How Appealing Weekly Roundup
The week in appellate news.
Judge Leans Into The Dystopia Of 2026
Corporations voting? What can possibly go wrong?
What Biglaw Can Learn From Personal Injury Firms
How a former insurance agent built a Houston injury practice around systems, empathy, and disciplined advocacy.
Shia LeBeouf Pleads Guilty To Mardi Gras Battery Charges
I'd say don't make a habit of this, but it is already a little too late for that.
Why Fewer People Are Voting For Judges And Why That Might Be A Good Thing
Fewer people vote in judicial elections for good reason: most voters lack sufficient information about the candidates.
Supreme Court Republicans Refuse To Explain Why Alabama Can Now Use Racist Election Maps (But PLEASE Don’t Think They’re Just Being Political About It)
The shadow docket means never having to say you're basing this on any law.
DOJ Just Got Mossed On ’86 47′ Legal Theory
James Comey's legal team gets a W and they didn't even have to work for it.
Protégé™ In CourtLink® Explains The Whole Case Faster
Designed to reduce manual docket work by prioritizing what litigators need most: on-demand full docket summarization that explains the whole case to date, followed by on-demand document summaries for filing triage, and AI-powered natural language searching for faster search and retrieval.
Legal Ethics Roundup: A Legal Ethics Summer Reading List
Your tour of all things related to lawyer and judicial ethics, with University of Houston law professor Renee Knake Jefferson.
Supreme Court Term Limits Are The Least Dangerous, Most Necessary Reform On The Menu
Life tenure may have been a shield to insulate the Supreme Court from politics, but it's a sword now and it's destroying the Court's legitimacy.
Florida Makes New AI Rule: Check Your Damned Work Or Else!
Speaking truthfully, the new rule shouldn't change anything. It may though.
Amy Coney Barrett Swatting Incident Tests Whether Anyone Cares About Threats To Judges Who Aren’t On SCOTUS
A fake gunshot report at a justice's home is real and serious. So is the avalanche of threats against the lower court judges getting mostly overlooked.
Keeping Law School Accessible When Federal Loans Fall Short
As federal borrowing caps tighten financing options for law students, one organization is stepping in to negotiate the terms they can't secure alone.
How Appealing Weekly Roundup
The week in appellate news.
Sam Alito’s Son Was Quietly Working At Treasury While His Dad Ruled On Trump’s Tariffs
Just add it to Sam Alito's ethics file.
Climate Activist Drag Queen Faces Six-Figure Lawyers’ Fees In IP Battle With Patagonia
This whole thing reads like a creative IP professor's final exam question.
Federal Judge Had Sex In Chambers Bringing New Meaning To Gavel Bang
But the Eleventh Circuit decided against public reprimand.
Supreme Court Tells Meta To Lick Their Lower Court Wounds
*Cries in deliberately addictive algorithm*