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A judge has blocked a Texas law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in schools. Texas' Senate Bill 10 was due to take effect on 1 September and was introduced in the wake of similar legislation in Louisiana, which has also been subject to legal challenge.

Intellectual property law expert Dr Richard Bunworth has joined Trinity College Dublin School of Law as an assistant professor. Dr Bunworth will lecture on intellectual property law, industrial property and related subjects, as well as supervising dissertations on intellectual property, technology,

A&O Shearman has reported revenue of €3.4 billion in the first year following the merger of Allen & Overy and Shearman & Stirling. The firm enjoyed profit before tax of €1.3 billion in the financial year ending 30 April 2025, amounting to profit per equity partner (PEP) of &eur

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has cleared the proposed acquisition of BT Datacentres Ireland by Equinix (Ireland) following a full phase 2 investigation. Equinix operates six data centres in Dublin, which provide digital infrastructure for cloud, IT, finance, content and

An English judge has criticised a taxpayer for using an artificial intelligence chatbot to argue his case in court after it "hallucinated" non-existent legal precedents. Marc Gunnarsson used AI to help prepare his legal submissions when appealing a decision by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). The tax

Paul Weller, musician and former frontman of The Jam and the Style Council, has launched legal action against his former accountants after they resigned because he publicly accused Israel of genocide in Gaza. Mr Weller was a client of Leigh Genis of Harris and Trotter LLP for more than 30 years, unt

A new scholarship backed by Tracey Solicitors LLP is to offer support to Maynooth law students from disadvantaged backgrounds. The Tracey Solicitors LLP Scholarship in Law and Criminology will be open to final-year law students registered with Maynooth University's access programme (MAP).

The High Court has imposed a €30,000 fine for contempt of court on a man who deliberately breached a court order and destroyed evidence related to his "dodgy box" operation. Broadcaster Sky sued Co Wexford man David Dunbar for allegedly infringed its copyright by operating an illegal inter

The Trump administration has imposed new sanctions on two judges and two deputy prosecutors of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Canadian judge Kimberly Prost, French judge Nicolas Guillou and deputy prosecutors Nazhat Shameem Khan, from Fiji, and Mame Mandiaye Niang, from Senegal, are the lat

Muslim men who skip Friday prayers face imprisonment for up to two years under new rules introduced in part of Malaysia. The harsh new penalties were introduced in the state of Terengganu — home to 1.1 million people — this week, The Guardian reports.

Former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has donated €100,000 to charity following his victory in a high-profile defamation case brought against the BBC. In a statement yesterday, Johnsons Solicitors said the BBC have now discharged the order of the court in relation to the compensation of

New routes to qualifying as a solicitor in Northern Ireland are set to be introduced in a bid to make the profession more accessible, inclusive and future-focused. The Law Society of Northern Ireland this week published the findings of a consultation it undertook between December 2024 and March 2025

Northern Ireland firm Armstrong Solicitors has promoted Jonathan Scullion to director. "Since joining us in 2022, Jonny's conscientiousness, hard work and commitment have been plain for all to see, and he has continued to build a significant following based on returning clients and recommendations a

Barrister Patrick Barrett BL has joined the Irish Writers Centre's board of directors. Mr Barrett is one of seven new directors spanning the literary, financial, legal, healthcare, sustainability, publishing and cultural sectors.

Nominations for election to the Law Society of Ireland's governing Council are now open. The Law Society Council comprises 31 general and four provincial elected members, in addition to 13 nominated members from the Law Society of Northern Ireland, the Dublin Solicitors Bar Association and the South