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On Monday, a nine-member federal jury in Oakland, California took less than two hours to dismiss Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI and its chief executive Sam Altman. Crucially, the jury did not rule on the core claims of the case.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Artificial Intelligence"},{"title":"Data Science"},{"title":"Computer Science"},{"title":"Digital"},{"title":"Industry"},{"title":"Law School"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Business-and-law"},{"title":"Policy-and-opinion"}]},{"title":"The Pryer family's lasting gift of law and learning","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/pryer-award-tiffany-green---card.png","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/may/the-pryer-familys-lasting-gift-of-law-and-learning","publisheddate":"2026-05-07","summary":" A generous bequest by Faye Pryer has established the Pryer Award, a perpetual Juris Doctor scholarship in honour of her lawyer husband, Barry. The award covers fees and allowance for the three-year degree, empowering students like inaugural recipient Tiffany Green to pursue justice and community impact.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Philanthropy"},{"title":"Development and Alumni Relations"},{"title":"Law School"},{"title":"Our People"}]},{"title":"Why was Ben Roberts-Smith granted bail?","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/bail-hearing-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/april/why-was-ben-roberts-smith-granted-bail","publisheddate":"2026-04-17","summary":"
A judge granted Ben Roberts-Smith bail based on “exceptional circumstances”.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Defence"},{"title":"Law School"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Business-and-law"},{"title":"Policy-and-opinion"}]},{"title":"Health-care workers risk their lives in warzones. Are we protecting them enough?","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/conversation-humanitarian-workers_card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/april/health-care-workers-risk-their-lives-in-warzones-but-are-we-protecting-them-enough","publisheddate":"2026-04-13","summary":"
Warzones are full of danger. But that’s never stopped humanitarian workers from living and working in such places, with the aim of keeping civilians safe.","sxaTags":[{"title":"International"},{"title":"Law School"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"International relations"},{"title":"Policy-and-opinion"}]},{"title":"Fellowships help shape an inclusive future through cross-cultural lens","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/westpac-oz-asia-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/april/fellowships-help-shape-an-inclusive-future-through-cross-cultural-lens","publisheddate":"2026-04-07","summary":"
A criminology student passionate about social justice and a medicine and philosophy student with a focus on compassionate care have been awarded inaugural 2026 Westpac Australia-Asia Fellowships.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"International"},{"title":"Law School"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Current students"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Awards and Achievements"},{"title":"Business-and-law"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"International relations"},{"title":"Learning-and-teaching"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Our-community"}]},{"title":"Event explores how the law can protect young people online","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/man-on-phone-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/january/event-explores-how-the-law-can-protect-young-people-online","publisheddate":"2026-01-27","summary":"
How the law can better protect young people in rapidly evolving online landscapes, including social media restrictions which are now in place, will be explored at an event next month. ","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Law School"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Business-and-law"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Partnerships"}]},{"title":"Comic-book style contracts helping farmers share data","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/farmer-contracts-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/january/comic-book-style-contracts-helping-farmers-share-data","publisheddate":"2026-01-23","summary":"
A new project is creating comic-box-style contracts to enhance clarity, transparency and equity for farmers exchanging data.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Industry"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"Law School"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Business-and-law"},{"title":"Our-community"}]},{"title":"Centres tackling challenges faced by society, environment and industry","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/arc-centres-2025-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/december/centres-tackling-challenges-faced-by-society-environment-and-industry","publisheddate":"2025-12-11","summary":"
New research centres that bring together leading experts to tackle ocean sustainability, transform prisoner reintegration, study human origins, build security and trust in the quantum era and develop renewable fuels have received Federal funding.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Artificial Intelligence"},{"title":"Chemical Engineering"},{"title":"Cyber security"},{"title":"Engineering"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Industry"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Centre for Social Impact"},{"title":"School of Earth Sciences"},{"title":"School of Population and Global Health"},{"title":"Law School"},{"title":"School of Social Sciences"},{"title":"Staff"},{"title":"STEM"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Business-and-law"},{"title":"Engineering and Technology"},{"title":"Partnerships"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"},{"title":"Our-community"}]},{"title":"Can the world prevent a genocide in Sudan?","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/conversation-sudan-card-944x522.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/november/can-the-world-prevent-a-genocide-in-sudan","publisheddate":"2025-11-07","summary":"
Sudan's brutal civil war is escalating into possible genocide as global powers stay silent and atrocities mount across Darfur.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Law School"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"International relations"},{"title":"Policy-and-opinion"}]},{"title":"Why are the ICJ and ICC cases on Israel and Gaza taking so long?","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/gaza-ruins-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/october/why-are-the-icj-and-icc-cases-on-israel-and-gaza-taking-so-long","publisheddate":"2025-10-06","summary":"
In September this year, a UN-backed independent commission of inquiry released a report concluding Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.","sxaTags":[{"title":"International"},{"title":"Law School"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Business-and-law"},{"title":"International relations"}]}]}