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France news
fromThe Local France
15 hours ago

French court rules to extradite Russian who owned English football club

A French court has ruled to extradite Russian banker Vladimir Antonov to Lithuania on fraud charges related to the collapse of Snoras Bank.
#rima-hassan
France politics
fromThe Local France
22 hours ago

French-Palestinian MEP denounces 'judicial harassment'

Rima Hassan faces trial in France for allegedly promoting terrorism, claiming judicial harassment due to her political views on Palestine.
France news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 days ago

European Parliament member Rima Hassan taken into French police custody

Detention of Rima Hassan is viewed as an attempt to intimidate supporters of Palestine by the La France Insoumise party.
France politics
fromThe Local France
22 hours ago

French-Palestinian MEP denounces 'judicial harassment'

Rima Hassan faces trial in France for allegedly promoting terrorism, claiming judicial harassment due to her political views on Palestine.
France news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 days ago

European Parliament member Rima Hassan taken into French police custody

Detention of Rima Hassan is viewed as an attempt to intimidate supporters of Palestine by the La France Insoumise party.
Law
fromABA Journal
2 days ago

2 government attorneys resign over use of fake AI citations

Two New Orleans attorneys resigned after using AI to create fake case citations in a court filing, leading to sanctions from a federal judge.
#sexual-abuse
US politics
fromAbove the Law
1 day ago

Morning Docket: 04.03.26 - Above the Law

The Department of Justice may become more aligned with Donald Trump's influence following leadership changes.
fromABC7 San Francisco
4 days ago

Bay Area lawyers in Washington DC for Supreme Court birthright citizenship case

"What's at issue is can the president rewrite the Constitution. And basically we are arguing that birthright citizenship is clearly stated in the 14th Amendment and that the Supreme Court actually already decided this issue in 1898," Kohli says.
Social justice
fromThe Conversation
4 days ago

Holocaust survivors in France came home to stolen apartments, looted furniture and bureaucratic hurdles

"Don't I have the right, after having suffered so much, to get my property back? Haven't I really paid enough for this war?"
Philosophy
Europe politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 days ago

Five EU governments found to consistently' dismantle rule of law

Governments in five EU member states are intentionally eroding the rule of law, while six others show declining democratic standards.
Law
fromAbove the Law
2 days ago

Morning Docket: 04.02.26 - Above the Law

DOJ has prioritized deporting law-abiding individuals over prosecuting serious criminal cases.
#murder
France news
fromThe Local France
1 day ago

French teen admits killing her grandparents over relationship feud: prosecutors

A 16-year-old girl and her 15-year-old boyfriend admitted to stabbing her grandparents to death over objections to their relationship.
France news
fromThe Local France
1 day ago

French teen admits killing her grandparents over relationship feud: prosecutors

A 16-year-old girl and her 15-year-old boyfriend admitted to stabbing her grandparents to death over objections to their relationship.
Law
fromwww.npr.org
1 day ago

Penalties stack up as AI spreads through the legal system

Lawyers face increasing sanctions for using AI-generated errors in legal briefs, with over 1,200 cases reported, including significant fines for fictitious citations.
France news
fromThe Local France
3 days ago

Family of man killed in 2020 arrest to sue French state

The family of Cedric Chouviat seeks to hold the French state liable for his death during a police arrest in 2020.
Law
fromAbove the Law
2 days ago

The Price Of Justice And The Promise Of AI - Above the Law

Rising legal service costs and declining access-to-justice funding widen the gap for those needing legal protections, with AI presenting potential solutions.
US politics
fromAbove the Law
2 weeks ago

Morning Docket: 03.18.26 - Above the Law

Chief Justice Roberts calls for ending personal attacks on judges, while questions arise about presidential official acts; meanwhile, legal developments span judicial conduct, cryptocurrency regulation, Section 230 reform, and national security concerns.
fromThe Local France
1 day ago

New Paris mayor pledges to prevent sexual violence in preschools

If another €10million need to be put in, I'll do it. We will ensure better monitoring of recruitment and training, clearer channels to report alleged abuse, and transparency with parents.
France news
fromAbove the Law
3 weeks ago

Morning Docket: 03.13.26 - Above the Law

CFTC failing already a solid bet. Government says tariff refund system 40 percent to 80 percent complete which is quite the spread. Almost a they're just making stuff up kind of estimate.
US Elections
#trump
fromAbove the Law
3 days ago
Law

Morning Docket: 04.01.26 - Above the Law

Trump is involved in legal matters, including birthright citizenship arguments and a recent criminal conviction.
fromAbove the Law
2 months ago
Law

Morning Docket: 01.29.26 - Above the Law

Recent legal developments span political backlash over municipal compliance, immigration enforcement restraints, AI privacy litigation, judicial AI education, and federal staffing lawsuits.
Law
fromAbove the Law
3 days ago

Morning Docket: 04.01.26 - Above the Law

Trump is involved in legal matters, including birthright citizenship arguments and a recent criminal conviction.
France news
fromThe Local France
3 days ago

French class-action lawsuit over motorway peage charges

A French law firm is launching a class-action lawsuit against motorway operators over potentially illegal toll pricing and lack of transparency.
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Labour lawyers blocked' from briefing MPs on jury trials overhaul before vote

Labour MPs opposing jury trial cuts faced blocked access to legal briefings from affiliated lawyers, with 65 MPs potentially voting against the courts and tribunals bill.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 days ago

French court denies extradition of ex-Tunisian President Ben Ali's daughter

The Paris Appeals Court stated that its ruling was based on Tunisia's failure to respond to a request for guarantees of a trial by an independent and impartial court.
France news
Law
fromAbove the Law
5 days ago

Morning Docket: 03.30.26 - Above the Law

AI associates should not be blamed for failures, raising questions about their necessity.
#terrorism
France news
fromThe Local France
2 days ago

France charges four over failed attack on US bank

Four individuals, including a young man and three minors, were charged in a thwarted attack on a Bank of America branch in Paris.
France news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
5 days ago

French police make two more arrests over foiled attack on Bank of America

Prosecutors are investigating a suspected link between a foiled attack in Paris and the Iran war due to similarities with recent attacks in Europe.
France news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 week ago

France opens probe into suspected attack on Bank of America in Paris

A foiled terrorist attack targeting Bank of America's Paris headquarters was thwarted by police, leading to the arrest of a suspect.
France news
fromThe Local France
2 days ago

France charges four over failed attack on US bank

Four individuals, including a young man and three minors, were charged in a thwarted attack on a Bank of America branch in Paris.
France news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
5 days ago

French police make two more arrests over foiled attack on Bank of America

Prosecutors are investigating a suspected link between a foiled attack in Paris and the Iran war due to similarities with recent attacks in Europe.
France news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 week ago

France opens probe into suspected attack on Bank of America in Paris

A foiled terrorist attack targeting Bank of America's Paris headquarters was thwarted by police, leading to the arrest of a suspect.
Law
fromAbove the Law
5 days ago

Biglaw To D.C. Circuit: This Isn't Just About Us - It's About Whether The President Can Put Lawyers On A Leash - Above the Law

The fight over Trump-era executive orders targeting Biglaw firms intensifies as firms argue these orders threaten constitutional independence and the rule of law.
#masonic-lodge
France news
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 days ago

Murder trial opens over alleged masonic lodge crime network in Paris

Twenty-two people are on trial in France for serious crimes linked to a masonic lodge accused of running hit squads.
France news
fromThe Local France
5 days ago

French masonic lodge at heart of murky murder trial

Twenty-two individuals face trial in France for serious crimes linked to a Masonic lodge involved in organized crime and murder.
France news
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 days ago

Murder trial opens over alleged masonic lodge crime network in Paris

Twenty-two people are on trial in France for serious crimes linked to a masonic lodge accused of running hit squads.
France news
fromThe Local France
5 days ago

French masonic lodge at heart of murky murder trial

Twenty-two individuals face trial in France for serious crimes linked to a Masonic lodge involved in organized crime and murder.
Law
fromAbove the Law
5 days ago

Judge Throws IT Worker Out Of Courtroom For Doing His Job - Above the Law

Judges must balance their authority with humility and public service to avoid abusive behavior in courtrooms.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Seeking a Therapist in France? The Rules Are Complicated

France's mental health profession landscape is confusing because psychotherapy practice is unregulated, though some titles like psychologue, psychiatre, and psychothérapeute are legally protected with specific training requirements.
France news
fromThe Local France
5 days ago

France court sentences Russia-linked tanker captain to one year in jail

A French court sentenced a Chinese captain to one year in jail for failing to stop a tanker suspected of transporting Russian oil.
Law
fromAbove the Law
1 week ago

Morning Docket: 03.25.26 - Above the Law

The Justice Department may have leaked grand jury testimony, raising concerns about legal violations.
Law
fromThe Local France
2 weeks ago

France's justice minister to present criminal justice bill to Cabinet

France introduces a plea bargain procedure for crimes that reduces sentences by one-third, aiming to expedite trial processing for the 6,000 pending criminal cases.
France news
fromThe Local France
1 week ago

France jails ex-policeman for raping domestic abuse victim

A former police officer was sentenced to 12 years for raping a woman who reported domestic abuse in France.
fromwww.dw.com
1 week ago

France: Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan gets 18 years for rape

A Paris court has sentenced in absentia Swiss Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan to 18 years in prison for the rape of three women, marking his latest fall from grace.
France news
fromwww.thelocal.fr
1 week ago

French judge investigates ex-EU border chief for complicity in crimes

For the first time, one or more French investigating judges will examine the conditions of the possible criminal liability of Fabrice Leggeri in the carnage that has resulted in thousands of deaths in the Mediterranean, particularly children and women.
France news
Law
fromAbove the Law
3 weeks ago

Morning Docket: 03.10.26 - Above the Law

Major legal developments include Anthropic's Defense Department lawsuit, judicial rulings on illegal appointees, law firm mergers, antitrust settlements, AI legal services expansion, Supreme Court shadow docket debates, and ChatGPT litigation over legal advice.
France news
fromThe Local France
2 weeks ago

Join our live Q&A on France's new citizenship rules

French citizenship requirements became significantly stricter in 2026, introducing higher language standards, income thresholds, new civics tests, and affecting retirees, with retroactive application of some changes since 2025.
Law
fromKqed
3 weeks ago

Why So Many Legal Courts in S.F.? | KQED

San Francisco concentrates multiple levels of state and federal courts in one location, including Superior Court, U.S. District Court, Court of Appeals, and California Supreme Court, which is unusual compared to other states where courts are typically dispersed across state capitals or larger cities.
Miscellaneous
fromLGBTQ Nation
2 months ago

10 people found guilty of cyberharassment for claiming France's first lady is secretly transgender - LGBTQ Nation

Ten people convicted of cyberharassment for spreading false, degrading claims that Brigitte Macron is a trans woman; most received suspended sentences.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Act of family vengeance': French defamation case highlights perils of writing autofiction

The Polish poet Czesaw Miosz is famously credited with the line: When a writer is born into a family, the family is finished. In contemporary European literature, a book these days is often the beginning of a familial feud. With thinly disguised autobiographical accounts of family strife undergoing a sustained boom across the continent, it can increasingly lead to family reunions in courtrooms.
Books
Law
fromAbove the Law
3 weeks ago

Change Change Change - See Generally - Above the Law

Multiple legal institutions face ethical and governance crises, including DOJ conflicts of interest, law school loyalty pressures, judicial tenure challenges, and bar association inconsistencies.
France news
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Nicolas Sarkozy back in court for fresh trial over alleged Libya funding

Nicolas Sarkozy faces a fresh appeal trial over allegations of receiving illegal election campaign funding from Libya's Gaddafi regime during his 2007 presidential campaign.
France news
fromThe Local France
2 weeks ago

Appeal trial opens for France's Sarkozy over alleged Libyan funding

Nicolas Sarkozy faces an appeal trial for seeking Libyan financing for his 2007 election campaign, after being convicted and imprisoned last year.
#judge-only-trials
US politics
fromabovethelaw.com
2 months ago

Morning Docket: 01.12.26

A criminal DOJ probe into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell triggered a sharp market decline, amid several high-profile legal developments affecting courts, counsel, and copyright.
#supreme-court
fromPatently-O
2 months ago
Intellectual property law

The Tinderbox Ignites: Supreme Court to Decide Whether Generic Equivalence Statements Constitute Inducement

fromPatently-O
2 months ago
Intellectual property law

The Tinderbox Ignites: Supreme Court to Decide Whether Generic Equivalence Statements Constitute Inducement

France news
fromThe Local France
3 weeks ago

French court rejects Sarkozy's bid to merge jail terms

A French court ruled that former president Nicolas Sarkozy must serve jail time for an illegal funding conviction, potentially requiring him to wear an electronic ankle tag again.
fromAbove the Law
2 months ago

They've Done Enough - See Also - Above the Law

Trump's Lawyers Should Be Disbarred: Time for accountability.
US politics
France news
fromThe Local France
1 month ago

French policeman to be tried over 2023 killing of teen

A French police officer will stand trial for violence causing death rather than murder in the shooting of 17-year-old Nahel Merzouk, after an appeals court determined intent to kill was not established.
France news
fromThe Local France
1 month ago

French court slashes jails term for trio over 2020 teacher beheading

A French court reduced prison sentences for three men convicted of involvement in the 2020 beheading of teacher Samuel Paty, who was killed for showing Prophet Mohammed cartoons in class.
France news
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

London prison escapee arrested in France

A 21-year-old robber who escaped police custody twice in one week was arrested in France and is being returned to UK custody.
fromThe Local France
1 month ago

'It must be humane and individual' - Meet the Senator challenging France's strict new citizenship rules

French senator Nicole Bonnefoy - who has recently raised a series of question in the Senate on this issue - told The Local that new guidance on income requirements for French citizenship must not unfairly penalise retirees or children who grew up here, and says decisions should be based on "the whole life story".
France news
#jeffrey-epstein
France news
fromThe Local France
1 month ago

French court sentences man for upskirting in Senate

Former Senate adviser given one-year suspended sentence for up-skirt photographs, fired and banned from the Senate, and ordered to undergo psychological treatment.
fromAbove the Law
1 month ago

Running Your Cases - Above the Law

They don't drive it. They don't manage it. They don't control it. They let it control them. And then one day, they look up and realize discovery closed last week, the client is asking why nobody has taken the key depo, the adjuster wants a status report "by the end of the day," and the partner is asking the question that makes your stomach drop: "Where are we on this file?"
Law
Law
fromAbove the Law
2 months ago

Morning Docket: 01.28.26 - Above the Law

Legal and political institutions face competing pressures from ICE operations, private equity priorities, and accountability demands, reshaping firm behavior and public responses.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Paris court finds 10 guilty of harassing Brigitte Macron online

A Paris court has found 10 people guilty of online harassment of the French first lady, Brigitte Macron, by posting or reposting malicious comments on social media that claimed falsely that she was a man. Eight men and two women, aged 41 to 60, including a school sports teacher, an art gallery owner and a publicist, were on Monday given sentences ranging from a compulsory course in understanding online harassment to an eight-month suspended prison sentence.
France news
#statute-of-limitations
fromThe Local France
2 months ago

French justice authority finds failings in rapist Dominique Pelicot case

France's General Inspectorate of Justice (IGJ) has exposed failings in an investigation into Dominique Pelicot, convicted in a high-profile rape case, for not acting on DNA evidence against him for a dozen years, in a report seen by AFP. Pelicot was sentenced to 20 years in prison in December 2024 in a case that shocked the country, after admitting to repeatedly drugging his then-wife Gisele Pelicot and inviting dozens of men to rape her while she was unconscious between 2011 and 2020.
France news
France news
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

French magistrate reportedly summons two French-Israelis over complicity in genocide'

A French magistrate summoned two French-Israeli nationals for alleged complicity in genocide over attempts to block humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza.
France news
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Former French senator on trial accused of spiking MP's drink with MDMA

Former senator Joel Guerriau is on trial in Paris accused of spiking Sandrine Josso's champagne with MDMA to sexually assault her.
France news
fromThe Local France
2 months ago

French court jails one over cyber harassment of Brigitte Macron

Ten people convicted for cyber-bullying Brigitte Macron; suspended sentences, mandatory online hate-speech courses, and temporary social-media suspensions for spreading false gender and paedophilia claims.
France news
fromThe Local France
2 months ago

French ex-senator found guilty of drugging lawmaker

Former senator Joel Guerriau was convicted of drugging MP Sandrine Josso with ecstasy and sentenced to four years, with 18 months to be served in prison.
#marine-le-pen
#cyberbullying
France news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 months ago

Ten found guilty of gender cyberbullying France First Lady Brigitte Macron

A Paris court found ten people guilty of cyber-harassing Brigitte Macron with malicious gender, sexuality and paedophilia claims, imposing suspended sentences and jail time.
France news
fromEngadget
1 month ago

X's Paris HQ raided by French prosecutors

Paris authorities searched X offices and summoned Elon Musk and Linda Yaccarino for voluntary interviews over investigations into X's algorithms and alleged crimes.
France news
fromThe Local France
1 month ago

French man charged with rape, sexual assault of 89 minors

A 79-year-old man was charged in 2024 with aggravated rape and sexual assault of 89 minors between 1967 and 2022.
#deepfakes
France news
fromThe Local France
2 months ago

French lawmakers back bill to end 'marital duty'

French lawmakers unanimously approved a bill clarifying that spousal cohabitation creates no obligation to have sexual relations, aiming to end the concept of 'marital duty'.
France news
fromTheregister
1 month ago

French cops raid X's Paris office in algorithmic bias probe

French police raided X’s Paris offices amid a criminal probe into alleged algorithmic manipulation, deepfakes, Holocaust denial content, and organized crime-related charges.
fromThe Local France
2 months ago

Former French police officers face jail time for cocaine scheme

Paris prosecutors on Monday requested six-year prison sentences for two former narcotics squad police officers who replaced confiscated cocaine with sugar paste. The defendants, Thierry C, 60, and Christophe J, 50, were members of the French capital's nighttime anti-drugs taskforce but were expelled from the police following their arrests in December 2022. Along with prison sentences, the prosecutor requested the confiscation of €600,000 from the bank account of Thierry C. and a €200,000 fine against Christophe J.
France news
from9to5Mac
2 months ago

Apple scores legal win in France over App Tracking Transparency - 9to5Mac

Apple (...) holds itself to a higher standard than it requires of any third-party developer by providing users with an affirmative choice as to whether they would like personalized ads at all. And Apple has designed services and features such as Siri, Maps, FaceTime, and iMessage such that the company cannot link data across those services even if it wished to do so.
France news
fromThe Local France
2 months ago

French court fines Credit Suisse 910,000 for discriminating against pregnant employee

The plaintiff, hired in 2009 as a vice president in the French branch of Credit Suisse's UK operations, believed she had been discriminated against "because of her sex, her pregnancy and her status as a mother". In court, she cited about 10 incidents to support her claim, including "structural sex discrimination within the company" and the "sudden termination of her variable compensation coinciding with her pregnancy".
France news
fromThe Local France
2 months ago

19 dual-nationals stripped of French passports in 2025

In total, 19 dual nationals were stripped of their French passports in 2025, according to figures published in the police gazette l'Essor de la gendarmerie. The process followed convictions in the French courts, all for terrorism-related offences. The figures represent a fall on the previous year, when 41 people had their French passports removed. In 2023, 11 dual nationals lost their French citizenship, in 2022 six did, and four each in 2021 and 2020.
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