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The World Court just ruled countries can be held liable for climate change damage – what does that mean for the US?
(THE CONVERSATION) The International Court of Justice issued a landmark advisory opinion in July 2025 declaring that all countries have a legal obligation to protect and prevent harm to the climate.
The court, created as part of the United Nations in 1945, affirmed that countries must uphold existing international laws related t ... (full story)
Meet Akron Municipal Court Magistrate Grace Barnard
Attorney Grace Barnard was recently promoted to magistrate after serving as Akron Municipal Court Judge Ron Cable’s judicial attorney for more than three years.
Barnard, who was sworn in by Judge Cable on June 11, hears civil cases and presides over criminal arraignments as well as overseeing some of Judge Cable’s sp ... (full story)
Emil Bove confirmed – his appeals court nomination echoed earlier controversies, but with a key difference
(THE CONVERSATION) President Donald Trump's nomination of his former criminal defense attorney, Emil Bove, to be a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, was mired in controversy.
On June 24, 2025, Erez Reuveni, a former Department of Justice attorney who worked with Bove, released an extensive, 27-page ... (full story)
Too many em dashes? Weird words like 'delves'? Spotting text written by ChatGPT is still more art than science
(THE CONVERSATION) People are now routinely using chatbots to write computer code, summarize articles and books, or solicit advice. But these chatbots are also employed to quickly generate text from scratch, with some users passing off the words as their own.
This has, not surprisingly, created headaches for teachers tasked with ... (full story)
US gov’t may be abandoning climate fight, but new leaders fill void – like China
(THE CONVERSATION) When President Donald Trump announced in early 2025 that he was withdrawing the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement for the second time, it triggered fears that the move would undermine global efforts to slow climate change and diminish America's global influence.
A big question hung in the air: Who would st ... (full story)