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New York’s high court declined to halt President-elect Donald Trump’s sentencing on his hush money criminal conviction, which is scheduled for Friday morning.

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Five key climate cases that could be decided in 2025.

@FastCompany reports: "Courts will likely hear cases about ESG investing, infrastructure projects, and countries’ responsibility duties to combat climate change."

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New 2025 laws in the U.S. hit hot topics from AI in movies to rapid-fire guns.

@AssociatedPress reports: "Name a hot topic, and chances are good there’s a new law about it taking effect in 2025 in one state or another."

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I signed an agreement with a creditor that obligates me to pay them using a bank inside the country. This was fine initially but then I moved out of the country and the acct was closed. Other banks will not open an account for me and the creditor refuses cash. So the creditor is treating me like a non-payer to a quite harsh extent.

I have over-simplified here but I just want to know very generally what the common practices are around the world for contract law situations where someone without much bargaining power signs a contract that obligates them to do something that’s only achievable if other 3rd-parties agree to serve them, and then those other 3rd-parties later refuse.

BTW, I am not interested in advice on situational hacks and angles like “find a friend to pay for you”. I want to know how courts treat the situation when all options have failed. Are people typically held accountable for agreeing to something which relied on actions of others?