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Sentebale has filed a High Court defamation suit against Prince Harry and former trustee Mark Dyer, alleging a coordinated adverse media campaign since March 2025 disrupted operations and harmed the charity’s reputation; Harry denies the allegations. The action follows governance tensions that led the founders to step down as patrons, with the Charity Commission later saying governance was weak but finding no bullying.
A former New York Police Department officer was sentenced to 3 to 9 years in prison after throwing a cooler from a moving vehicle, an action that led to a fatal crash.
DeCarlos Brown Jr., charged in the August light-rail stabbing that killed Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska, has been found incapable to proceed in state court after a capacity evaluation, delaying the Rule 24 hearing on possible death-penalty proceedings; he remains in federal custody as a second federal psychiatric exam is ordered, with prosecutors considering a six-month pause.
A federal appellate court ruled that the government may detain some noncitizens without requiring a bond while their removal proceedings are pending, expanding the detention authority of DHS and potentially affecting thousands of detainees awaiting decisions.
A Democratic lawmaker, Rep. Joyce Beatty of Ohio, has asked a judge to remove Donald Trump’s name from the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, in a legal challenge over the venue’s naming.
Bad Bunny is asking a court to order emPawa Africa to pay about $465,612 in attorney’s fees after he prevailed in a copyright dispute over the Un Verano Sin Ti track Enseñame a Bailar; the Nigerian producer Dera’s suit was dismissed for missed deadlines, and emPawa Africa was dropped as a plaintiff. His lawyers argue the case was meritless and that the sample was obtained with permission from Lakizo Entertainment, noting the plaintiff’s strategy to extract a settlement. The motion also suggests the co-plaintiff was not primarily responsible for prosecuting the case.
A San Francisco jury found Elon Musk defrauded Twitter investors during the $44 billion 2022 takeover, ruling that his May 13 and May 17 tweets about bot counts were false or misleading. The verdict did not find a broader fraud scheme, but damages per share and per stock option for the May 13–Oct 3, 2022 period could total over $2.6 billion, with Musk planning to appeal.
A federal judge ruled that the government overreached its authority in issuing a transgender health care declaration, signaling limits on how federal agencies can frame or enforce transgender health policy.
A federal judge grilled Trump administration lawyers on the legal justification for the $400 million White House ballroom project, accusing the DOJ of shifting arguments as preservationists urged halting construction; Judge Leon said he hopes to rule this month on whether to halt the project.
With the Trump administration scaling back its hardline immigration enforcement, habeas petitions from ICE detainees peaked during Operation Metro Surge but have since fallen to about 200 per day by early March, a trend mirrored by DHS arrest data as federal courts wrestle with mass detention legality and DOJ workloads ease after the crackdown.
A Douglas County judge refused to issue a temporary restraining order blocking a fast-tracked Kansas law that bars transgender people from using bathrooms matching their gender identity and invalidates some residents’ gender markers on driver’s licenses, allowing the law to take effect while the lawsuit alleging due process, privacy and equality violations proceeds. The judge found insufficient information to grant the TRO; the law imposes fines and civil liability, and has already affected hundreds of licenses. A case management conference is set for March 18, and advocacy groups launched Operation Lifeboat to assist affected residents.
A Virginia state court cleared the way for a Democratic‑backed referendum on the state's redistricting maps to appear on the ballot, allowing voters to weigh in on how state and congressional districts will be drawn amid ongoing litigation and partisan disputes.
A Georgia jury convicted Colin Gray of second-degree murder and two counts of involuntary manslaughter for enabling his 14-year-old son Colt Gray to carry out the Apalachee High School attack, which killed two students and two teachers. Colt Gray faces 55 counts in a separate trial. The verdict came after brief deliberations and could lead to a life prison sentence for Colin Gray, with sentencing to be scheduled later.
The Justice Department told four large law firms—Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr; Perkins Coie; Jenner & Block; and Susman Godfrey—that it would drop lawsuits against them, only to reverse hours later and say it would continue pursuing the appeals over Trump-era executive orders restricting the firms’ access and activities. The back-and-forth follows anger from Trump and aides and underscores a broader fight over whether firms tied to Democrats can push back in court, even as the firms had won lower-court challenges and as critics condemn the reversal as political retaliation.
A circulating 17-page draft executive order would declare a national emergency over foreign interference in elections and grant the president sweeping powers to alter voting rules, including the potential ban of mail ballots and voting machines. Trump says he’s “never heard of” the draft, while supporters claim White House coordination. Legal experts say such an order would face swift court challenges and that election administration is primarily a state and congressional matter; the piece also references past Trump positions on voter ID and mail voting and outlines the vast practical upheaval a unilateral order could entail.