A TikTok Ban Is A Pointless Political Turd For Democrats
From the election-season-seppuku dept.
Blaming Law Students For A ‘Free Speech Crisis’ Is Dangerous
Blaming students is cheap and also usually wrong.
Schenck Price Competes Smarter With Lexis+ With Protégé
LexisNexis sat down with John Ursin, Managing Partner at Schenck Price, to learn how the firm is using legal AI to strengthen client service and daily legal work.
Ron DeSantis Trades Getting Butt Kicked By Trump For Getting Butt Kicked By Trump Judges
Just a never-ending cycle of losing!
Unfortunately, Clarence Thomas Made A Great Point About Campus Free Speech
My heart is broken.
Lawyer Loses Case Over Mean Tweets
Maybe he could've found another fake case to support his cause.
ABA’s New Law School Free Speech Requirement Just Makes Everything Worse
The ABA's new accreditation requirement doesn't live in a vacuum.
AI Is Killing Legal’s Billable Hour. It’s Also Repeating Its Worst Mistake
Law firms and legal departments are writing the future of the profession in separate rooms. What happens when they actually work together?
Biglaw Firms Tell Law Schools To ‘Pls Hndle Thx’ Antisemitism
Law firms could've publicly informed law students where they draw the line. They decided to fire off a superficial letter blaming law school deans instead.
Does The Constitution Let Ron DeSantis Block Me On Twitter? Or Mike Johnson? Or…
The list really does go on.
DeSantis Cares More About Popularity Than The First Amendment
Free speech should not look like kicking Palestinians off campus.
Elon Musk Sustains Commitment To Free Speech By Firing Any Employee That Speaks Against Him
Remember when he lost a popularity vote and said he'd stop Tweeting and leave? If only.
AI Is Reshaping Legal Practice—But Tools Aren’t The Real Differentiator.
Explore the mindset, cultural shifts, and training strategies that define the AI‑savvy lawyer, revealing why human judgment, standardized competence, and integrated learning—not technology alone—will shape the future of the profession.
Texas Surprises And Sides With The First Amendment
Good job, Texas!
Delaware State Police Pay $50,000 To Man Troopers Ticketed For Flipping Them Off
From the no-problem,-the-taxpayers-are-good-for-it dept.
Public School Coach Forgot How The First Amendment Works. 6th Circuit Is Happy To Remind Him
Understandable mistake after Bremerton.
Morning Docket: 08.16.23
* Judge Edith Jones writes a letter to the Wall Street Journal blasting the Federal Circuit's actions to sideline Judge Pauline Newman. [Wall Street Journal] * Blind Side subject Michael Oher has filed to end the conservatorship of the couple he lived with. Oher alleges that he believed he was being adopted when in reality he handed over substantial financial rights and no one checked for almost two decades. [Bloomberg Law News] * Black lawyer says he was handcuffed while a judge ordered him to produce documents or settle the case. [ABA Journal] * Lawsuit claims that state law illegally favors Iowa wineries. In other news, Iowa has wineries. [DMR] * Class action suits filed against Hawaiian utility companies over fires. [Law.com] * ABA considering rule requiring law schools to adopt written free speech policies. No way this just turns into a cudgel for powerful interests to squelch protest under the moniker of "free speech." Yep, no way at all! [Reuters] * Former FBI agent admits taking cash from sanctioned Russian oligarchs. [Law360]
Elon ‘Free Speech Absolutist’ Musk Threatens To Sue Nonprofit For Pointing Out He Seems To Like Hate Speech
He's about as good at free speech as he is with rockets.