President-elect Donald Trump (by Ali Shaker/VOA)
* A fun new hobby for legal and political junkies to enjoy together: A Trump litigation watch list. [CNN]
* Let’s hear it for regulations! An EU law mandating that large trucks have an advanced emergency braking system is believed to have saved additional lives in the Berlin Christmas market attack that killed 12. [Washington Post]
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* Burke Ramsey, JonBenet’s brother, is suing CBS — as well as experts and consultants — for defamation over a TV special that advanced the theory he killed his sister. [Entertainment Weekly]
* There might actually be some good news on the horizon for public defender offices that have seen their budgets slashed. [ABA Journal]
* A now-defunct medical laboratory is challenging the authority of the Federal Trade Commission to regulate online security. [National Law Journal]
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