By:Dana DiFilippo-November 20, 2025 NEW JERSEY MONITOR In a split ruling that has far-reaching implications for child abuse cases, the New Jersey Supreme Court on Thursday barred prosecutors from blaming shaken baby syndrome for children’s unexplained head trauma in criminal…
ABC News A judge in the US state of Oklahoma has exonerated a man who spent nearly 50 years in prison for murder — the longest-serving inmate in that country to be declared innocent of a crime. Glynn Simmons, 71,…
By Rona Ankrah Camille Vasquez joins US firm Brown Rudnick’s partnership US law firm Brown Rudnick has promoted Camille Vasquez to partner less than a week after she helped secure Johnny Depp’s $15 million (£12 million) jury verdict against ex-wife Amber…
The Coast Guard says it's a boat!” Claim the owner's lawyers. ByLawrence Hodge What appears to be a floating home in Miami’s Biscayne Bay, isn’t actually a house. At least that’s how lawyers representing the millionaire that owns it argues. County officials are trying to…
By BBC News Germany is famous for having no speed limits on stretches of its motorways, but a Czech millionaire appearing to do 417km/h (260 mph) may have been testing the limit of what's tolerable. Radim Passer is now being…
By BBC World News A Canadian father who has not been vaccinated against Covid has temporarily lost the right to see his 12-year-old child. A judge ruled his visits would not be in the child's "best interest". It followed a…
Sheffield North West Neighbourhood Police caught close-pass drivers with help from cycling volunteers BY RYAN DABBS Cycling Weekly Police in the north of England have joined a group ride to catch close-pass drivers, uploading their effort to Strava to raise awareness of the…
Stephen Cooper, 46, stole the erection-enhancing pills from Lloyds PharmacyOffence took place eight days after police executed a drugs warrant at his homeCooper admitted possession of a class B drug and theft from a shopHis lawyer said the offences were…
Ruling says parents had no legal right to ‘destroy property that they dislike’ Associated Press in Grand Haven, Michigan A judge in Michigan has ordered a couple to pay $30,441 (£22,100) to their son, for throwing out his pornography collection. US district judge Paul Maloney’s decision this…
By Aishah Hussain Law Society cautions ‘practical barriers’ around qualifications Junior lawyers in the UK may soon be able to practise in Australia without having to requalify following the news this week of a post-Brexit trade agreement with Australia. The development…