ADNAN ZULIC–––On September 17, 2026, in Bidegain v. Plazas Vega, a Miami federal jury returned a unanimous verdict for Luis Alfonso Plazas Vega, a retired Colombian colonel, finding him not liable under the Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991 (TVPA) for the torture and death of Magistrate Carlos Horacio Urán during the 1985 retaking of […]
MORGAN MAIORINO—On September 15, 2026, the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act [H.R. 3633] (the “Clarity Act”) failed in the Senate to reach the 60-vote threshold required to invoke cloture and advance the bill toward a final vote. The Clarity Act represented the first comprehensive regulatory framework for digital asset markets in the United States, and […]
AUDREY HARRIS—After twelve jurors deliberated for more than thirty-eight hours over seven days, the highly publicized trial of Massachusetts mother Lindsay Clancy ended in a mistrial when the jurors failed to reach a unanimous decision. The jurors reportedly ended in an 11-1 split with the majority favoring not guilty by reason of lack of criminal […]
AVERY RYAN—On August 31, 2026, the Florida Department of Transportation gave local police thirty days to pull their automated license-plate readers off state roads, citing an exponential rise in deployments and “concerning reports of misuse, data privacy concerns, and surveillance schemes.” Days earlier, Governor Ron DeSantis called the technology “out of control” and warned he […]
ISABELLA CABRELLI RUSCONI––On August 26, 2026, Meta agreed to pay up to $18 billion and add stronger child safety measures to Facebook and Instagram, settling claims brought by a coalition of state attorneys general under state consumer protection laws and the federal Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). The states argued that Meta intentionally designed […]
