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Latest News in Trials

  • March 23, 2026

    Cosby Liable For '72 Sex Assault, Accuser Awarded $59M

    A California jury Monday awarded $59.25 million in damages, including $40 million in punitive damages, to an 84-year-old woman who accused Bill Cosby of drugging and sexually assaulting her in 1972 after taking her to one of his comedy shows.

  • March 23, 2026

    Bankman-Fried Must Reveal Any Legal Help In Pro Se Motion

    A federal judge in Manhattan on Monday ordered incarcerated FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried to reveal how much, if any, attorney help he had in drafting his motion for a new trial, saying criminal defendants don't have the right to both represent themselves and be represented by counsel.

  • March 23, 2026

    Teens Are Meta's 'Collateral Damage,' Jury Hears In Closings

    New Mexico on Monday closed out its trial against Meta over allegedly undisclosed mental health harms, telling a jury the social media giant openly committed to "move fast and break things" but hid that minors "are the collateral damage, what's broken when Meta moved fast."

  • March 23, 2026

    Ex-Fla. Rep Paid To Secretly Lobby For Maduro, Jurors Told

    A prosecutor told a Florida federal jury Monday that former congressman David Rivera and a political consultant conspired to secretly lobby for deposed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in violation of the law, saying they were paid to help influence U.S. official policy toward the South American country without approval.

  • March 23, 2026

    Civil Rights Attys Sanctioned After Admitting AI Errors

    A Utah federal judge sanctioned two solo practitioners Monday who represent a disabled teenager's parents in their civil rights lawsuit against a school district for filing a brief with two artificial intelligence-generated errors, ordering them to complete ethics training but declining additional fee sanctions, because they "sincerely" accepted their responsibility.

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