Vehicle Plunges Down Embankment in Calistoga, Four Injured

On 6 April 2025, the consumer protection provisions of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (DMCC Act) came into force. The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) can now directly pursue enforcement action without going through the courts (as with competition law investigations), including issuing fines, ordering businesses to improve their practices, and making them pay redress to affected consumers. This marks a further increase in the CMA’s already extensive powers. The DMCC Act had already established an ex ante regime for the regulation of digital firms whose activities have ‘strategic market status’ and made it easier for the CMA to assert jurisdiction to review cross-border mergers. However, following the UK Government’s May 2025 ‘strategic steer’ to the CMA to focus on economic growth, an increased focus on consumer protection (relative to less investment-friendly and more resource-intensive…

Donald Trump has been President, for the second time, for less than five months. That has been enough time for him to issue numerous executive orders, see some of them challenged successfully in federal court, launch a rhetorical war on the judges who ruled against his administration, and engage in brinksmanship over whether the executive branch would comply with adverse federal court orders, only to reverse course and follow them. Amid this flurry of activity, it is easy to overlook the administration’s recent success on the Supreme Court’s emergency docket, which has facilitated the implementation of Trump’s initiatives.John Roberts has been Chief Justice of the Supreme Court for twenty years, including four during which Trump previously was President. During the past five months, Roberts has spoken publicly twice in defense of the judiciary and voted both for and against the Trump administration in orders issued by the Court on its emergency docket.This set…

Arléne Amarante has posted Caste Aside: Legal Non-Existence and Apartheid in Palestine (29 UC Davis Social Justice Law Review (forthcoming 2025)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This article identifies structural and psychic gaps in the international legal order that obfuscate the humanity of people from the Global South, and Palestinians specifically. After the Second World War, when the world was still grappling with the horrors of the Holocaust, the United Nations set the stage for a Jewish homeland by proposing that the Ottoman territories that had been conquered after the First World War be divided into separate Jewish and Arab states. However, the Israeli military waged and won a war against the Arab population, conquered a larger share of the land than what had been proposed, and then legislated Jewish self-segregation and supremacy. Given that the state of Israel was established in contravention of international law and it has remained in defiance of…

A devastating two-vehicle collision on Highway 70 in Marysville has left three people dead and several others injured, including an infant, according to authorities. The tragic accident occurred on Saturday afternoon, June 14, 2025, highlighting the ongoing dangers faced by motorists on California’s busy highways. Details of the Highway 70 Collision The fatal crash took place around 2:15 p.m. at the intersection of East 24th Street and Laurellen Road on Highway 70, a major thoroughfare in Yuba County. According to the Marysville Police Department, the collision involved a sedan and a truck, resulting in one of the most serious traffic accidents the area has seen recently. Emergency responders arrived at the scene to find three individuals who had been pronounced dead upon impact. The severity of the collision required immediate medical attention for the surviving victims, with two people requiring emergency transport to local medical facilities. Victims and Injuries…

A devastating DUI crash in Fresno County has claimed one life and left four others injured after a suspected drunk driver failed to navigate a curve on Trimmer Springs Road. The California Highway Patrol reports that excessive speed and alcohol consumption were primary factors in the tragic incident that occurred Saturday evening near Pine Flat Lake. Details of the Trimmer Springs Road Accident The collision occurred on Saturday around 7:15 p.m. on Trimmer Springs Road, north of Lakeview Avenue, in an area overlooking Pine Flat Lake. According to CHP investigators, a 40-year-old Fresno man was driving a white full-sized GMC pickup truck southbound at a high rate of speed with four passengers aboard. The driver failed to safely negotiate a sweeping right curve in the roadway, causing the vehicle to veer off the road and plummet down a steep embankment estimated at approximately 200 feet. The pickup truck rolled multiple times during its descent before finally coming to rest…

A rollover crash in San Francisco’s Bayview District on Sunday afternoon sent one person to the hospital, highlighting the ongoing safety concerns at busy city intersections. The incident occurred at Third Street and Paul Avenue, prompting a swift emergency response from multiple city agencies. Details of the Bayview Rollover Accident The San Francisco Fire Department responded to reports of an overturned vehicle at the Third Street and Paul Avenue intersection shortly after 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 15, 2025. Emergency responders arrived quickly at the scene and confirmed within 10 minutes that all occupants had successfully exited the vehicle without requiring rescue assistance. One person sustained injuries described as “non-life-threatening” and was transported to a local hospital for medical evaluation and treatment. The prompt response time likely prevented more serious outcomes from this potentially dangerous situation. The Third Street and Paul Avenue…

[Brief argues that no “militaristic” arm exception exists.] The United States has filed an amicus brief in Barnett v. Raoul, the challenge to Illinois' ban on semiautomatic rifles and standard magazines pending in the Seventh Circuit.  This is the first time the Department of Justice has ever argued against such a ban.  It defended the federal ban that was enacted in 1994 and expired in 2004. As the brief recalls, in Bruen (2022) the Supreme Court emphatically reinforced the Heller rule that the Second Amendment protects firearms in common use by law-abiding persons for lawful purposes.  "Regrettably, not every State got the message. Just a few months after Bruen, Illinois outlawed some of the most commonly used rifles and magazines in America via a so-called 'assault weapons' ban."  And after that, in Bevis v. City of Naperville, the Seventh Circuit overturned the district court's preliminary injunction against…

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Call For Applications: Visiting Fellows 2026 The Institute for Interdisciplinary Legal Studies at the University of Lucerne invites applications for our Visiting Fellows Programme 2026.   The fellowship programme supports junior scholars who wish to spend a period of time in Lucerne pursuing work that overlaps with or otherwise complements scholarly activities currently being pursued at the institute. During their stay, fellows enjoy access to our specialist resources, and are invited to share and develop their ideas with our community of faculty, researchers and students.     Tailored to PhD candidates and postdoctoral researchers, the programme is open to all working on interdisciplinary topics at the intersections between law, the humanities and the social sciences. Focusing on critical and theoretical approaches, the institute aims to bring together a diverse group of scholars who read and think widely across fields, contexts and disciplines. …

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“Trump’s Strategy in Law Firm Cases: Lose, Don’t Appeal, Yet Prevail; The handful of notable firms that were targeted by the president for punishment but chose to fight have uniformly won; Nine others have nonetheless pledged almost $1 billion in free legal work.” Adam Liptak has this new installment of his “Sidebar” column online at The New York Times.

Afghanistan is gripped by a “deep human rights crisis” as the Taliban systematically dismantles legal and institutional frameworks, abolishing crucial protections for women and girls, a UN expert warned today. Richard Bennett, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan, presented his new report to the 59th session of the UN Human Rights Council, stating that the Taliban is “instrumentalizing the legal and justice sectors” to entrench an institutionalized system of gender oppression, persecution, and domination. Bennett emphasized that these widespread and systematic deprivations amount to crimes against humanity. He firmly asserted that “gender apartheid” most fully encapsulates the “institutionalized and ideological nature of the abuses” occurring in Afghanistan. Since seizing power in 2021, Bennett argues the Taliban has replaced rule of law with targeted policies designed to suppress autonomy of women,…

[Justice Barrett compares the Constitution to Odysseus. But I feel like Cassandra. ] Jodi Kantor published a detailed expose about Justice Barrett. Very little here surprises me. I've laid out the case many times. Based on Barrett's record, she should have never been nominated for the Seventh Circuit, she should have never been put on the Supreme Court "short list" before she decided a case, she should have never been a finalist for Justice Kennedy's seat barely a year into her tenure on the Seventh Circuit, and she should have never been elevated to Justice Ginsburg's seat with so much unknown about her. Yet, all the while, people who held important positions in the conservative legal movement assured us that Barrett was "solid." They could point to nothing tangible to make this case, other than their personal connections with Barrett, her academic credentials, and her Scalia clerkship. In the end, Kantor writes, President Trump picked…

A motorcyclist was killed Saturday evening in a crash with a dump truck on Hallowell Road in Durham, Maine. According to the Androscoggin County Sheriff's Office, 32-year-old Coplin Fickett was traveling north on a 1986 Suzuki LS650 motorcycle when a 2025 Peterbilt 589 dump truck exited a gravel pit and attempted to turn south. While making that turn, the dump truck allegedly entered the northbound lane. Authorities say Fickett came around a curve and laid his motorcycle down in an attempt to avoid a collision, but he struck the truck and died at the scene. When a commercial vehicle crosses into an active traffic lane during a turn, it raises important questions that investigators will need to explore carefully. Was the Dump Truck Maneuver Performed Safely? One key question is whether the dump truck’s turn was executed in a safe and legal manner. Drivers of heavy trucks exiting construction zones or private property are required to ensure the lane is clear…

Laith Rajha Shooting Louisville: Legal Claim for Victim’s Family? We have over 25 years of experience representing victims of security failures across the United States, and we have recovered nearly $250 million dollars for our Clients.  Read Our Legal Take below to find out what legal options are available to the family of victim of Laith Rajha. Laith Rajha Dies After Shooting at Louisville, KY Apartment Complex. (WLKY.com) Louisville, KY NEWS – Gunfire rang out at an apartment complex Tuesday evening, May 6, 2025, leaving one boy critically injured. As reported by WDRB.com, “[the shooting] happened around 6 p.m. May 6 in the 13000 block of Bold Forbes Boulevard. Officers responded to a shooting report at [local apartments] near the Snyder Freeway. Officers arrived at that location to find the boy with a gunshot wound to the head. He was taken to UofL Hospital in downtown Louisville in critical condition.” WLKY.com is reporting, “[the…