[{"titre":"France’s ‘casseurs’: why the term fails to do justice to the extent of looting and spiralling unrest","url":"https://theconversation.com/frances-casseurs-why-the-term-fails-to-do-justice-to-the-extent-of-looting-and-spiralling-unrest-294805","pubDate":"Thu, 22 Oct 2026 08:03:11 +0200","description":"Following widespread looting sprees and acts of violence occurring on the sidelines of the October 17 student protests, so-called “casseurs” seem to be the centre of attention. But the term, which comes from the French verb casser or “to break”, poses more questions than answers. The sociologist Paolo Stuppia examines the unprecedented situation many cities across France are having to contend with, and the complex combination of collective action whose motivations are unclear and the social media’s extreme agility. The Conversation: How unprecedented are the scenes of looting that we witnessed on the sidelines of the October 17 demonstrations? Paolo Stuppia: What may be unprecedented is the extent of the destruction of private property and the goods that have been stolen. It should be clear, however, that not all the looters can necessarily be sorted into identifiable groups, at least politically. Indeed, as the politician Xavier Crettiez, the sociologist Isabelle Sommier and the historian François Audigier emphasised in 2021 in their joint project Violences politiques en France , the targets of acts of violence that are considered to be politically motivated can be determined both by technical constraints and the militant culture of the people involved. Let us recall Italy in the 1970s when autonomous activists spoke of “self-reduction” (the act of seizing goods or essential services), Maoists in France spoke of proletarian reappropriation. Their raid on Fauchon’s luxury grocery store on place de la madeleine and the redistribution of goods to slums and workers’ hostels that ensued went down in history as their biggest claim to fame. Can we go as far as to say that the October 17 looting sprees were politically motivated ? Even if we do not have all the details concerning the profiles of the people arrested, videos posted on social media and stolen goods being resold online tend to rule out the idea. That said, at least some of the targets were chosen haphazardly. While some are symbols of capitalism, like luxury stores, insurance companies, banks, multinationals , others included a number of more localised stores, small shops selling toys or video games; for example, which are rarely targets for such incidents. If, especially since the alter-globalisation movement , we have seen the emergence of damage to property, primarily targeting symbols of capitalism and multinationals, in particular; this phenomenon goes hand in hand with “off the cuff” incidents by groups without any political affiliation, who join demonstrations to “get in on the act” in such a way that we are unable to determine whether it’s just a way of letting off steam or if it’s driven by a goal of redistributing goods – this weekend we witnessed some scenes of goods being redistributed, such as food being given to the homeless. What do we know about casseurs’ profiles? When did they appear in the demonstrations and when did the term first appear in the media? P.S.: Historically, the first research article on the casseur phenomenon can be traced back to the sociologist Gwenola Ricordeau . In France in the 1990s, as was the case during the student and high school movement of 1998, Ricordeau noticed that young people came to demonstrations to commit acts of vandalism or to mug people without having anything to do with the causes behind protest movements. They were driven by opportunism and also a desire to break up the monotony of everyday life. The fact of disqualifying people by designating them as “criminals on the street” therefore ultimately leads us to riot-like phenomena, with or without the “looting” element, which are part of the continuity of “suburban revolt” or “city riots” which have gradually developed in working-class neighbourhoods since the second half of the 1970s. As we demonstrated alongside the sociologist Valérie Becquet in our book Géopolitique de la jeunesse , it","id":3233179,"source":"The Conversation – Articles (FR)"},{"description":"Keep FCRA in the foreground when the subject is background screening chundycz April 9, 2014 | 12:13AM Keep FCRA in the foreground when the subject is background screening By Lesley Fair When the talk turns to Big Data, part of the conversation is about all the public information available about people's lives – and how companies market it to prospective employers, landlords, etc.  Two cases just announced by the FTC  serve as a cautionary reminder to members of the industry that what they do may be subject to the long-standing consumer protections of the  Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) .  InfoTrack, an Illinois company, and San Diego-based Instant Checkmate will be paying civil penalties to settle FTC lawsuits that they violated the FCRA.  Is it time for an FCRA refresher at your business? Instant Checkmate marketed its reports as a way for prospective employers and landlords to investigate applicants.  For example, the company advertised that one of the “GOOD REASONS to get instant criminal checks on anyone right now” was to “check out tenants before they rent.”  It also used a Google Ad Words campaign to make sure its site appeared when people searched for background checks on nannies, babysitters, maids, and housekeepers.  What kind of information would buyers get?  Current and previous addresses, birth certificates, arrest histories, and marriage and divorce records, to name just a few examples. InfoTrack offered similar services to employers nationwide, including background screening reports with people’s driving records, education and employment information, criminal histories, and even records from sex offender registries. How does the FCRA come in?  The law defines a “consumer report” as a “communication of any information” by a consumer reporting agency (CRA) that bears on a person’s “credit worthiness, credit standing, credit capacity, character, general reputation, personal characteristics, or mode of living” which is used (or expected to be used) as a factor in establishing their eligibility for credit, insurance, employment, or other reasons outlined in the law. According to the FTC, what Instant Checkmate and InfoTrack were doing triggered the FCRA.  For example, companies covered by the law must follow procedures to assure their reports are as accurate as possible, must take steps to see that those using their reports have permissible purposes for accessing them, and must provide required User Notices explaining key protections for consumers.  The law imposes special requirements when CRAs provide reports containing public record information that could have an adverse effect on a person’s ability to get a job.  In that case, the CRA must either: 1) notify the consumer that it’s reporting the information in the public record; or 2) maintain “strict procedures” – that’s the language in the law – designed to ensure the reported public information is complete and up to date. You’ll want to read the complaints for specifics of where the FTC says the companies fell short, but one example cited in the lawsuit against InfoTrack offers an object lesson on why FCRA protections are so important to consumers – and how the consequences can be devastating when companies don’t live up to the law.  According to the FTC, the reports InfoTrack provided to prospective employers included information about whether a job applicant was on the National Sex Offender Registry.  The employer would provide the first and last name and the date of birth to help InfoTrack with its search.  The problem was that before the fall of 2011, no date of birth was available for many names on the Registry.  If InfoTrack’s search found more than one person with the same first and last name, it reported a “possible match” to employers and gave them reports that included several different people with the","id":3198181,"source":"FTC USA Business Blog Posts","titre":"Keep FCRA in the foreground when the subject is background screening","url":"https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/blog/2014/04/keep-fcra-foreground-when-subject-background-screening","pubDate":"Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:07:46 +0200"},{"description":"Neutral Citation Number: [2026] EWCA Crim 1002 Case No: 202501394 B4 In the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) on appeal from the Crown Court sitting at Woolwich HHJ Aubrey KC 01MP1305723 31 July 2026 Before: President of the King’s Bench Division Mrs Justice Cutts His Honour Judge Nigel Lickley KC Between: R -v- Kevin Kelenda The post R -v- Kevin Kelenda appeared first on Courts and Tribunals Judiciary","id":3069461,"source":"Judgement Courts Tribunals England Wales","titre":"R -v- Kevin Kelenda","url":"https://www.judiciary.uk/judgments/r-v-kevin-kelenda/","pubDate":"Sat, 01 Aug 2026 08:09:40 +0200"},{"pubDate":"Wed, 29 Jul 2026 14:06:38 +0200","titre":"F (Children: Placement Orders: 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Wales","url":"https://www.judiciary.uk/judgments/r-v-william-osmond/","titre":"R -v- William Osmond","pubDate":"Tue, 28 Jul 2026 14:08:38 +0200"},{"url":"https://www.judiciary.uk/judgments/hongchi-xiao-v-rex/","titre":"Hongchi Xiao -v- Rex","pubDate":"Sat, 25 Jul 2026 08:09:34 +0200","source":"Judgement Courts Tribunals England Wales","description":"Neutral Citation Number: [2026] EWCA Crim 957 Case No: 202403091 B5 In the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) on appeal from Winchester Crown Court Bright J 24 July 2026 Before: Lord Justice Dingemans Senior President of Tribunals Mr Justice Murray HH Judge Andrew Lees Between: Hongchi Xiao -v- Rex The post Hongchi Xiao -v- Rex appeared first on Courts and Tribunals Judiciary","id":3052508},{"titre":"In the matter of contempt proceedings against Rajiv Menon KC","url":"https://www.judiciary.uk/judgments/in-the-matter-of-contempt-proceedings-against-rajiv-menon-kc-3/","pubDate":"Sat, 25 Jul 2026 08:09:34 +0200","description":"Neutral 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Judiciary","id":3048321,"titre":"Mohammad Alazawi -v- R","url":"https://www.judiciary.uk/judgments/mohammad-alazawi-v-r/","pubDate":"Thu, 23 Jul 2026 14:06:00 +0200"},{"source":"Judgement Courts Tribunals England Wales","id":3041668,"description":"Case number: PJ01C At the Central Criminal Court Old Bailey London 17 July 2026 Sentencing remarks of His Honour Judge Martyn Levett DL Between: R -v- Mark Pearce Markie Collins The post R -v- Pearce and Collins appeared first on Courts and Tribunals Judiciary","pubDate":"Mon, 20 Jul 2026 14:07:11 +0200","titre":"R -v- Pearce and Collins","url":"https://www.judiciary.uk/judgments/r-v-pearce-and-collins/"},{"description":"Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson has appointed Emma Mittelstaedt Burnham as Associate Director for Healthcare in the Bureau of Competition. “I am delighted to appoint Emma as Associate Director for Healthcare in the Bureau of Competition. She is a talented attorney with many years of experience at the Department of Justice as a senior antitrust enforcer,” said FTC Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson. “Emma will be an invaluable champion in the FTC’s ongoing fight to protect Americans’ access to affordable, high-quality healthcare.” Emma has significant experience leading the investigation and prosecution of complex antitrust conduct cases, having spent 11 years as a prosecutor at the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division. Most recently, she served as the Director of Criminal Enforcement, supervising the Antitrust Division’s price-fixing matters throughout the United States. She previously held the positions of Trial Attorney, Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General, Assistant Chief, and Acting Chief. Her prior work as a senior DOJ antitrust official included prosecuting antitrust violations in the healthcare sector. She led the Antitrust Division’s investigation into antitrust cartels in the generic pharmaceutical industry, which resulted in significant corporate prosecutions including the largest criminal penalties ever imposed for domestic cartel offenses and the first use of divestiture in a criminal settlement. Before joining the DOJ Antitrust Division, Emma was a criminal defense associate at law firms in Washington, DC, and Los Angeles. She graduated with honors from the University of Chicago Law School and Georgetown University and clerked for the Honorable Robert W. Gettleman in the Northern District of","id":2362099,"source":"Federal Trade Commission Concurrence communiqués","url":"https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2025/09/federal-trade-commission-chairman-andrew-n-ferguson-appoints-emma-mittelstaedt-burnham-associate","titre":"Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson Appoints Emma Mittelstaedt Burnham as Associate Director for Healthcare","pubDate":"Wed, 10 Sep 2025 09:48:50 +0200"},{"description":"The Roberts Court has methodically expanded the scope of Second Amendment rights. But in its first Second Amendment case involving a criminal defendant, United States v. Rahimi , the Court blinked. This Essay explores the implications of that","id":1696218,"source":"Yale Law Journal","url":"http://www.yalelawjournal.org/forum/between-a-rock-and-a-gun","titre":"Between a Rock and a Gun","pubDate":"Tue, 12 Nov 2024 16:17:09 +0100"},{"titre":"A Common Law for the Age of Amici: How the Party-Presentation Principle Can Help Identify Binding Precedent","url":"https://www.cornelllawreview.org/2024/05/01/a-common-law-for-the-age-of-amici-how-the-party-presentation-principle-can-help-identify-binding-precedent/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-common-law-for-the-age-of-amici-how-the-party-presentation-principle-can-help-identify-binding-precedent","pubDate":"Mon, 24 Jun 2024 18:08:30 +0200","description":"Two recent Supreme Court cases suggest an additional dimension for the traditional test that distinguishes dicta from holding. In the first, United States v. Sineneng-Smith, the Ninth Circuit reversed a criminal conviction based on arguments made by amici appointed by that court. The Supreme Court then reversed 9-0, holding that the Ninth Circuit'''s handling","id":1414542,"source":"Cornell Law Review"}]