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Russia Is Suspected to Be Behind Breach of Federal Court Filing System www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/u... @seamushughes.bsky.social
Russia Is Suspected to Be Behind Breach of Federal Court Filing System
www.nytimes.com
August 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Name any other « democracy » where there is a pardon system like this: www.axios.com/2025/03/31/t...
Trump pardons show there's never been a better time to be a white collar crook
Trump issued numerous pardons on Friday.
www.axios.com
May 2, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Is there an alternative to broligarchical journalism? Possibly: yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/bri...
Britain’s better off with citizen journalism
From lockdowns to letdowns, five years on Anthony Robinson reflects on Brexit, citizen journalism, and a nation still adrift
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
April 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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🎭 Last week the #EuropeanSLAPPContest 2025 crowned its winners.

🗞️ If you couldn't watch live or attend in person, relive the highlights and discover the winners here 👉 www.the-case.eu/latest/from-...

#StopSLAPPs
April 16, 2025 at 1:38 PM
April 12, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Crooked companies rule the world: this is just the dodgy UK companies. Imagine how rich a country could become just by prosecuting directors of a small % of the most disgusting: taxpolicy.org.uk/2025/03/19/6...
65,000 UK companies are unlawfully hiding their beneficial owner
UK company law requires every UK company to disclose the individuals who control it – their “person with significant control” (PSC). But the rules are widely ignored. We’ve found that around 65,000…
taxpolicy.org.uk
March 19, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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#CdnPol #CanPol #leavingX Supreme Court of Canada leaving X.
March 17, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Prosecution summary for UK spy ring convictions: www.cps.gov.uk/cps/news/bul...
www.cps.gov.uk
March 7, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Russian spying in UK on “industrial” scale: news.sky.com/story/three-...
news.sky.com
March 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
How do you protect yourself online? In this video we’ll walk you through some steps we take to protect our online safety, and give you tips on how to strengthen yours… www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9uF...
Digital Safety - How to protect your online identity
YouTube video by Bellingcat
www.youtube.com
February 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
www.courtwatch.news/p/lawsuits-r... Fabulous site for tracking Trump litigation
Lawsuits Related to Trump Admin Executive Orders
We put them all in one place.
www.courtwatch.news
February 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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The UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition has criticised the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s decision to close the complaint made by our founder @eliothiggins.bsky.social against the UK firm that represented Yevgeny Prigozhin —without taking further action. Read about the case here: antislapp.uk/2025/01/28/s...
UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition criticises the SRA’s closure of Higgins’ SLAPP complaint and points to need for universal SLAPP protections - UK Anti-Slapp Coalition
The UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition is highly critical of the decision by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to close the complaint brought by Bellingcat founder Eliot Higgins against Discreet Law, the...
antislapp.uk
January 29, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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More insights from our Prof @delaferiar.bsky.social on #tax and the #CyprusConfidential files at mins 18:50 and 38:10.📻
#VAT #LawSky #AcademicSky
@andyverity.bsky.social
Fascinating podcast from the BBC into the European dealings of Abramovich and Russian oligarchs. With small contributions from me on tax issues, at mins 18:50 and 38:10. Congratulations to the amazingly relentless @andyverity.bsky.social and James Oliver.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
File on 4 Investigates - Abramovich, the Yachts and the Tax Dodge - BBC Sounds
Former Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich dodged millions of pounds in VAT on his superyachts.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 29, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Stratospheric legal costs - how should courts respond? Well, costs budgeting is a start: www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWH...
Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon & Ors v Associated Newspapers Ltd (Re Costs Management) (Rev1) [2025] EWHC 106 (KB) (24 January 2025)
www.bailii.org
January 27, 2025 at 9:03 PM
This week, in our first Stage Talk of 2025, we spoke with @sauterne.bsky.social about how you can use open source techniques to investigate art crimes. Listen to her tips for tracking stolen art on podcast platforms now by searching 'Stage Talks with Bellingcat' open.spotify.com/episode/29nL...
"Investigating Art Crime" with Lynda Albertson
Stage Talks with Bellingcat · Episode
open.spotify.com
January 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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I'm delighted to share a new academic publication in the International Journal of Coercion, Abuse, & Manipulation that examines whether pseudolaw is a conspiracy theory, and pseudolaw's adherents are conspiracy theorists.

The first answer isn't a shock. ...
January 15, 2025 at 2:35 AM