald claim that the president has wartime power to summarily kill people suspected of smuggling drugs.

Happy Saturday morning! Each week, Metacurity offers our free and paid subscribers a weekly digest of the best long-form (and longish) infosec-related pieces we couldn't properly fit into our daily news crush.
This week's selection covers
--Southeast Asian economies are becoming dependent on cyberscams,
--Cybercriminals are inflicting pain throughout India,
--Mr Deepfakes damaged people beyond the reach of the law,
--Soaring sales of Starlink are creating…

Best infosec-related long reads for the week of 11/29/25
Southeast Asian economies are becoming dependent on cyberscams, Cybercriminals are inflicting pain throughout India, Mr Deepfakes damaged people beyond the reach of the law, Soaring sales of Starlink are creating risks around the globe, Digital opsec for teens made easy

A Slew of Interesting #Amicus Briefs Filed in Support of Mississippi's Argument That It Can Count Timely Postmarked Ballots Arriving After Election Day in #SCOTUS Watson Case - Election Law Blog
https://electionlawblog.org/?p=153773

Australia passes a law requiring global streamers with 1M Australian subscribers to spend 10% of their local outlay or 7.5% of revenue on Australian originals (Jesse Whittock/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/11/australia-streaming-quotas-sworn-into-law-…

Australia’s Streaming Quotas Become Law: “A Landmark Day For Screen Storytelling”
Australia's streaming quotas have become law, with Netflix and others now required to spend on original local content.

International Law and the U.S. Military and Law Enforcement Operations in Venezuela (Just Security)
https://www.justsecurity.org/127981/international-law-venezuela-maduro/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260104/p56#a260104p56

"Labor’s environmental law overhaul: a little progress and a lot of compromise|"
#Australia #Environment

Labor’s environmental law overhaul: a little progress and a lot of compromise
Labor’s long-awaited environmental reforms do represent progress. But ambition levels have been dialled back and much depends on the detail.

“A former Justice Department employee who threw a sandwich at a federal agent during President Donald Trump’s law enforcement surge in Washington was found not guilty of assault on Thursday in the latest legal rebuke of the federal intervention.”
🥪🎉
https://ap…

Man who threw sandwich at federal agent is found not guilty of assault
A former Justice Department employee who threw a sandwich at a federal agent during President Donald Trump’s law enforcement surge in Washington has been found not guilty of assault. A viral video of the sandwich tossing made Sean Charles Dunn a symbol of resistance to Trump’s deployment of federal agents to combat crime in the nation’s capital. Dunn's misdemeanor acquittal Thursday is another setback for prosecutors, who have faced a backlash for how they have handled criminal cases resu…

LIVE UPDATES: ICE shooting in Minneapolis leaves woman dead (Howard Thompson/FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul)
https://www.fox9.com/news/police-swarm-scene-federal-law-enforcement-shooting-minneapolis
http://www.memeorandum.com/260107/p88#a260107p88

The peril of a White House that flaunts indifference to the law
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/us/politics/white-house-boats-law.html?searchResultPosition=2

The Peril of a White House That Flaunts Its Indifference to the Law
The White House has made no legal argument explaining its bald claim that the president has wartime power to summarily kill people suspected of smuggling drugs.

X faces $140 million fine over violations of EU tech law (Julia Shapero/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/newsletters/technology/5636336-x-fine-violations-eu-tech-law/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251205/p117#a251205p117

California lawmakers made major changes to the state’s car-buying rules this year,
including a  controversial rewrite of the state law that allows buyers to get their money back if they are sold a defective vehicle
and a new right to return a used vehicle within three days.

'Rat Hunting' Harvard Law Professor Agrees to Self-Deport After Firing Pellet Gun Near Synagogue During Yom Kippur (Jessica Schwalb/The Washington Free Beacon)
https://freebeacon.com/campus/rat-hunting-harvard-law-professor-agrees-to-self-deport-after-firing-pellet-gun-near-synagogue-during-yom-kippur/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251205/p98#a251205p98

The California Supreme Court rejected a First Amendment challenge to a state law that protects the rights of gay and transgender people in nursing homes and forbids employees of those sites from using the wrong pronouns to address a resident or coworker.
The ruling, handed down today, held that violations of the"LGBT Long-Term Care Residents’ Bill of Rights" are not protected by the First Amendment because they relate to codes of conduct in what is effectively both a workplace…

California Supreme Court rejects free speech challenge to LGBT protections in nursing homes
A 2017 California law is meant to protect the rights of gay and transgender people in nursing homes, including by forbidding employees from misgendering those patients

Gregg Nunziata: "Why Conservatives Must Defend Liberal Democracy," at the NYU Democracy Project - Election Law Blog
https://electionlawblog.org/?p=153405

German parliament backs controversial military service law amid Russian threat (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/german-parliament-backs-controversial-military-service-law-amid-russian-threat-2025-12-05/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251205/p33#a251205p33

While JDVance allowed that perhaps Renee Good was not trying to ram the ICE agent,
Trump stated that she did it, and did it on purpose.
Noem also cast this as deliberate, calling it “an attempt to kill or to cause bodily harm to agents.”
This is not some minor, pedantic point.
The administration cast a woman who had just died as deliberately assaulting a law enforcement officer
and engaging in “domestic terrorism.”
Those are not small allegations, espe…

JD Vance just sharply undercut the Trump team’s ICE shooting narrative
Mere hours after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent killed a woman Wednesday in Minneapolis, the Trump administration staked out a maximalist position.

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North Dakota Law Included Fake Critical Minerals Using Lawyers' Last Names - Slashdot
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/01/05/0027243/north-dakota-law-included-fake-critical-minerals-using-lawyers-last-names

Jared Kushner, the President's Son-in-Law, Is Part of Paramount's Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery (Lauren Hirsch/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/business/media/jared-kushner-paramount-bid-warner-bros-discovery.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251208/p117#a251208p117

Beyond the shooting in Minneapolis,
Trump spoke extensively about Venezuela
-- saying the United States would likely be engaged there for years;
his need for “ownership” of Greenland;
and the future of his immigration crackdown.
He also answered questions about the rifts in his coalition regarding antisemitism;
presidential power and the judiciary;
his own health;
whether international law applies to him;
and many other topics

An Oval Office Viewing
During an interview with our reporters, President Trump discussed a video of an ICE agent fatally shooting a woman in Minneapolis.