A New Meaning For Civil Procedure: Are Doctors Willing To Break Laws To Help Their Patients?
'Diagnosis? Yeah, you're gonna need to contract a trusts and estates lawyer, missy. That baby's gone leaky.' - A doctor just doing their job
Morning Docket: 08.08.22
* Former Justice Breyer thinks the Rule of Law needs some saving. [Law360.com] * Biglaw's big bucks, while still big, are noticeably less so. [Law.com] * Indiana just put a major abortion ban in place. What now? [NPR] * A success of the #Metoo movement: DC law empowers young adults. [Wa Po] * Thoreau in 2022: Some doctors are deciding Hippocrates may be more important than Dobbs. [The Intercept]
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Takeaways from a Legalweek panel on evolving malpractice risks.
Protesting, Civil Disobedience, And Criminal Law
Civil disobedience is still a crime... and that's the whole point.
A Proud History Of Civil Disobedience
An anniversary for an important civil rights leader.
Muhammad Ali: The Greatest At Civil Disobedience
Maybe it's unfair to expect that any athlete could ever assume Muhammad Ali's mantle.
On Democracy, Gyrocopters, and Looting
This is why people riot.
Legal Is Changing. And NeoSummit Is Where The Future Is Being Built.
Legal and operational leaders are gathering May 6–7 in Fort Lauderdale to confront the questions the industry hasn't answered—with a keynote from Amanda Knox setting the tone.
Whistleblowers And Treasonous Heroes
Some historical perspective on whistleblowers, traitors, and the rule of law.
Occupy Wall Street Showed That Cops Crack Heads First And Let The Courts Ask Questions Later
Occupy Wall Street lawsuits enter their second year.