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Cornell’s Jane Doe targeted in 'swatting' incident at parents' home, lives in fear, lawyer says

Following the incident, Cornell case defendant Winston Lee's attorneys filed a motion to recuse New York Attorney-General Letitia James from grand jury proceedings, NBC reported on Friday.

|ByAARON GLICK
Cornell University students holds signs after a seven-hour-long sit-in protest representing the seven hours that a Jane Doe alleges she was sexually assaulted in a case involving seven members of Cornell’s Chi Phi fraternity, in Ithaca, New York, US, October 7, 2026.
A picture taken on December 4, 2007 shows death row inmate Christa Pike entering a Knox County Criminal Court in Knoxville, Tennessee, US., obtained by Reuters on September 30, 2026.

After botched execution attempt, death row inmate Christa Pike awakes 'angry and confused'

She is the first person known to have survived a "completed execution attempt" in the US, her lawyers say, calling it a violation of the Constitution's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishments.

|ByREUTERS
(L-R, clockwise): Lee Zeldin, William Scharf

No. 42: Will Scharf and Lee Zeldin: Shaping law and policy from inside the Trump administration

Scharf, as the new White House counsel, and Zeldin's role as the first Jewish administrator in EPA history, hold influential law and policy roles in the Trump administration.

|ByIDAN KWELLER
Supreme Court President Isaac Amit addressing the special Israel Bar Association conference in Tel Aviv on September 2, 2026..

Supreme Court president warns of physical violence against legal figures after vebal attacks

“The path to physical violence first passes through verbal violence,” Amit told a special Israel Bar Association conference in Tel Aviv, convened following the killing of attorney Arbel Feldman.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN

Is it legal for AI to file patents and be considered an inventor? -interview

The challenge of AI doesn't just extend to copyrights on products, but patents for inventions, according to Ephraim Zachary Heiliczer, patent attorney at the Pearl Cohen law firm.

AUGUST 21, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
An illustrative image of an artificial intelligence and a patent.

LinkedIn fails to remove antisemitic content – British attorneys group

68% of antisemitic content is allowed to remain on the platform, according to Fighting Online Antisemitism.

AUGUST 17, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
LinkedIn headquarters in Mountain View, California.

Fate of settler suspect in Palestinian murder returns to District Court

Elisha Yered along with another settler was arrested on Saturday morning for their involvement in the clashes in Burka.

AUGUST 8, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Elisha Yered at the Jerusalem District Court

Israel's Herzog law firm shows how to find the best with diversity

Leading Israeli law firm Herzog, Fox & Neeman has demonstrated a different approach to diversity that it claims has expanded its talent pool for employees.

JULY 7, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
DIVERSE TEAM: Gil White, Dana Qaq, Dr. Ehab Farah and Mordechai Fogel.

Overloaded courts: Does Israel have too many lawyers?

There are about 820 lawyers per 100,000 people in Israel, and according to the Council of Europe in 2020, European states had an average of 164 lawyers per 100,000 inhabitants. 

JULY 3, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
Israeli lawyers affiliated with the Black Robes come to protest judicial reforms.

Epstein victims seek approval of JPMorgan $290 m. settlement

Epstein died at age 66 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. New York City's medical examiner called the death a suicide.

JUNE 23, 2023ByREUTERS
A view of the exterior of the JP Morgan Chase & Co. corporate headquarters in New York City.

Judicial reform opponent may win Israel Bar race with record turnout

Interim Israel Bar Association chairman Amit Becher, a staunch opponent of the judicial reform, may have won the Bar's elections.

JUNE 21, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
Judicial reform opponent Amit Becher casts his ballot for the head of the Israeli Bar Association, at a voting station in Tel Aviv on June 20, 2023.

With Judicial Reform backdrop, Bar candidates make last election appeals

The Bar said that Tuesday will see 77,201 lawyers go to one of 171 polling stations across 67 towns in Israel and submit up to four different colored ballots.

JUNE 19, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
Supreme Court President Ester Hayut speaks at an Israel Bar Association conference in Tel Aviv, last week.

Anti-Israel speech: Jewish NGOs call for US Bar to revoke CUNY's accreditation

A law graduation commencement speech called for a rage-fueled revolution against capitalism, racism, imperialism and Zionism worldwide.

JUNE 14, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
CUNY Graduate Center

New York lawyer caught using fake case citations made by ChatGPT

"The court is presented with an unprecedented circumstance," wrote the district judge on the case.

MAY 30, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A keyboard is seen reflected on a computer screen displaying the website of ChatGPT, an AI chatbot from OpenAI, in this illustration picture taken Feb. 8, 2023.