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"The point is to emphasize to the next recalcitrant entity, person, company, or institution that it will have to defend itself if it asserts its rights—because the government will relentlessly come at those who don’t submit."

Benjamin Wittes considers why the government is targeting Anthropic in The Situation. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-situation--dominance-play

The Situation: Dominance Play

What the Anthropic case is really about.

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Lawfare 20h ago

This week's Lawfare Live: The Trials of the Trump Administration will begin in 1 hour.

Tune in to hear Benjamin Wittes, Roger Parloff, Molly Roberts, and Anna Bower discuss the week's litigation news, including a preliminary injunction granted in Anthropic's suit over its supply chain risk designation. https://youtube.com/live/ldr45lqmbPc?feature=share

Lawfare Live: The Trials of the Trump Administration, March 27

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Lawfare 22h ago

As the spread of AI-generated deepfakes increases, Michael Goodyear looks at how the right of publicity, established over a century ago, could be a defense against the dissemination of technology that circumvents control over our likenesses. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/kodak-to-deepfakes--publicity-rights-and-abuse-of-our-likenesses

Kodak to Deepfakes: Publicity Rights and Abuse of Our Likenesses

As increasingly realistic deepfakes depict us against our will, a century-old law originally made for cameras may offer a solution.

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Lawfare 1d ago

"In the end, the greatest moral of Morris’s tale may lie not so much in the ills of effective altruism as in the powerful appeal of believing our own lies."

Peter Beck reviews “Stealing the Future” by David Morris.

https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/sam-bankman-fried-and-the-lies-we-tell-ourselves

Sam Bankman-Fried and the Lies We Tell Ourselves

A review of David Morris, “Stealing the Future” (Repeater, 2025)

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Lawfare 1d ago

On Lawfare Daily, 2 intelligence community veterans, William Usher and Aaron Faust, joined Scott Anderson to discuss the national security threats that Iran presents and where the Trump administration—and Iran—may take the conflict from here. https://youtu.be/nJy9dZhxBpU

Lawfare 1d ago

This week's Seriously Risky Business looks at FBI director Kash Patel saying that the bureau is buying data that can be used to track Americans, the FCC effectively banning the import of new consumer router models produced outside the U.S., and more. Read the newsletter, by Tom Uren. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/fbi-says-why-get-a-warrant-when-you-have-kash

FBI Says Why Get a Warrant When You Have Kash

The latest edition of the Seriously Risky Business cybersecurity newsletter, now on Lawfare.

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Lawfare 1d ago

Jonathan G. Cedarbaum explains the novel legal approach plaintiffs in the social media addiction trial in California state court successfully used to get around the liability shield established by Section 230 and the implications it might have for future Section 230 litigation. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/does-product-liability-offer-a-route-around-section-230

Does Product Liability Offer a Route Around Section 230?

Lawsuits against social media companies are addressing not only Section 230, but also product liability law and the First Amendment.

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Lawfare 2d ago

A pattern of U.S. policy swings across administrations in recent decades have altered how allies view U.S. credibility and engagement with NATO. John Drennan and Ariane Tabatabai explore how the alliance can function under persistent uncertainty. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-transatlantic-relationship-you-knew-is-gone

The Transatlantic Relationship You Knew Is Gone

NATO can be recast, not restored.

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Lawfare 2d ago

On Lawfare Daily, Loren Voss sat down with Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Linda Singh, former Adjutant General of Maryland, and Christopher Mirasola to discuss the implications of expanding domestic deployments for civil-military relations, the legal constraints of the Posse Comitatus Act, and key issues to watch for in future deployments. https://youtu.be/15liX2-f7s0

Lawfare 2d ago

At a hearing in Georgia this Friday, the Justice Department will defend its search warrant that allowed it to seize hundreds of boxes containing ballots from Fulton County. Anna Bower provides a close examination of the warrant, and finds that it is fundamentally flawed. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/fulton-county-s-battle-for-ballots--a-primer

Fulton County’s Battle for Ballots: A Primer

The Justice Department now must defend a search warrant built on recycled fraud claims, strained statutory theories, and glaring omissions.

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