Judges
Lawsuit by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's sister accusing him of sexual abuse dismissed by US judge
Annie Altman accused her brother of sexually abusing and raping her between 1997 and 2006 at the family home in suburban Clayton, Missouri, starting when she was 3 and he was 12.
US judge finds law criminalizing noncitizen voting unconstitutional
US judge blocks Trump admin. attempt to tie local counterterror funds to election changes
Trump's White House press pool ban lifted by federal judge, reporters regain access to White House
Political attacks on Supreme Court chief cross red line, over 100 retired judges, law deans warn
The warnings followed remarks made by Religious Zionist Party chairman and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who referred to Amit as a 'violent, predatory megalomaniac who steals Israeli democracy.'
Decapitated mannequins placed at houses of judges, Tel Aviv mayor, in protest of illegal immigrants
The mannequins also had messages expressing discontent with the current state of illegal immigrants in Israel, claiming that they are the cause of a rise in violent crime rates.
High Court strikes down Levin’s appointment: Ben-Hamo will not lead Sde Teiman leak probe
The High Court annulled Justice Minister Yariv Levin’s appointment of a supervisor for the Sde Teiman leak probe, ruling he exceeded legal limits and failed to choose a serving senior official.
Levin, Attorney-General to go to High Court over who will probe ex-MAG
Justice Minister Levin says AG Gali Baharav-Miara has a conflict of interest in the probe of ex-MAG Tomer-Yerushalmi and has announced a plan to bypass her office.
Judge denies former IDF legal chief Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi’s appeal, extends her detention
Tomer-Yerushalmi's appeal arguing that there was a “clear error in the court’s decision” was rejected.
Attorney Nissim Shopen: Israel’s “no win, no fee” debt model
30% of complaints filed about judges in 2024 were justified, report finds
The annual “Public Complaints Commission on State Representatives in the Courts” report, authored by judge Prof. Menachem Finkelstein, found half the total complaints concerned the prosecution.
Netanyahu's criminal trial to switch to four days a week, judges rule
The framework switch will begin in November, the judges ruled after appeals by the defense attorneys of Netanyahu and other defendants in the cases.
Ex-judge, A-G to 'Post': Nothing in Halacha stopping Torah scholars from serving in IDF
At the Table: Elyakim Rubinstein, who is Orthodox, said there is nothing in Halacha which states that men studying Torah should not serve in the army.
Trump admin. better-placed than courts to release Epstein files, judge says
The Trump administration is in a better position than the federal courts to release materials that would satisfy public curiosity about Jeffrey Epstein, US District Judge Richard Berman said,
