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Lawsuit by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's sister accusing him of sexual abuse dismissed by US judge

Annie Altman accused her brother of sexually abusing and raping her between 1997 and 2006 at the family home in suburban Clayton, Missouri, starting when she was 3 and he was 12.

OCTOBER 20, 2026|ByREUTERS

Open AI CEO Sam Altman does a television interview with CNBC's Kate Rooney before delivering the keynote address at the OpenAI developers conference at Fort Mason on September 29, 2026 in San Francisco, California.

A screengrab from "Fox and Friends First" shows Katie Zacharia weighing in on legal matters as an "attorney" on August 31, 2026.

White House Press Secretary Zacharia 'let go' from role, official says

Zacharia admitted that she hadn't passed the California bar exam during an interview with Fox News's Sean Hannity on Thursday night.

OCTOBER 16, 2026|ByESTHER DAVIS, REUTERS

White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia (R) joins US President Donald Trump as he departs on the South Lawn of the White House on October 13, 2026 in Washington, DC.

Trump press secretary Zacharia failed US bar exam despite claiming to practice law - report

Zacharia has claimed she is a lawyer on multiple occasions, and when asked Tuesday which state’s bar exam she had passed, she replied, “When I moved to China.”

OCTOBER 15, 2026|BySHIR PERETS

International lawyer Raphael Lemkin helped draft the Genocide Convention, which maps out prevention and punishment for the crime of genocide.

My relative defined ‘genocide,’ honoring him means scrutinizing Pillay’s Israel findings - opinion

War crimes and crimes against humanity are grave crimes in their own right. Genocide is not a measure of whose suffering matters most.

OCTOBER 14, 2026|ByJOSEPH LEMKIN / JTA

World Jewish Congress kicks off International Lawyers' Solidarity Mission to Israel

30 leading legal professionals from global jurisdictions will participate in the delegation.

JANUARY 16, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

The International Lawyers' Solidarity Mission to Israel, visiting Kfar Aza.

‘We are a firm that does things other firms don’t do’

Richard A. Rosenbaum, executive chairman of Greenberg Traurig, one of the world’s largest law firms, spent a day in Israel visiting the firm’s Israeli office as a sign of support and solidarity.

NOVEMBER 30, 2023ByALAN ROSENBAUM

VISITING UNITED Hatzalah offices: Rosenbaum with Joey T. Shabot (L), Tel Aviv office head.

Israel's public defense refuses to represent October 7 Hamas terrorists

Public defense generally acts as legal representation for people facing charges who cannot afford lawyers as every person on trial has the right to legal representation.

NOVEMBER 9, 2023ByARIELLA MARSDEN

People stand in line at an election booth for the Israel Bar Association vote on June 20, 2023

1,200 lawyers worldwide demand that International Red Cross act to save Israeli hostages in Gaza

Letter organized by Israeli rights group Shurat HaDin blames International Red Cross for repeating its failures during the Holocaust and abandoning Jewish victims.

OCTOBER 26, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Leading law conference drops UN Israel investigator after Hamas attack

UN Human Rights Council’s Commission of Inquiry's Navi Pillay was accused of working “to further a demonstrably discriminatory agenda against the Jewish people and the State of Israel.”

OCTOBER 26, 2023ByLUKE TRESS/JTA

Outgoing U.N. Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay talks during an interview to Reuters in her office in Geneva August 19, 2014.

Lawfare Project wins lawsuit against former Barcelona mayor

The lawsuit challenged former Barcelona mayor Ada Colau's suspension of relations with Israel.

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

ADA COLAU poses during her swearing-in ceremony as the new mayor of Barcelona, in 2019.

Israel's judicial reform law may harm Jews' right of return, NGO claims

Efforts to overturn the reasonableness clause have brought up a range of issues within Israeli society, lawyers warn it may affect the foundational right of Jews to move to Israel.

AUGUST 22, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR

NEW IMMIGRANTS from North America disembark at Ben-Gurion Airport after a flight arranged by Nefesh B’Nefesh.

Is it legal for AI to file patents and be considered an inventor? -interview

The challenge of AI doesn't just extend to copyrights on products, but patents for inventions, according to Ephraim Zachary Heiliczer, patent attorney at the Pearl Cohen law firm.

AUGUST 21, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR