The Trump administration returned to the Supreme Court on Thursday afternoon, once again seeking emergency relief from the justices. This time Solicitor General D. John Sauer, asked the court to pause a ruling by a federal district judge in Massachusetts that blocked the Department of Homeland Security from revoking the Biden administration’s grant of parole […]
This week in rejected Black Mirror plots, we had a deceased manslaughter victim reanimated as an AI-generated video to speak at his killer’s sentencing. In a victim impact statement hitherto unprecedented because, you know, THE LAWS OF NATURE, Christopher Pelkey’s likeness and voice presented a script in the first person that his family prepared. Nope. […]
One palpable concern among attendees at this year’s CLOC Global Institute is whether GenAI will take over some of the functions that legal ops professionals currently perform — or diminish the perceived value of their work. I’ve certainly heard similar concerns by other legal professionals at many legal conferences, but here, it feels a little […]
(Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images) There’s a fine line between being passionate fandom and being downright crazy. Filing a federal lawsuit seeking $100 million in punitive damages from the NFL for the emotional distress of watching a favorite player not get drafted in the first round falls on the latter side of that line. A […]
(Image via Getty) Protestors and folks who are generally interested in the State not ejecting people for Thoughtcrime have been following two protestors who were faced with deportation. The first is Mahmoud Khalil. He was detained related to protests he took part in on Columbia’s campus. Shortly after being taken into custody, he was transferred […]
The University of Chicago Law School recently announced that Adam Chilton will become the elite school’s next dean. Chilton currently serves as the Howard G. Krane Professor of Law and Walter Mander Research Scholar at the school, and is due to take on his new role on July 1. Chilton, a graduate of Harvard Law School, […]
“I consider that it would have been negligent for this barrister, if she used AI and did not check it, to put that text into her pleading,” says Mr Justice Ritchie A High Court judge has issued a scathing ruling after multiple fictitious legal authorities were included in court submissions. The case concerned a homeless […]
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursday morning read: Called out by Trump for how he leads the Supreme Court, John Roberts is fine keeping a low profile (Maureen Groppe, USA Today) Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts Sends New Message to Trump […]
Hosanna! The great war with Venezuela is over. Bang those pots! Flip a car! Kiss a random stranger WITH CONSENT! Yesterday, Judge Alvin Hellerstein of the Southern District of New York became the second judge in a week to declare that we are not in a war — declared or otherwise — with Venezuela. Nor […]
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. Each generation of lawyers confronts its great test, and this is ours. We will prevail: the initial capitulation of a few firms to coercive executive orders seems to have inspired far more firms to say “forget that” and sue. A judge has already invalidated […]
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