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A multi-billion dollar industry is quietly reshaping the American legal landscape—and nearly all of it operates without regulation or transparency. Litigation funding, in which investors pay for lawsuits in exchange for a share of any winnings, has exploded in recent years, raising profound ethical and policy questions. “It’s actually safer in today’s environment to invest…
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The New Orleans public defender’s office, responsible for representing more than 20,000 indigent defendants annually with just 52 attorneys, has reached a breaking point. The office’s chief public defender, Derwyn Bunton, has taken the extraordinary step of refusing to take on new felony cases, arguing that the system is so broken it has become “just…
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In Kenya’s overcrowded prisons, where more than 80% of inmates have never been represented by a lawyer, a British-founded organization is training incarcerated people to become paralegals and lawyers, and the results have been nothing short of transformative. Justice Defenders, founded by Alexander McLean in 2007, has worked in 55 prisons across Kenya, Uganda, and…
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In what legal scholars are calling one of the most remarkable redemption stories in modern American jurisprudence, a convicted bank robber who taught himself law while serving a 12-year federal prison sentence has become a professor at one of the nation’s premier law schools. Shon Hopwood, now a professor at Georgetown University Law Center, first…
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Georgia criminal defense attorney Alicia Luncheon is calling for nationwide reform of compensation laws for wrongfully convicted individuals, arguing that legal remedies for exonerees remain inconsistent across the United States and often depend more on geography than legal principle. In a recently posted social media video promoting a petition campaign created in partnership with Change.org,…
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The U.S. Department of Justice has approved Paramount Skydance’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, a landmark $111 billion transaction that would create one of the largest media conglomerates in American history. The decision removes a major federal regulatory hurdle but is unlikely to end the legal and political battles surrounding the deal. The merger…
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A Manhattan federal jury has awarded former fitness executive Röbynn Europe more than $11.25 million after finding that luxury fitness company Equinox Holdings subjected her to a hostile work environment and unlawfully terminated her based on race and gender. The verdict, delivered in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, represents…
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As immigration enforcement policies continue to evolve, an immigration advocate is warning immigrants against relying on social media, friends, or online forums for legal guidance, arguing that a single mistake can have life-altering consequences. In a recently shared video, the speaker cautioned that many people are unknowingly jeopardizing their immigration cases by following advice from…
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The U.S. Supreme Court has denied Alabama’s emergency request to proceed with the execution of death row inmate Jeffery Lee using nitrogen hypoxia, leaving in place lower court rulings that found the execution method is likely unconstitutional. In a brief, unsigned order issued Thursday evening, the high court declined to intervene and allow the execution…
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A federal judge in Chicago has ordered U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to wear body cameras during enforcement activities and all interactions with the public, citing concerns that the agency may not have complied with a previous court order aimed at protecting protesters and journalists. Sara Ellis issued the directive as part of…
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