I Did Not Expect Perms To Be Legally Relevant, Yet Here We Are
I pray that counsel referred to relaxers as ‘creamy crack’ at least once in the brief.
Morning Docket: 08.24.22
* The ACLU is fighting an Arizona law that prevents citizens from recording police officers within 8 feet of them. Personally, I hope they win. Harder to turn off iPhones then bodycams. [CNN] * Zuckerberg is no longer party to a Meta antitrust suit. [Axios] * Shortly after being released from prison, he was deported to Cambodia. You think they'd let you enjoy society for a bit after you paid your debt to it, yeah? [SF Chronicle] * This drug pricing law could be a poison pill for cancer research. [Axios] * Pay up!: Firm wants Ghislaine Maxwell to cover her $878k tab. [Denver Post]
Meet Me At ILTACON: Opus 2 And AI Workbench
Swing by Booth 800 for a look at the latest in AI-powered case management.
The Dobbs Ruling Just Made It Even Harder To Fight Cancer In States Like Missouri
It'll really hit the fan once lawmakers find out high fructose corn syrup consumption can lead to low infant birth weights.
Been Looking For A Mix Of Law And Finance That Isn’t Compliance?
The closest thing we have to universal healthcare... for now.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Is Cancer Free
Good news!
Recent Law School Graduates Get Married After Surviving Cancer Together
They've already had more than their fair share of the 'in sickness' part of their relationship.
Reasoning, Tool Calling, And Agentic Systems In Legal LLMs
Domain-specific AI provides accuracy and reliable legal reasoning.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Isn’t Going To Let A Little Thing Like Pancreatic Cancer Slow Her Down
The Notorious One is looking good n her first public appearance since the pancreatic cancer announcement.
Law School Dean’s Breast Cancer Diagnosis Has Changed Her Worldview
Always be sure to support your friends and colleagues in their time of need. #LidskyStrong
Lawyer Allegedly Fakes Cancer To Get Into Law School, Delay Cases
Got a lower LSAT score than you would've liked? Blame cancer.
Should Chemo Be Enough To Earn A Filing Extension? It Wasn’t In This Court!
Cancer can't overcome a federal judge.
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg Proves She’s A Badass, Does Her Job From The Hospital
Cancer doesn't make RBG miss a beat.
Addiction Secrets And Colon Cancer Killed My Friend
Courage is finding that one moment to tell someone who can help versus someone who wants to be part of your secret.
The Fight To Claim A Cure
When the underlying technology is so potentially valuable, companies will go to war on multiple fronts.
Could Your Sperm Cure Cancer For Lucky Recipient Women?
This promising potential treatment does raise some possible legal issues.
Morning Docket: 02.26.16
* Given the unusually "circus-like atmosphere" surrounding the Supreme Court confirmation process, anyone who is nominated to fill Justice Antonin Scalia's seat must "have the backbone to take the risk of being out there in front of the recalcitrant Senate." Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval apparently didn't have the testicular fortitude necessary for the challenging endeavor. [WSJ Law Blog] * President Obama nominated Judge Lucy Koh (N.D. Cal.), the queen of Silicon Valley tech-industry and patent litigation, to the Ninth Circuit. Consider what's likely to be her difficult confirmation a preview to the politically divisive process of getting Justice Scalia's replacement a meeting before the Senate. [San Jose Mercury News] * Of the current justices, Elena Kagan is the only one who has experienced the fallout of an eight-member Supreme Court. She clerked for Justice Thurgood Marshall when there was an almost eight-month vacancy on the Court, and may have learned how to avoid 4-4 decisions from Chief Justice William Rehnquist. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg] * Apple wants to vacate an order compelling the tech giant to help the FBI unlock one of the San Bernadino shooter's iPhones, noting "[i]f this order is permitted to stand, it will only be a matter of days before some other prosecutor, in some other important case, before some other judge, seeks a similar order using this case as precedent." [The Hill] * Johnson & Johnson may have suffered a $72 million blow in its loss in a case alleging links between talcum powder and ovarian cancer, but it doesn't necessarily mean that other plaintiffs will come away from their talc-cancer cases with windfalls quite as large. They'll still have to convince a jury that J&J's products caused their illness. [Reuters]