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View More NewsAn excerpt from today’s long decision in Democracy Partners, LLC v. O’Keefe by D.C. Circuit Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson, joined by Judge Harry Edwards (read this post for more on the facts and on a separate fraud claim): Creamer [the target of a Project Veritas undercover investigation] brought those claims under the provisions of the federal and D.C. wiretapping laws that make it unlawful to secretly record a conversation with another “for the purpose of committing any crim[e] or tor[t].” The jury agreed with Creamer that Maass [a Project Veritas employee who, under false pretenses, applied for and got an…
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from the because-of-course-they-did dept This news will come as no surprise to anyone. Those who have been following police misconduct revelations for years have…
Dakar, August 21, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) calls on Togolese authorities to drop the charges against French journalists Sebastian Perez Pezzani and Gaël Mocaër,…
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Digital Asset, the creator of the Canton Network, and former US House Speaker Paul Ryan’s American Idea Foundation plan to pilot a blockchain-based system…
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The island of Tristan da Cunha (population 224) has no airport. Its seaport, which can only handle small boats, is a week’s journey from…
As Wall Street firms race to bring stocks, bonds and credit products onto blockchain rails, a new Ethereum-based marketplace backed by Animoca Brands is…
Key points:Bitcoin has reached a crucial support, as a break below the $79,000 level may deepen the pullback.Several major altcoins are facing selling pressure,…
In brief Bitcoin’s price recently fell short of topping its 200-day moving average, the average closing price over the period. The move mirrors its…
from the doesn’t-anyone-check-anything? dept Given how often we’ve seen AI-generated fake citations show up in legal filings and even legal decisions, you’d think the…
From yesterday’s decision by Judge Dana Sabraw (S.D. Cal.) in Button v. Lopresti: The Court accepts the Amended Complaint’s allegations as true for purposes…