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Thousands of drug convictions are set to be overturned because the drugs in question were produced by the police department that made the arrests. The Broward County Sheriff's Office in Florida manufactured crack cocaine between 1988 and 1990 and sent its officers onto the streets to sell it —

The US government has taken action against an advertising data broker accused by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties of undermining privacy rights. The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has proposed to ban Mobilewalla from selling sensitive location data, including data that reveals the identity o

The PSNI is to begin routinely releasing photos of convicted criminals, the force's chief constable has said. Jon Boutcher told the NI Policing Board that he has a "very clear plan" in place to begin publishing mugshots next year "as a deterrence", The Irish News reports.

The resumption of civil proceedings linked to the Troubles is "really positive news" for survivors' and victims' families, Belfast firm KRW LAW LLP has said. Northern Ireland secretary Hilary Benn announced this week that he would bring a remedial order to Westminster in response to court rulings wh

An Iranian rapper and activist represented by Irish-born lawyer Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC has been released after 753 days in prison. Toomaj Salehi was arrested in October 2022 in connection with his involvement in the "Woman, Life, Freedom" protests which erupted after the death of Mahsa Amini

The High Court has awarded costs against MMA fighter Conor McGregor in a civil case where he was found by a jury to have raped Nikita Hand in 2018.

Irish lawyer Gail Slater has been appointed by the incoming Trump administration to lead the antitrust division in the US Department of Justice. Ms Slater hails from Dalkey, Co Dublin and graduated from UCD Sutherland School of Law. She is a dual US-Irish citizen and has lived in the US since 2003.

A nun has reportedly been arrested by Italian police on suspicion of colluding with the mafia. Sister Anna Donelli, a 57-year-old nun who volunteers in Milan's San Vittore prison, is suspected of carrying messages between the 'Ndrangheta mafia and its imprisoned members.

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AI literacy is "no longer optional", William Fry has stressed to in-house counsel from Ireland's leading companies at its annual end-of-year Counsel Connect seminar. The law firm's event addressed the significant challenges posed by the regulatory obligations under the EU AI Act, and in particular t

Civil proceedings linked to the Troubles will soon be allowed to resume in Northern Ireland but inquests will remain blocked for at least a while longer, under UK government plans revealed yesterday. Northern Ireland secretary Hilary Benn yesterday said he would bring a remedial order to Westminster

Coimisiún na Meán has published revised media services codes and rules in response to new EU legislation. The media watchdog has completed the process of updating its regulations to implement changes under the EU Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD) and the Online Safety a

England and Wales has one of the largest gaps in the world between the number of women lawyers overall and the number of women lawyers in senior roles, according to a report from the International Bar Association (IBA). The IBA has published the findings of its comparative research in 11 countries o

A centenarian former Nazi camp guard could stand trial in Germany after a regional court dismissed a ruling which had found he was unfit to stand trial. Gregor Formanek is accused of participating in the murder of 3,300 people when he was a guard at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, near Berlin,

A mother is suing toy giant Mattel after purchasing a Wicked doll with a misprinted web address that led to a pornographic website. Mattel apologised last month for the packaging mistake on the first run of fashion dolls based on Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo's characters in the new film adaptatio