Hacker News with Generative AI: Law

Australian who ordered radioactive materials walks away from court (chemistryworld.com)
A 24-year-old Australian man who ordered uranium and plutonium to his parents’ apartment has been allowed to walk away from court on a two-year good behaviour bond.
Australia, Law, Nuclear Materials, Crime
64 points by mrkeen 3 hours ago | 66 comments
Mike Lindell's lawyers used AI to write brief–judge finds nearly 30 mistakes (arstechnica.com)
A lawyer representing MyPillow and its CEO Mike Lindell in a defamation case admitted using artificial intelligence in a brief that has nearly 30 defective citations, including misquotes and citations to fictional cases, a federal judge said.
Law, Artificial Intelligence, Legal Technology, Misinformation
14 points by cratermoon 9 hours ago | 7 comments
D.C. Prosecutor Threatens Wikipedia's Tax-Exempt Status (thefp.com)
Ed Martin, the firebrand Republican activist whom President Donald Trump picked to be the top prosecutor in D.C., has a new target: Wikipedia.
Politics, Law, Non-Profit Organizations
10 points by coloneltcb 10 hours ago | 3 comments
Law students organize to give Trump-caving firms a recruitment problem (allrisenews.com)
The day after Donald Trump’s election last year, three Georgetown Law students started a political movement to brace for impact.
Politics, Law, Recruitment, Activism
9 points by Geekette 13 hours ago | 1 comments
Trump Administration Reverses Course on Student Visa Cancellations (nytimes.com)
The Trump administration on Friday abruptly walked back its cancellation of more than 1,500 student visas held by international students, announcing a dramatic shift by Immigration and Customs Enforcement during a court hearing in Washington.
Politics, Immigration, Education, Law
17 points by whack 14 hours ago | 3 comments
'Vaguely Threatening': Federal Prosecutor Queries Leading Medical Journal (nytimes.com)
A federal prosecutor in Washington has contacted The New England Journal of Medicine, considered the world’s most prestigious medical journal, with questions that suggested without evidence that it was biased against certain views and influenced by external pressures.
Journalism, Medicine, Law, Politics
7 points by nxobject 15 hours ago | 0 comments
AI helped write bar exam questions, California state bar admits (theguardian.com)
The state bar of California has disclosed that some multiple-choice questions in a problem-plagued bar exam were developed with the aid of artificial intelligence.
Artificial Intelligence, Law, Education, California
7 points by bookofjoe 17 hours ago | 0 comments
FBI arrests judge accused of helping man evade immigration authorities (apnews.com)
ICE is reversing termination of legal status for international students around US, lawyer says
Law, Immigration, Government, Justice
952 points by eterps 18 hours ago | 879 comments
Kids go to court in NYC with no lawyer: 'The cruelty is apparent' (gothamist.com)
Legal Issues, New York, Children, Law
12 points by detaro 1 day ago | 2 comments
DOJ accidentally files doc outlining flaws with NYC congestion pricing plan (abcnews.go.com)
Lawyers with the Department of Justice accidentally filed a document overnight that outlined a series of legal flaws with the Trump administration's plan to kill New York City's congestion pricing tolls.
Law, Politics, Transportation
15 points by vinnyglennon 2 days ago | 0 comments
AI helped write California bar exam, sparking uproar (arstechnica.com)
On Monday, the State Bar of California revealed that it used AI to develop a portion of multiple-choice questions on its February 2025 bar exam, causing outrage among law school faculty and test takers.
Artificial Intelligence, Law, Education, Testing
22 points by isaacfrond 2 days ago | 2 comments
Can the legal system catch up with climate science? (arstechnica.com)
A few decades ago, it wasn't realistic to attribute individual events—even heat waves—to the general warming trend driven by human-caused climate change. Now, there are peer-reviewed methods of rapidly detecting humanity's fingerprints in the wake of weather disasters like hurricanes or climate-driven wildfires.
Climate Change, Law, Science
10 points by nativeit 2 days ago | 9 comments
Is Linux under the control of the USA gov? (reddit.com)
AFAIK, Linux (but also GNU/FSF) is financially supported by the Linux Foundation, an 501(c)(6) non-profit based in the USA and likely obliged by USA laws, present and future.
Linux, USA Government, Politics, Law
22 points by notorandit 3 days ago | 21 comments
Ninth Circuit Takes a Wrecking Ball to Internet Personal Jurisdiction Law (ericgoldman.org)
Let’s start with a tiny piece of good news. The majority says: “The parties agree among themselves that we need not develop an internet-specific standard for personal jurisdiction. We also agree.” No need for Internet exceptionalist rules. Yay!
Law, Internet, Jurisdiction
88 points by hn_acker 3 days ago | 64 comments
Break Google's Search Monopoly Without Breaking the Web (open-web-advocacy.org)
In late 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), in conjunction with state attorneys general representing 11 states, brought a landmark antitrust case against Google for unlawfully maintaining a monopoly in the general search engine market.
Antitrust, Google, Search Engines, Competition, Law
4 points by brycewray 3 days ago | 0 comments
Judge blocks Trump administration plans to dismantle Voice of America (npr.org)
A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from dismantling Voice of America, the government funded broadcaster, at least temporarily.
Politics, Journalism, Law, Government, Media
11 points by austinallegro 3 days ago | 0 comments
The Fourth Circuit's Opinion in the Abrego García Case (kemitchell.com)
The relief the government is requesting is both extraordinary and premature.
Law, Legal Opinion
32 points by mplanchard 3 days ago | 4 comments
Jury Rules Against Palin in Libel Case Against the New York Times (nytimes.com)
A federal jury on Tuesday ruled against Sarah Palin, the former governor of Alaska and Republican vice-presidential nominee, in her yearslong defamation lawsuit against The New York Times.
Law, Politics, Media
23 points by jaredwiener 4 days ago | 4 comments
Trump Scoffs at SCOTUS Due Process Requirements (newrepublic.com)
Upset with the judicial system’s checks on his power, Donald Trump has launched a blatant attack on the Supreme Court.
Politics, Law, Supreme Court, Donald Trump
25 points by keernan 4 days ago | 3 comments
Fox Succeeds in Scrapping Machine Learning Claims at CAFC Under 101 (ipwatchdog.com)
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) on Friday addressed an issue of first impression in the patent eligibility context, holding that “claims that do no more than apply established methods of machine learning to a new data environment” are not patent eligible.
Law, Patents, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
3 points by zoobab 4 days ago | 1 comments
GM Argues It Can Sell Your Data Because You Drive on Public Roads (motor1.com)
Data Privacy, Automotive, Law, Technology
12 points by cebert 4 days ago | 5 comments
Court Permanently Enjoins Ohio's Segregate-and-Suppress/Parental Consent Law (ericgoldman.org)
Ohio enacted a segregate-and-suppress law that requires regulated websites to obtain parental consent before minors can access certain site features.
Law, Ohio, Privacy, Children, Internet
8 points by hn_acker 4 days ago | 2 comments
Why the FTC vs. Meta Trial Matters: Competition Gaps and Civil Liberties (eff.org)
We’re in the midst of a long-overdue resurgence in antitrust litigation. In the past 12 months alone, there have been three landmark rulings against Google/Alphabet (in search, advertising, and payments). Then there’s the long-running FTC v. Meta case, which went to trial last week. Plenty of people are cheering these cases on, seeing them as a victories over the tech broligarchy (who doesn’t love to see a broligarch get their comeuppance?).
Antitrust, Competition, Privacy, Technology, Law
5 points by hn_acker 4 days ago | 1 comments
Whistleblower statement on anomalies at time of DOGE work at NLRB [pdf] (whistlebloweraid.org)
Whistleblower, Labor, Law, Government, Cryptocurrency
123 points by 0xWTF 5 days ago | 13 comments
DOJ's sweeping remedies would harm American economy and technological leadership (google)
The US Department of Justice’s 2020 search distribution lawsuit is a backwards-looking case at a time of intense competition and unprecedented innovation.
Law, Technology, Economics, Competition
13 points by xnx 5 days ago | 0 comments
Meta's Monopoly Made It a Fair-Weather Friend (wired.com)
This week, Mark Zuckerberg took the stand in an antitrust trial that could result in the breakup of Meta’s social networking empire.
Antitrust, Social Media, Business, Law, Meta
14 points by NotInOurNames 6 days ago | 3 comments
VW engineer jailed for emissions scandal (2017) (bbc.com)
A former Volkswagen engineer who helped develop a device that enabled cars to evade US pollution rules has been sentenced to more than three years in prison and ordered to pay $200,000.
Automotive, Law, Environmental Issues
6 points by georgecmu 6 days ago | 1 comments
Three Felonies a Day (2013) (kottke.org)
In a book called Three Felonies A Day, Boston civil rights lawyer Harvey Silverglate says that everyone in the US commits felonies everyday and if the government takes a dislike to you for any reason, they’ll dig in and find a felony you’re guilty of.
Law, Civil Rights, Politics, Crime
92 points by zekrioca 6 days ago | 96 comments
Supreme Court Issues Unusual Order in Alien Enemies Act Deportation Case (reason.com)
Last night, the Supreme Court issued a very unusual order in an Alien Enemies Act deportation case.
Law, Supreme Court, Deportation, Immigration
24 points by MaysonL 7 days ago | 3 comments
Law firms, universities and now civil society groups targets for punitive action (apnews.com)
Maryland Sen. Van Hollen meets with Abrego Garcia in El Salvador amid court fight over US return
Politics, Law, Civil Liberties, Human Rights
8 points by petethomas 8 days ago | 0 comments