Carmakers should be covered by a telecom law protecting domestic violence survivors from their abusers, the The FCC chair says. Today she will start the formal rulemaking process as more stalking/harassment cases involving Internet-connected cars emerge reuters.com/world/us/us-la…

Please join Berkeley Judicial Institute Jan 19, noon PT for a program on Covering Major Criminal Cases. Reuters' Dan Levine interviews Hon. Jeremy Fogel (ret.)(ret.) & Judge Bernice Donald (ret). about key issues for the press.
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NEW: An abused wife took on Tesla over tracking tech. She lost.
Read our deep dive Reuters into allegations of stalking and harassment via connected cars reuters.com/technology/an-… w/Kristina Cooke

An important review of over 250 “preemption decisions” by federal courts—decisions where the SCT, or a fed appellate court, decides that a federal law or regulation overrides state tort law. It should be required reading for students of Torts. reuters.com/investigates/s…

The Englands’ son killed himself less than two weeks after starting an allergy medicine linked to psychiatric problems.

They were shocked to learn from legal advisers that they had no case. Reuters explores why reut.rs/46lsw5C

Journos/lawyers: interested in how judges and reporters interact, and how we can all do it better? Tune in!

Humbled that my incredible colleagues and I received the Daniel Pearl Award for Investigative Reporting The Deadline Club for our work on how powerful companies/execs use bankruptcy to avoid lawsuits Mike Spector Benjamin Lesser Kristina Cooke Disha Raychaudhuri Janet Roberts Brian Thevenot

Headline alone makes this worth the read. Thanks for all the in-depth reporting on this corner of the world, Mike Spector and Dan Levine.

Koch Industries reaps ~$2.5 bln dividend last year from subsidiary that offloaded asbestos liability. This is a big benefit for companies doing a Texas two-step bankruptcy: reuters.com/business/koch-…. w/Mike Spector

2 yrs ago: Jan 6, 5:04pm, I took this photo of law enforcement using flash bang grenades & tear gas on a violent mob trying to break into the U.S. Capitol. It was hr 4 in my gas mask, helmet & bulletproof vest photographing hand-to-hand combat between police & U.S. citizens. 1/9

NEW: Some US prosecutors believe evidence justifies criminal charges against crypto giant Binance and execs, including CEO CZ, in money laundering probe reuters.com/markets/us/us-… by Angus Berwick @tomwilson1983 and me

I was just ejected from the courtroom yet again by a ND California magistrate judge at the request of Google or Apple - the 3rd time this fall - in #privacy #litigation over Google's #advertising business. Seems all tech cos need do is ask & courts become secret tribunals.

I am scheduled to speak at the #ReutersNext conference tomorrow. Reuters’ US reporters have been working without a contract for two years. In solidarity with the Reuters Guild and their fight for a fair contract, I am withdrawing from the event and honoring their picket line.

NEW: We Reuters pored through hundreds of court dockets and show how a once obscure tool is now ubiquitous, shielding corporate chiefs in 90% of the largest U.S. bankruptcies from 2012-21

NEW: Tesla Faces U.S. Criminal Probe Over Self-Driving Claims. Here's the full story from Mike Spector and me: reuters.com/legal/exclusiv…

Exclusive: U.S. drug inspectors recently recorded several new quality- control problems at an Eli Lilly plant that is already the subject of a federal investigation over manufacturing lapses, according to a government report reut.rs/3fXvdoh