Supreme Court Waking Up To Its Bruen Hangover, Rules Domestic Abusers Probably Shouldn’t Have Guns
Clarence Thomas is the only one who really believes his own Second Amendment precedent.
Clarence Thomas Rejects Bump Stock Ban After Praising Skill Involved In Mass Shooting
Somehow, Thomas penning a love letter to the 'balancing act' involved in drawing automatic performance from a rifle wasn't the weirdest part.
LexisNexis Practical Guidance Rolls Out Dedicated Practice Area for AI & Technology
The new generation of AI-related legal issues are inherently cross-disciplinary, implicating corporate law, intellectual property, data privacy, employment, corporate governance and regulatory compliance.
Texas ADA Arrested After Allegedly Threatening To Shoot Roommate Following Porn-Streaming Dispute
This is one of the more embarrassing ways for an attorney to face the prospect of losing their job.
Hunter Biden Convicted
OH, THANK GOD! OUR NATION'S LONG NATIONAL NIGHTMARE IS OVER!
On Gun Control And Defensive Gun Use
No one's counting the number of times that merely displaying a gun resolves a conflict.
As A Convicted Felon, Donald Trump Cannot Possess Firearms, But No One Will Likely Enforce This Gun Ban
Assuming Trump was not lying about owning guns in the first place so as to please easily duped NRA members, as a convicted felon he must surrender his firearms.
What Even Is AI ‘Competence’? It Depends.
Takeaways from a Legalweek panel on evolving malpractice risks.
Prosecution Accuses ‘Rust’ Defense Gun Expert Of Pointing Gun At Judge
Tense moment in the courtroom.
Judge With An Itchy Trigger Finger Arrested For Shooting Ex In The Head
This isn't the first time the judge has appeared in the pages of Above the Law.
Mom Held Responsible In Deaths Caused By Son
When do the often-common stereotypes of just-being-a-teen cross into mental illness?
Jonathan Turley Says He Was Swatted, Offers Thoughts And Prayers For Himself
Even when Turley is legitimately victimized, he can't bring himself to alienate himself from his new gravy train.
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.
Judge James Ho Uses Fifth Circuit Decision To Audition For Supreme Court. Again.
Lose gracefully? Nah...
Prime Suspect In Murder Of Judge Found Dead
His body was found in a wooded area.
Morning Docket: 09.13.23
* Sam Bankman-Fried denied pre-trial release after arguing that his alleged witness tampering, not unlike the value of cryptocurrency, wasn't what it looked like on paper. [Reuters] * After opening door a crack to allow some transparency in proceedings during the pandemic, the federal courts look to curtail live audio access. [Law360] * Lawyer informs Texas Senate that Ken Paxton approved every bit of investigation at heart of impeachment. [Texas Tribune] * Trial to begin to decide constitutionality of "America's most extreme gun control law." The law just requires gun owners to get a permit and bans magazines over 10 rounds. Again, this is what passes for the "most extreme" law in the country. [Fox News] * Gibson Dunn alters diversity scholarship criteria as activists ramp up threats to sue law firms for pursuing initiatives to make the profession less white. [Bloomberg Law News] * Meanwhile, two law schools are back in compliance with ABA accreditors after improving faculty diversity and likely putting them out of compliance with these litigious activists (Another law school is back in compliance after improving its finances... which is less controversial). [Law.com] * Governor asks to change state's public records law to keep her travel under wraps. [ABC]
Morning Docket: 08.31.23
* Ron DeSantis rammed through massive tort reform in December to the delight of Florida residents who barely understand torts. They're about to find out what it all means when insurance companies refuse to pay up for Idalia. [Mother Jones] * Remember the Second Amendment exists to protect your right to hide guns in your belly fat. [People] * NY AG says Trump overinflated his net worth by upwards of $2.2 billion in a shock to absolutely no one. [CNN] * Texas GOP's "Death Star" legislation, designed to give the state legislature the power to strike down local laws and ordinances destroyed like all Death Stars because of tiny, yet fatal, flaw. In this case it's because it's entirely unconstitutional. Wow... that's much bigger than the womp rats I used to target in my T-16 back home. [Law360] * Alex Murdaugh loses phone privileges. [NY Post] * Squire Patton Boggs partner set to take break from violent, rough and tumble Biglaw world to referee Rugby World Cup. [LegalCheek] * In new phase of Hollywood strike, workers have filed comments with the FTC asking it to probe industry consolidation. And while fair compensation is a great reason to break up Hollywood, at least someone has to be mad about WarnerBrosDiscovery doing... any of the things it's done. [Bloomberg Law News]
After Career Of Holding Others Accountable, Judge Evades The Judicial Qualifications Commission
Fine line between surrender and victory.