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More than 600 people who invaded the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, were charged with assaulting, resisting or impeding law enforcement — and nearly 200 of them did so using a deadly or dangerous weapon.

@TheHill looks at five of the violent offenders: https://flip.it/GpUmzD

#Trump #Pardons #Jan6 #News #Law #USPolitics #Politics

»Die Entsperrung eines Mobiltelefons durch zwangsweises Auflegen eines Fingers eines Beschuldigten auf den Fingerabdrucksensor des Telefons kann auf die deutsche Strafprozessordnung gestützt werden. Das sagt das Oberlandesgericht Bremen (OLG) in einem Beschluss vom 08.01.2025 (Az. 1 ORs 26/24).«

Ich kommentiere das nun nicht, sondern verweise auf das GrapheneOS 2-Factor-Fingerprint-Unlock-Feature. 👇

https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/18585-2-factor-fingerprint-unlock-feature-is-now-fully-implemented

https://www.heise.de/news/Oberlandesgericht-bestaetigt-zwangsweisen-Fingerabdruck-auf-Handys-10251294.html

#grapheneos #unclock #law #strafverfolgung

New York’s high court declined to halt President-elect Donald Trump’s sentencing on his hush money criminal conviction, which is scheduled for Friday morning.

@TheHill reports: https://flip.it/mWb85d

#Trump #HushMoney #News #Law #NewYork

Five key climate cases that could be decided in 2025.

@FastCompany reports: "Courts will likely hear cases about ESG investing, infrastructure projects, and countries’ responsibility duties to combat climate change."

https://flip.it/kAFEag

#ClimateChange #Climate #Law #Science

New 2025 laws in the U.S. hit hot topics from AI in movies to rapid-fire guns.

@AssociatedPress reports: "Name a hot topic, and chances are good there’s a new law about it taking effect in 2025 in one state or another."

https://flip.it/YVStIZ

#News #USPolitics #Law #Politics

President Joe Biden signed 50 bills into law on Christmas Eve, including an anti-hazing measure and the naming of a new national bird.

@politico reports: https://flip.it/TukBS1

#Biden #USPolitics #News #Law #Legal

President Joe Biden commutes sentences for 37 of 40 federal death row inmates, giving them life in prison.

@AssociatedPress reports the incoming president is "an outspoken proponent of expanding capital punishment."

https://flip.it/Dmm0P4

#Biden #DeathPenalty #CapitalPunishment #Crime #Trump #Law #Justice

TL;DR: NSO Group, the maker of Pegasus spyware, has been found liable for attacks on 1,400 WhatsApp users, raising significant legal implications for surveillance companies. The ruling highlights the accountability of spyware firms in privacy violations, as WhatsApp aims for justice after its five-year legal battle. https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/20/24326342/meta-whatsapp-nso-group-pegasus-spyware-hack-liable #law #tech #legaltech ⚖️ 🤖 #autosum

President Joe Biden is on track to have appointed more federal judges of color than any U.S. president before him.

NBC News reports: "On Monday, the Senate confirmed Biden’s judicial nominee for the Northern District of Georgia, Tiffany Johnson, making her the 40th Black woman he has appointed to lifetime federal judgeships."

https://flip.it/.NMzFr

#Biden #Law #Courts #USPolitics #Equality #News

"President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of roughly 1,500 people who were released from prison and placed on home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic and is pardoning 39 Americans convicted of nonviolent crimes. It’s the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history."

@AssociatedPress reports: https://flip.it/NcuV_x

#Biden #Pardon #Justice #Law #USPolitics #News

RT @IEthics
The court "cited the illegal use of digital technologies including [#AI]... It said one candidate received 'preferential treatment on #socialmedia platforms, which resulted in the distortion of voters’ expressed will'": https://apnews.com/article/romania-election-president-georgescu-court-585e8f8f3ce7013951f5c7cf4054179b #ethics #gov #law #contentmoderation

A New York City judge dismisses manslaughter charge against Daniel Penny in Jordan Neely's "subway choking" death. The jury will begin deliberating a lesser charge Monday.

@abc reports: "Penny, a 25-year-old former Marine, put Neely, a 30-year-old homeless man, in a six-minute-long chokehold after Neely boarded a subway car acting erratically, according to police."

https://flip.it/zoMXID

#DanielPenny #JordanNeely #NewYorkCity #News #Law

Trouble in influencer land: Sydney Nicole Gifford, who makes her living from showcasing Amazon wares, is suing Alyssa Sheil for copyright infringement, tortious interference with prospective business relations and misappropriating another person’s likeness — in other words, stealing her vibe. For @theverge, @miasato.2 met both, visited their identikit homes, and pondered: Can the legal system protect the vibe of a creator? And what if that vibe is ... basic? "It’s a look and feel so commonplace on the internet that I can’t imagine anyone claiming ownership over it, especially in a legal context," writes Sato.

https://flip.it/emOK6J

#SocialMedia #Influencers #TikTok #Amazon #Lifestyle #Law #USLaw

I signed an agreement with a creditor that obligates me to pay them using a bank inside the country. This was fine initially but then I moved out of the country and the acct was closed. Other banks will not open an account for me and the creditor refuses cash. So the creditor is treating me like a non-payer to a quite harsh extent.

I have over-simplified here but I just want to know very generally what the common practices are around the world for contract law situations where someone without much bargaining power signs a contract that obligates them to do something that’s only achievable if other 3rd-parties agree to serve them, and then those other 3rd-parties later refuse.

BTW, I am not interested in advice on situational hacks and angles like “find a friend to pay for you”. I want to know how courts treat the situation when all options have failed. Are people typically held accountable for agreeing to something which relied on actions of others?