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If you’re accused of a crime in the United States, Article III of the U.S. Constitution guarantees that you will receive a trial by jury. The Sixth Amendment expanded that right to also guarantee “a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury,” in which you are “confronted with the witnesses against you,” can compel ...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) thinks it knows how to run small businesses better than their owners. That is the message the FTC sent the millions of small business owners across the country with its ban on non-compete agreements, set to take effect on September 4.    By some estimates, 48% of small business owners use … ...

The law finally caught up to James Bond — or at least the actor who used to play him. On March 14, 2024, former 007 actor Pierce Brosnan pleaded guilty in federal court in Wyoming to a single count of straying from a footpath in a thermal area of Yellowstone National Park. Brosnan was cited for allegedly standing … ...

Elon Musk and one of his companies are once again in the sights of federal regulators. This time, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) accused SpaceX of committing unfair labor practices by firing several employees who used company communication channels to circulate an open letter objecting to some of Musk’s tweets. But, in its pursuit ...

Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” was an unusual summer blockbuster. A three-hour biographic period piece about a theoretical physicist (J. Robert Oppenheimer), the film features extended discussions of quantum physics, complex mathematics and Cold War politics. Despite telling the story of the creation of the atomic bomb, the fil ...