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I mean, their porridge is too cold, their chairs are too big, and their beds are too soft. No wonder they’re upset. The post What's With the Political Activists Calling Themselves "Mama Bears"? appeared first on Reason.com. Source link

ROBOTICS OF LAW – As Law.com’s Alaina Lancaster writes in this week’s Barometer newsletter, judges and lawyers are seriously considering which aspects of litigation and adjudication can be effectively handed down to generative AI. But if you’re picturing the machine from Willy Wonka spitting out legal advice and court rulings instead of the precise location of the three … Read more

Last month, Chief Justice Marshall’s opinion in Johnson v. McIntosh turned 200 years old. Most 1Ls read this case in property. In this canonical decision, Marshall explained that European explorers “acquired” land in the Americas pursuant to the discovery doctrine.  Of course, indigenous people already resided on this territory, but those “fierce savages,” as Marshall called them, … Read more

Earlier this week, I wrote about Joan Biskupic’s first article on her new book. Her exclusives were barely there. Biskupic’s second article, however, breaks some news. Now, these reveals are a bit dated, but they do shed some light on the Chief Justice. Let’s flash back to 2017 when two cases that concerned gay rights … Read more

Last week, Legal Speak was live on location at Legalweek 2023 in New York City, where we interviewed professionals from across the legal industry about everything from ChatGPT to how to hire people who care. Experts shared the initiatives they are focused on and how they are seeing the industry evolve. Source link

Last week, Legal Speak was live on location at Legalweek 2023 in New York City, where we interviewed professionals from across the legal industry about everything from ChatGPT to how to hire people who care. Experts shared the initiatives they are focused on and how they are seeing the industry evolve. Source link

A solo practitioner focusing on family law in Maryland has been disbarred after using assigned power of attorney to make cash withdrawals from a client’s trust account, then allegedly misappropriating funds and failing to fully account for $594,247, according to a Maryland Supreme Court opinion. Wendy Barrow Culberson, who was admitted to practice in 1994, has … Read more

See today’s decision by Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell (M.D. Fla.) in Markle v. Markle. There’s a lot going on there, but here is one excerpt. First, one defamatory passage from an Oprah Winfrey interview, with the allegedly defamatory material underlined: Oprah Winfrey: And Samantha Markle, your half-sister on your father’s side, has written a, a supposedly … Read more

The first tweet on May 3, 2018, states: I hate to lose. So I’m gonna go out on a limb here and ask the people of West Virginia to make a wise decision and reject Blankenship! No more fumbles like Alabama. We need to win in November. #wv #wvpol In response, the plaintiff issued a … Read more

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