The Evidence Record
- Larry Fink’s 2020 Letter to CEOs: A Fundamental Reshaping of Finance
Document · 2020
Laurence D. Fink / BlackRock
The letter calls climate change a defining factor in long-term prospects and puts sustainability at the center of BlackRock’s investment approach. It also expressly distinguishes client…
- Larry Fink’s 2023 Annual Chairman’s Letter
Document · 2023
Laurence D. Fink / BlackRock
The 2023 letter continues climate-risk language. It does not itself contain the later “weaponized” remark, so it does not establish a wholesale repudiation of ESG or…
- Lassiter v. Department of Social Services, 452 U.S. 18
Court Filing · 1981
Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court held that the Constitution does not guarantee a lawyer to every parent facing termination of parental rights; courts decide case by case. Many…
- Late Rapper FBG Duck’s Mother Sues Lil Durk for Deadly 2020 Shooting
News Report · 2024
Block Club Chicago
Block Club Chicago, October 2024: FBG Duck's mother sued Lil Durk and record companies, claiming they fueled and profited from violent drill music. Lawsuit allegations.
- Law Enforcement Use of Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR) Update (Chapter 720, 2025)
Government Record · 2026
Virginia State Crime Commission
Virginia State Crime Commission's 2026 report on the state's new plate reader law: 21-day purge, use limits, and incomplete agency compliance. VDOT issued 215 permits after…
- Law360: Texas Supreme Court Rejects Sandy Hook Families Infowars Appeal (2026)
News Report · 2026
Law360
Law360, September 2026: reports the Texas Supreme Court left in place orders blocking a receiver from taking over Infowars and leasing its intellectual property to The…
- Lawyers for Epstein Associate Jean-Luc Brunel Demand Probe Into His Death (2024)
News Report · 2024
RFI / AFP
RFI, January 2024: Jean-Luc Brunel was found hanged in his Paris prison cell in February 2022 before trial. His lawyers demanded an inquiry into failures by…
- Lawyers say settlement reached in Virginia Giuffre’s lawsuit against Prince Andrew
News Report · 2022
Associated Press / PBS NewsHour
AP, February 2022: Giuffre and Prince Andrew reached an out-of-court settlement with an undisclosed amount, including a donation to her victims' charity. Andrew did not admit…
- Leading Law Firms Partner to Achieve a Landmark Victory: $485 Million Verdict
Document · 2023
Law firms' case release
The plaintiffs' lawyers' release on the $485 million New Mexico foster care verdict, identifying the case (D-117-CV-2019-00136, Rio Arriba County).
- Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, Section 33(a) (2011)
Government Record · 2011
Congress of the United States
Federal law since 2011: "no patent may issue on a claim directed to or encompassing a human organism."
- Leaked TikTok Moderation Rules: Deleted, Visible to Self, Not for Feed (2019)
News Report · 2019
MIT Technology Review
MIT Technology Review, November 2019: leaked TikTok moderation rules sorted content into "deleted," "visible to self," "not recommended" and "not for feed," meaning posts could be…
- Learned Helplessness at Fifty: Insights from Neuroscience
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2016
Steven F. Maier and Martin E. P. Seligman
The review rejects the original claim that passivity itself is learned. It instead describes passivity as the unlearned default response and learning control as the process…
- Learning from 9/11: Understanding the Collapse of the World Trade Center — House Committee on Science Hearing
Transcript
U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Science
Full transcript of the March 6, 2002 hearing before the House Committee on Science, Serial No. 107-46, published in two volumes. Contains Chairman Sherwood Boehlert’s opening…
- Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump (2026): Supreme Court Ruling on IEEPA Tariffs
Court Filing · 2026
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court, February 20, 2026: the emergency powers law (IEEPA) does not let the President impose tariffs. The steel, aluminum and China tariffs under other laws…
- Leave the World Behind: Release Date, Photos and Cast
Document · 2023
Netflix Tudum
Netflix: Leave the World Behind was executive produced by the Obamas' company, Higher Ground.
- Leaving the Door Wide Open: Flock Surveillance Systems Expose Washington Data to Immigration Enforcement
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2025
University of Washington Center for Human Rights
University of Washington Center for Human Rights report: public records from 31 Washington agencies show Border Patrol searched the data of at least ten departments that…
- Lee Schmidt v. City of Norfolk, No. 26-1227, appellate docket
Court Filing · 2026
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Fourth Circuit docket for the Schmidt appeal, pending as of October 2026.
- Legacy Securities Public-Private Investment Program: Program Update, Quarter Ended December 31, 2012
Government Record · 2013
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Treasury's thirteenth quarterly PPIP report lists Blackrock PPIF's inception (October 16, 2009) and investment-period end (October 2, 2012) and reports a 93.9 percent net cumulative return…
- Legates et al.: Climate Consensus and Misinformation, A Rejoinder (2015)
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2015
David R. Legates et al.
Legates et al., Science and Education, 2015: a peer-reviewed critique finding only 0.3% of abstracts said most warming since 1950 was human-caused, using a stricter question…
- Leonard v. Texas: Statement of Justice Thomas respecting denial of certiorari
Court Filing · 2017
Supreme Court of the United States
Justice Thomas criticized modern forfeiture practice while respecting a certiorari denial. The statement is not a majority merits holding.
- Les Wexner: Letter from Les (2019)
Document · 2019
Leslie H. Wexner
Les Wexner's 2019 letter: he says Epstein misappropriated vast sums from him and his family and some was recovered. Wexner's own account, not a court finding.
- Lessons from the Judas Priest Subliminal Message Trial (1996)
Peer-Reviewed Study · 1996
Timothy E. Moore
A defense expert's account of the 1990 Judas Priest trial over alleged hidden messages linked to two young men's suicide attempts: the judge ruled the science…
- Let the Beat Go On: Whitney Houston, Morals Clauses, and Better Ideas for Intervention
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2012
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment Law Journal
Fordham law journal commentary, 2012: discusses morals clauses in recording contracts after Whitney Houston's death.
- Letter from Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis to Damien Carême, MEP, Ares(2020)s-2804840
Government Record · 2020
European Commission
Details the ESG-banking study procurement: nine offers, price-quality criteria, BlackRock’s €280,000 price versus a €550,000 maximum, award on February 6 and signature March 2, 2020.