An Australian computer scientist who claimed he invented bitcoin lied "extensively and repeatedly" and forged documents "on a grand scale" to support his false claim, a judge at London's High Court ruled on Monday.

South Korea’s Constitutional Court is about to resume hearing four landmark cases in which more than 200 people, including more than 60 young children, are arguing that the government is failing to adequately protect them from the harms of climate change, and infringing their fundamental rights.

Case file: https://climatecasechart.com/wp-content/uploads/non-us-case-documents/2022/20220613_2022Hunma864-Sejong-Youn-Plan-1.5_complaint.pdf (Korean)
Case summary: https://climatecasechart.com/non-us-case/woodpecker-et-al-v-south-korea/ (English)

Nursery worker Kate Roughley left Genevieve Meehan strapped face down to a beanbag for 97 minutes, court heard

Ex-President Jacob Zuma's 15-month prison sentence disqualifies him from being a lawmaker.

Jury selection to begin as Nima Momeni accused of murder of Cash App founder Bob Lee in April last year

Tribunal in London will hear claims Richard Branson’s airline used Covid redundancies to target older staff

In the October incident, a pedestrian crossing the road was struck by another vehicle before landing in front of the Cruise taxi. The robotaxi braked hard but ran over the person.

Federal prosecutors say a New Jersey businessman paid tens of thousands of dollars to the wife of Senator Bob Menendez after he was granted a monopoly of certifications of halal meat imported into Egypt from the United States.

The Tokyo District Court has dismissed a claim by an American engineer regarding an AI-generated invention, saying inventors provided for under the Patent Law are limited to natural persons.

​The U.S. Department of Justice charged two suspects for allegedly leading a crime ring that laundered at least $73 million from cryptocurrency investment scams, also known as "pig butchering."

A Pennsylvania man was sentenced yesterday to 14 years and seven months in prison for possessing deepfake child sexual abuse material (CSAM) depicting numerous child celebrities.

In a case that highlights the increasing prevalence of YouTube content for children, a jury found that one content creator had infringed the copyrights of another.

Lawsuit targets 2016 claim that all Tesla cars "have full self-driving hardware."

Case file: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.400427/gov.uscourts.cand.400427.96.0_1.pdf

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/15660900

About 60 flights cancelled after members of Letzte Generation glue themselves to ground at Munich

Rebecca Joynes, 30, convicted of engaging in sexual activity with minors while in a position of trust

Alleged $6.8M conspiracy involved "laptop farm," identity theft, and résumé coaching.

Case file: https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/media/1352191/dl

Bit of a weird one here. So, there’s the assumption made by all cops and most courts that any area visible to passersby does not have an expectation of privacy. That means front yards, open garages, etc. Courts and cops have mostly agreed this expectation of privacy does not suddenly appear no matter how long the government stares at publicly visible areas with unblinking eyes… like surveillance cameras mounted on nearby utility poles or what have you.

Case file: https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24658777/overlanders.pdf

World number one Scottie Scheffler is charged with assaulting a police officer hours before his second round at the US PGA Championship.

Brothers charged in novel crypto scheme potentially face decades in prison.

Case file: https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/US-v-Bueno-Sealed-Indictment-5-15-2024.pdf

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's funding mechanism in a challenge brought by the payday loan industry, handing a victory to President Joe Biden's administration and a setback to the agency's conservative critics.

With new photographic and video evidence, an Indian court battle over the origins of the world famous butter chicken is set to get spicier.

Is there any law that Elon Musk actually understands? The latest is that he’s lost yet another lawsuit, this time (in part) for not understanding copyright law. There have been a variety of lawsuit…

Case file: https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24658681/x-v-bright-data.pdf

You may recall last month’s hilarious story of lawyer Mike Dunforth’s response to a vexatious angry demand letter from IMG, representing the LAPD Foundation, claiming that a t-shirt with the following “Fuck the LAPD” logo violated its IP rights:

A federal court ordered on Tuesday that Elon Musk must testify again in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's investigation into his $44 billion takeover of Twitter.

Alexey Pertsev, one of the main developers of the Tornado Cash cryptocurrency tumbler has been sentenced to 64 months in prison for his part in helping launder more than $2 billion worth of cryptocurrency.