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The Bombay High Court overturned the 2021 acquittal of Tarun Tejpal in a 2013 rape case, convicting him of aggravated rape and related offences. The High Court criticized the trial court for expecting a 'perfect victim' and for putting the complainant on trial.
OpenAI has asked a federal judge to dismiss Apple's lawsuit accusing it of stealing trade secrets, calling the allegations "meritless" and "rotten to its core."
Wang Shanping, former deputy secretary of the Ziyang Municipal Party Committee and mayor, was sentenced to 11 years in prison and fined 4 million yuan for accepting bribes totaling over 41.32 million yuan.
Three Missouri men have been charged for an alleged August 2024 plot to kidnap a Bitcoin holder in Connecticut and force them to transfer cryptocurrency, a plan they ultimately abandoned.
A warrant of arrest has been issued for Lim Tean for failing to surrender to court to start his jail term. He was originally supposed to surrender on Jul. 20 to start serving jail time for practising law without a valid certificate.
Employees who are asked to sign a non-disclosure agreement before receiving a retrenchment payout should first ask for more time if the deadline is too tight, said Amarjit Kaur, head of employment practice at Withers KhattarWong. They should also request a breakdown of th…
xAI is suing Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison over a state law targeting "nudification" apps, arguing the statute is unconstitutionally overbroad under the First Amendment.
A group of Lebanese lawyers filed a complaint with the country's top prosecutor on Wednesday requesting an investigation into banker Antoun Sehnaoui over a dinner he allegedly co-hosted in Washington that was attended by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The Singapore government is considering a broader review of legal education and a guide that sets out professional norms and workplace behaviors. Law Minister Edwin Tong spoke at the Legal Profession Symposium, noting that while attrition in the industry is real, it's not…
Central Propaganda Department, Ministry of Justice Officials Answer Questions on the Ninth Five-Year Plan for Law Promotion and Education (2026-2030)
The Central Propaganda Department and the Ministry of Justice have released a notification on the ninth five-year plan for law promotion and education, which aims to strengthen the promotion and education of law and justice in China. The plan emphasizes the importance of …
eBay has agreed to pay a couple $56m after a campaign of harassment in retaliation for their online criticism of the firm. The couple, who ran a website and newsletter critical of eBay, faced a range of threatening actions from former executives, including sending them a …
Pakistan's federal government raised the statutory Diyat value to Rs19.35 million for FY2026-27, up nearly 97% from Rs9.83 million, under a Finance Division notification pegged to silver prices.
Johnson & Johnson has proposed a $5.5 billion settlement to resolve thousands of lawsuits in the US over claims that its talc-based baby powder causes ovarian cancer. The company has long denied the allegations, but has agreed to pay out to end the long-running legal disp…
A 28-year-old man has been sentenced to 25.5 years' jail and 24 strokes of the cane for raping three underage girls after offering to pay them for sex. He had met the three girls online and engaged in multiple penetrative sexual acts with them on eight separate occasions …
The US government is prosecuting a US citizen for allegedly providing authorities with a 'duress password' that wiped his phone when they tried to seize it at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson airport.
A man from Florida has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, alleging that the company's chatbot, ChatGPT, provided him with incorrect health advice that led to a near-fatal case of pneumonia. The man claims that ChatGPT told him to stay home and reduce …
Paramount has agreed to pause its $110bn acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery until a ruling on several states' challenge to the deal, or until 1 June 2027, according to court papers filed on Friday.
The US House of Representatives has passed a bill that would prohibit members of Congress, their spouses, and dependent children from purchasing publicly traded stocks. However, some Democrats argue that the bill does not go far enough to address potential conflicts of in…
Crypto derivatives platform BitMEX is facing a class-action lawsuit alleging fraudulent liquidation practices that cost users 623 BTC, filed on the same day the exchange announced its impending shutdown.
A 20-year-old bridesmaid in China suffered a spinal fracture during a wedding hazing ritual when groomsmen tossed her in the air and failed to catch her. A court ordered the married couple and those involved to pay S$43,872 in compensation for her serious level-nine disab…
US lawmakers have released the proposed text for the Digital Asset Market Clarity (CLARITY) Act, which includes language on ethics that would bar all US federal officials from issuing or sponsoring digital assets.
Pro Bono SG, a law charity in Singapore, provided legal aid to over 16,000 individuals and social impact organisations in the financial year 2025/2026. The charity raised S$6 million through grants and donations to support its legal aid programmes and four centres across …
Sony Music Entertainment has filed a lawsuit against Udio, accusing the AI music generator of infringing the copyright of over 30,000 of its songs. The lawsuit claims that Udio 'copied and ingested' these songs into its generative AI models.
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian called for strengthening the country's legal deterrence by pursuing war-related cases in domestic and international courts. He emphasized the importance of transparent documentation and rigorous legal research to support future litigation.
Five Hong Kong booksellers, including a co-founder of Have A Nice Stay, were released on bail after being arrested for alleged sedition following raids on independent bookshops.
A bereaved father shares his story of how his son died in a hit-and-run accident and how the killers got bail due to the law being in abeyance.
US President Donald Trump's attorney general nominee, Todd Blanche, faced tense bipartisan questioning at a US Senate panel on Wednesday about the roll-out of the Epstein files and a settlement that gave the president sweeping tax immunity.
Several top scorers in Hong Kong’s university entrance examinations overcame personal adversity to achieve their exceptional grades, with an almost entirely blind student vowing to become a legal advocate for the vulnerable and four others driven to study medicine by the …
E. Jean Carroll has collected over US$5.6 million that a jury awarded in her sexual abuse and defamation lawsuit against US President Donald Trump, court records and her lawyers said.
US President Donald Trump is urging the Senate to pass the Digital Asset Market Clarity (CLARITY) Act in honor of Senator Lindsey Graham, who died over the weekend. The bill aims to shift authority for enforcing digital asset regulation and oversight from the US Securitie…