#legaldecisions — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #legaldecisions, aggregated by home.social.
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Reuters: Meta Loses Court Fight Over Compensation to Italian Publishers. “Meta Platforms on Tuesday lost its fight against an Italian regulatory order that it should compensate publishers for using snippets of their news articles after Europe’s top court sided with the Italian telecoms watchdog.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/15/reuters-meta-loses-court-fight-over-compensation-to-italian-publishers/ -
ProBono: New Database of Constitutional Rights Cases – 1994 – 2026. “The Public Interest Practice has published a free online book, Key Judgments Advancing Constitutional Rights in South Africa: A Curated Database, April 1994 – March 2026 by Erica Emdon. Available on the SAFLII website, this resource brings together more than 180 judgments that have shaped and strengthened constitutional […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/12/probono-new-database-of-constitutional-rights-cases-1994-2026/ -
CBC: Judge orders Alberta separatist group to pull down online database of voter information. “A court injunction obtained by Elections Alberta on Thursday has forced an Alberta separatist group to shut down an online database built from an electoral list that contained personal information of millions of Albertans.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/01/cbc-judge-orders-alberta-separatist-group-to-pull-down-online-database-of-voter-information/ -
Forward Kentucky: Officials can hide texts, emails on private devices from records requests, state Supreme Court rules. “The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled Thursday that emails and text messages created by public officials on private devices are not public records, a decision that a dissenting supreme court justice fears could destroy ‘the public’s right to know what its government is doing.'”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/28/forward-kentucky-officials-can-hide-texts-emails-on-private-devices-from-records-requests-state-supreme-court-rules/ -
Duke Law: New Database Documents a Century of Court Decisions on Forensic Expert Evidence Testimony. “The Wilson Center for Science and Justice at Duke Law is excited to announce the launch of a new public resource: the Forensic Expert Evidence Database, a searchable collection of court decisions addressing when and how forensic expert testimony is admitted in criminal cases. The database […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/19/duke-law-new-database-documents-a-century-of-court-decisions-on-forensic-expert-evidence-testimony/ -
Mashable: AI-generated docs aren’t covered by attorney-client privilege, judge says. “AI is once again on the witness stand. In comments made during preliminary trial proceedings, Manhattan-based U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff decided that documents prepared by an AI tool and then shared with an attorney are admissible in court, existing outside of attorney-client privilege, reported […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/17/mashable-ai-generated-docs-arent-covered-by-attorney-client-privilege-judge-says/ -
TorrentFreak: U.S. Court Order Against Anna’s Archive Spells More Trouble for the Site. “Anna’s Archive is having a rough month. Following mysterious .org and .se domain suspensions, the shadow library is now facing a permanent injunction from a federal court. After dropping a multi-million damages claim, OCLC won a default judgment and permanent injunction against Anna’s Archive, which it […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/19/torrentfreak-u-s-court-order-against-annas-archive-spells-more-trouble-for-the-site/ -
MediaPost: Court Won’t Revive RNC Suit Against Google Over Spam Filters. “A federal appeals court on Friday refused to reinstate the Republican National Committee’s claims that in 2022 Google wrongly sent fundraising messages into Gmail users’ spam filters.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/19/mediapost-court-wont-revive-rnc-suit-against-google-over-spam-filters/ -
TorrentFreak: Why a Court Order to Block Internet Archive’s Open Library Was Put On Hold. “Site-blocking orders are usually binary; a court issues an order for a domain to be blocked, or it does not. In Belgium, things work differently. After we reported on a court order that compelled ISPs to block access to the Internet Archive’s Open Library, a follow-up implementation order decided […]
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TorrentFreak: Why a Court Order to Block Internet Archive’s Open Library Was Put On Hold. “Site-blocking orders are usually binary; a court issues an order for a domain to be blocked, or it does not. In Belgium, things work differently. After we reported on a court order that compelled ISPs to block access to the Internet Archive’s Open Library, a follow-up implementation order decided […]
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Ars Technica: Court nullifies “click-to-cancel” rule that required easy methods of cancellation. “A federal appeals court today struck down a ‘click-to-cancel’ rule that would have required companies to make cancelling services as easy as signing up. The Federal Trade Commission rule was scheduled to take effect on July 14 but was vacated by the US Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit.”
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Court News Ohio: Clerk of Court Cannot Block Online Access to Older Eviction Records. “The Hamilton County Clerk of Courts cannot defy a judicial order by eliminating remote access to online court records of older, residential eviction cases, the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled today.”