Closing Arguments: Past issues

Closing Arguments is a weekly roundup of stories from courthouses across the U.S. and the world. Get the latest trial updates, find out which cases we’re tracking and listen to new episodes of our podcast. We also share under-the-radar rulings that captured our attention and our most-read stories from each week.

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2024

• July 5, 2024: Presidential immunity, Giuliani disbarred, Microsoft retaliation settlement

• June 28, 2024: Presidential candidates and the courts, NFL verdict, ChatGPT lawsuit

• June 21, 2024: Kids winning court cases, Boeing in the Senate, LGBTQ+ veterans prevail

• June 14, 2024: Bump stocks, abortion and ethical scrutiny at the Supreme Court

• June 7, 2024: Political turmoil 80 years after D-Day — plus Hunter Biden, Senate bribes and “Baby Reindeer”

• May 31, 2024: The Donald Trump verdict made US history — now what?

• May 24, 2024: Supreme Court rulings, ICC warrants, Giuliani’s birthday summons

• May 17, 2024: Michael Cohen testimony, NJ senator on trial, 70 years of Brown v Board of Education

• May 10, 2024: Real Housewives, post-felony 2A rights, Stormy on the stand

• May 3, 2024: Google antitrust trial redux, Hope Hicks testimony, Abu Ghraib mistrial

• April 26, 2024: Trump hush-money testimony, Weinstein conviction overturned, no more noncompetes

• April 19, 2024: Privacy for Trump jurors, Google users and Papa Johns eaters

• April 12, 2024: Limits on PFAS, Arizona abortion ruling, Top Gun lawsuit resolution

• March 29, 2024: Prison time for SBF, SCOTUS abortion pill fight, kids gambling on Roblox

• March 22, 2024: DOJ bites Apple, Texas immigration law whiplash, Joshua Tree protections

• March 15, 2024: Mean Tweets, Corona Hard Seltzer, Pierce Brosnan’s guilty plea

• March 8, 2024: Euro tech laws, Frida Kahlo’s image, Russian spy in Hawaii

• March 1, 2024: Parents’ rights, Musk vs OpenAI, graduation shooter trial

• Feb. 23, 2024: ’70s rock trials, NRA verdict, Tesla fraud claims

• Feb. 16, 2024: Judge orders Trump to pay $355M, Fani Willis testifies, players take on NHL

• Feb. 9, 2024: SCOTUS and Trump ’24, fallout from the Biden report, Jennifer Crumbley verdict

• Feb. 2, 2024: Run-DMC murder finally goes to trial, Disney v. DeSantis, queer rights in the U.S. Circuit Court

• Jan. 26, 2024: Trump verdict, internet sleuths and Michigan’s landmark school shooter trial

• Jan. 19, 2024: Carroll v. Trump II, judge says JetBlue can’t buy Spirit, Scientology suit forges ahead

• Jan. 12, 2024: Trump’s NYC trial winds down (as another begins), international art disputes, a $2B Clean Air Act fine

• Jan. 5, 2024: SCOTUS takes up Trump on 2024 ballot, NRA chief out, Musk’s SpaceX sues NLRB

2023

• Dec. 22, 2023: Apple Watch woes, Google and Southwest pay up, Trump gets CO ballot boot

• Dec. 15, 2023: Giuliani defamation, Disney defense, Brangelina

• Dec. 8, 2023: Sidebar’s Big bold beautiful 2023 recap

• Dec. 1, 2023: Santos out, TikTok ban blocked, egg price-fixing damages

• Nov. 17, 2023: Santos’ dramatic week, ethical SCOTUS, Google witness slip-up

• Nov. 9, 2023: Trump testimony, De Niro verdict, EU tech rulings

• Nov. 3, 2023: Ballot battles, Santos survives, artists against AI

• Oct. 27, 2023: Trump in NYC, Grandpa Google, Texas drones