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Briefing: 'For sale, 5-year-old child, docile and calm': Yazidi genocide trial dives into horrors of IS

Strategic angle: The Paris criminal court heard the harrowing reality of the enslavement of a people in the name of religion.

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Briefing: The Supreme Court takes up a Guam munitions case with high stakes for CHamoru lands

Strategic angle: The ruling won't just dictate the fate of a CHamoru beach. It could set a major precedent for Indigenous rights and federal power across U.S. territories.

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Briefing: US: Judge orders VOA employees to be reinstated

Strategic angle: A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration must reinstate more than 1,000 Voice of America employees who were placed on leave.

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Briefing: Vatican declares partial mistrial in cardinal's fraud case

Strategic angle: A Vatican appeals court has overturned the conviction of Cardinal Angelo Becciu in a significant fraud case.

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Briefing: The Supreme Court of Canada

Strategic angle: An exploration of the Supreme Court of Canada and its comparisons with other supreme courts globally.

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Briefing: Two men appear in court over murder of Iranian activist in Canada

Strategic angle: Charges follow discovery of body of Masood Masjoody, a critic of the Tehran regime.

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Briefing: Italians vote on constitutional justice reform to reshape judiciary

Strategic angle: Italians vote on the Meloni government-proposed justice reform to split judges and prosecutors, reshape the CSM, and create a new Disciplinary Court, amid sharp divisions.

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Federal judges clear way for transfer of sacred Apache land to mining company

Federal judges have approved the transfer of sacred Apache land to a mining company, raising concerns among local communities.

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Briefing: The Live Nation trial restarts with a ‘velvet hammer’

Strategic angle: After a chaotic week following the Justice Department's mid-trial settlement with Live Nation-Ticketmaster, the antitrust trial picked back up surprisingly smoothly on Monday.

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Briefing: Sarkozy trial 'test to French judicial system' when faced with political pressure

Strategic angle: Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy is appealing his conviction in the Libyan funding case, raising questions about the integrity of the judicial system under political influence.

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Briefing: French court examines Yazidi genocide for first time in trial of jihadist

Strategic angle: Sabri Essid is being tried in absentia, charged with 'genocide,' a first in France.

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Briefing: Violent Highway Shaking Claims Send Ford Super Duty Case Back To Court

Strategic angle: Ford faces renewed scrutiny as a federal appeals court orders a lower court to reconsider parts of a long-running lawsuit over alleged Super Duty death wobble.

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Briefing: Trump Administration to Hand Arizona’s Oak Flat to Mining Giant Following Appeals Court Ruling

Strategic angle: The Trump administration's decision to transfer Oak Flat to a mining company has sparked significant environmental concerns.

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Briefing: Musk’s $134bn claim against OpenAI rests on ‘numbers out of the air’, judge says

Strategic angle: California court questions billionaire’s expert witness but declines to exclude the testimony from April trial

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Briefing: States’ anti-monopoly case against Live Nation continues Monday

Strategic angle: The Live Nation-Ticketmaster trial resumes as states push forward with claims against the company's alleged monopoly in the concert industry.

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Briefing: US judge throws out justice department subpoenas to Fed, citing ‘thin’ evidence

Strategic angle: Court says Donald Trump’s DoJ was seeking to ‘pressure’ chair Jay Powell to cut interest rates

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Briefing: Big 12 to swap LED glass court for hardwood

Strategic angle: The Big 12 will transition back to a traditional hardwood court for the remainder of its conference tournament at T-Mobile Center after the innovative LED glass court it was using led to some slipping and grip issues for players.

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Briefing: Birthright Citizenship: Originalism 101

Strategic angle: Exploring the complexities of originalism in the context of birthright citizenship at the Supreme Court.

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Briefing: Judge card sets modern mark with $5.2M sale

Strategic angle: A 2013 Aaron Judge one-of-one signed card sold for $5.2 million, eclipsing the previous record of $3.936 million for a 2009 Mike Trout card.

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Briefing: Trump administration urges Supreme Court to allow it to revoke protected status for Haitian nationals

Strategic angle: The Trump administration seeks to pause a federal ruling that protects Haitian nationals from deportation.