Oral arguments began in federal court on Wednesday in a case between a coalition of news organizations led by The New York Times and OpenAI, the creator of the artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT, which alleges copyright infringement by OpenAI’s use of copyrighted material for machine learning. The case centers on allegations that OpenAI unlawfully utilized [...]

The Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments on Wednesday in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, a case concerning a Texas law restricting access to websites with “sexual material harmful to minors.” Derek Shaffer, counsel for the law’s challengers, argued that the application of rational basis defies the precedent set in Ashcroft v. [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against Fayette County, Tennessee, alleging its Board of County Commissioners violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The board’s adoption of a county commission redistricting plan did not give black voters “an equal opportunity to participate in the political process and to elect [...]

The US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana ruled on Tuesday that the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) can end its longstanding federal oversight, thus approving the sustainment plan. The decision comes in response to a request from the city and the Justice Department to reduce monitoring. Judge Susie Morgan in her ruling ordered [...]

The Third Circuit Court of Appeals upheld its previous decision on Tuesday which found Pennsylvania statutes preventing “18-to-20-year-olds from carrying firearms outside their homes during a state of emergency” to be unconstitutional. Pennsylvania statutes 6106, 6107, and 6109 have the combined effect of “preventing most 18-to-20-year-old adult Pennsylvanians from carrying firearms.” The appellants, Madison Lara, [...]

The US House of Representatives voted 218-206 Tuesday to approve a bill that would ban transgender women from competing in women’s school sports teams. The bill bars persons deemed biologically male at birth from participating in school sports activities “designated for women or girls.” However, the prohibition does not bar transgender women from training with [...]

The Biden administration proposed new export restrictions on computer chips used for artificial intelligence (AI) on Monday. The restrictions are an effort to prevent other rival nations, from accessing and abusing advanced US technology. The Biden administration referred to its new regulation as “an Interim Final Rule on Artificial Intelligence Diffusion.” In its press release, [...]

A report by Special Counsel Jack Smith released Tuesday detailed the prosecutor’s rationale behind the election interference prosecution of President-elect Donald Trump. Released nearly two months after Trump’s federal charges were dropped, Smith’s report explained various decisions made during the prosecution effort and detailed its trajectory before ending due to Trump’s 2024 election victory. Smith [...]

The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a case brought by the state of Utah seeking to assert state control over 18.5 million acres of federally owned lands, leaving in place a lower court ruling that upheld federal authority. The decision is a significant setback for Utah’s long-standing efforts to transfer ownership of [...]

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) on Monday refused to hear the appeals of multiple oil companies which alleged that a negligence lawsuit against them violates the US Constitution’s separation of powers and federal common law. The two lawsuits, one led by Sunoco and one led by Shell, assert that the Supreme Court [...]