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AI training data and copyright: the cases that will decide the next decade Expert witnesses are hired by one side — how does a court weigh them? Software patents: what actually gets granted and what gets rejected Is legal causation the same thing as scientific causation? Digital evidence: metadata is often more persuasive than the file itself Who is liable when a self-driving car kills a pedestrian Smart contracts that fail: does the code count as the agreement Daubert hearings and how a judge decides which expert gets to testify How much of forensic science has actually been validated against error rates Peer review is not a legal standard but courts keep treating it like one Who is liable when an autonomous car's sensor misreads the road Can a regulator demand proof of safety before a chemical is sold? Insanity defense case law is a museum of changing psychiatry Expert witnesses are paid by one side and the court pretends that does not matter Courts defer to agencies on science but not on questions of law DNA databases hold profiles of people who were never convicted The CSI effect: why juries now expect DNA in every trial Gene editing is therapy in one country and a criminal act in another Algorithmic risk scores in sentencing cannot be cross-examined by the defendant