against

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Justice Clarence Thomas pointed to a rarely enforced 1996 law that authorized suits against those who “use property tainted by a past confiscation.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

A bellwether trial for cases brought against Meta by US states is set to proceed in the same court starting in August.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

“It appears the issue is with Harvard’s professors inflating grades. Limiting the A’s does not reward the work, it pits students against each to compete for them.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Anthropic, according to the Wall Street Journal, is on track to report its first quarterly operating profit against revenue of $10.9 billion in the second quarter.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

Look at the way they’d worked together against those cottonmouths.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman