In a prosecution that local news outlets had called “stunning,” a New Jersey judge has made an equally stunning dismissal of corruption and racketeering charges against insurance executive and Democratic power broker George Norcross III and five co-defendants New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin said the case is far from over. “We disagree strongly with … Read more
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Thursday, February 13 to temporarily lift a three-week funding freeze that has shut down US aid and development work worldwide, citing the sweeping damage that the sudden shutdown has done to nonprofits and other organizations that help carry out US assistance overseas. The court ruling was the … Read more
A United States federal judge on Thursday, January 21, temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order redefining birthright citizenship, calling it “blatantly unconstitutional” during the first hearing in a multi-state effort challenging the order. The temporary restraining order sought by Arizona, Illinois, Oregon and Washington was the first to get a hearing before a judge … Read more
Jan 03, 2025Ravie LakshmananMachine Learning / Vulnerability Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new jailbreak technique that could be used to get past a large language model’s (LLM) safety guardrails and produce potentially harmful or malicious responses. The multi-turn (aka many-shot) attack strategy has been codenamed Bad Likert Judge by Palo Alto Networks Unit … Read more
The year 2024 has been of significant electoral importance, not only in various countries but also for the judges at the ECtHR. While 5 judges are elected each year on average, no fewer than 15 judges were supposed to be elected in 2024 (see here, § 65), with 10 ultimately elected, including one from Poland. … Read more
