The walls within the estate of Théophile Thoré existed as the second-to-last publicly known location of a particular set of two paintings inside a painting created by Johannes Vermeer. Eccentric heiress named Isabella Stewart Gardner acquired this unique work at a 19th-century auction, she then took the piece to her eponymous museum in Boston, Massachusetts, where it remained unmanipulated until a fateful heist on March 18th, 1990.

Once upon a time, a mouse was born. Not in a forest or a fairytale, but aboard a steamboat - whistling his way into history. In 1928, Mickey Mouse was just a cartoon: two dots for eyes, a high-pitched laugh, and oddly lovable charm. He wasn’t yet a corporate mascot, legal case study, or a billion-dollar brand. But he would become all three.

 In Nevada, one drink can change your life. A casual night out can quickly spiral into a legal nightmare if you’re caught driving under the influence, but what’s more disturbing is how often impaired drivers avoid consequences entirely because the law, as it stands, isn’t strong enough.

In 2004, Officer Brosseau shot Kenneth Haugen in the back while he was fleeing from the scene of the crime. The defense argued qualified immunity, claiming Officer Brosseau was entitled to it. Qualified immunity is a legal doctrine that protects government officials from being personally sued for monetary damages in civil court, even if it violates a person’s constitutional rights. 

“Imagine a future where the very books, articles, and works of art we cherish could be leveraged by algorithms to create new forms of expression — without the permission of the authors. The rising use of AI to train on copyrighted literature has sparked intense debate about ownership, creativity, and the boundaries of intellectual property.” This was a hook written entirely by Artificial Intelligence (AI), and it might have been difficult to discern. In the world we live in, it is becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish human-made writing and art from AI.

Across the nation, millions of public employees are under the impression that secure healthcare is a part of their retirement benefits. However, policies often change without employees being adequately informed, leaving many unaware of the changes until it is too late. In the case of Karyn Stanley, this reality became painfully clear.

OxyContin is a powerful opioid painkiller, twice as strong as morphine, the widespread use of which later fueled one of the deadliest addiction crises in American history. Despite the company facing charges for misleading marketing practices, the Sacklers have consistently denied personal wrongdoing. The case of Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family exposes how corporate greed, unethical marketing, and regulatory flaws contributed to the opioid epidemic in the United States.

The law recognizes the right to bear arms, but can it also recognize the right to bear hands? In criminal law, a person’s hands may be classified as deadly weapons – a designation typically reserved for firearms, knives, and other lethal instruments. Yet hands are also vital tools in lawful self-defense, especially when a weapon is inaccessible or impractical. This paradox raises deeper questions about the role of physical skill in self-defense cases and broader implications of how the law treats trained individuals.

In February 2022, Ksenia Karelina, a Russian-American dual citizen, was detained and sentenced to 12 years in prison. Her supposed crime? A $51.80 donation to Razom for Ukraine, a humanitarian aid organization based in New York. Karelina sought to aid victims of violence after Russia launched its widespread invasion of Ukraine.