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Peanut the squirrel would be so disappointed.
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This case has experienced a rocky road -- but one with a happy ending for parents using assisted reproduction, even without a genetic connection.
Turns Out ‘No Thank You’ Might Not Be Enough To Escape Civil Liability Anymore
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How LexisNexis State Net Uses Gen AI To Tame Gov’t Data
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Coincidence? I Think Not! Experienced Attorney Learns The Costs of Plagiarism
Really? You copied the typos, too? Come on now.
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Morning Docket: 04.26.22
* Unholy inequality: PA school faces discrimination lawsuit for not allowing Satanists to set up an after-school club. What would Jesus do? [Global News] * A Whole New World: Texas judge invites Disney to relocate. [WFLA] * Question: Will SCOTUS be as deferential to Biden on immigration as they've been to Trump? Magic 8-Ball says not likely. [NPR] * A swing and a miss: Golf course hit with $5M verdict after hitting the same house over 600 times! I thought four was the limit. [NBC News] * New hope for a Texas death row inmate accused of killing her daughter. [PBS]
Humans in the Loop: The People Powering Trusted Legal AI
As the use of artificial intelligence permeates legal practice, a critical question confronts every legal professional who uses these tools: Can I trust this?
Morning Docket: 02.08.22
* Scaredy cats in Cali decide to not use the mountain lion excuse for not wanting poor people living next to them. [Fox] * Legislators! Mount up: Pennsylvania is figuring out how to regulate legal weed. [WFMZ] * All Dogs Go to Hospital: Massachusetts law now lets K-9s in need of medical aid ride in an ambulance. [Boston] * Kansas City is cracking down on human trafficking. Good on them. [Fox 4 KC] * We all know its LSAT über alles, but have you wondered where the GRE will fit in? [Law.com]
Morning Docket: 12.31.21 – The Finale
* Lifestyles of the Rich and the Armed — they've got mansions and you ought not rob them. [Daily Caller] * Colorado Governor pardons a grip of folks convicted of weed possession. We should have legalized and decrim'd blunts years ago, but a start is a start. [The Denver Post] * US-Russia relations may sour if Biden keeps up the Ukraine-based sanctioning. I was expecting chilly weather from the end of December, not the threat of a cold war! [Business Insider] * Tesla issued a vehicle recall due to camera and trunk issues. I wonder: Do the cars have to be recharged upon return? [The Guardian] * Pennsylvania's Supreme Court says smelling weed isn't enough for cops to search your car. Jury might still be out on a pair of furry dice dangling from your rearview though. [Pittsburgh City Paper]
PA Judge Dinged By State Bar For Filthy Ad Campaign
Not exactly a credit to the profession.
Morning Docket: 06.03.21
* George P. Bush is launching a run to be the Attorney General of Texas. Maybe someday, Oliver Stone will make a movie about him called "P."... [CNN] * Derek Chauvin's lawyer is requesting that his client only be sentenced to probation and time served for Chauvin's involvement in the death of George Floyd. [Insider] * The District Attorney in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, is allegedly no longer allowing plea deals with a lawyer who called out systematic racism in the local criminal justice system. [CBS News] * A lawyer claims that coaches forced a high school football player to consume a pepperoni pizza even though they knew he did not eat pork. [New York Times] * A Republican Congressman is reportedly ducking service of process for a lawsuit related to the January 6th Capitol riot. [CBS News] * The Missouri Supreme Court has ruled that a $3 fee to pay for a sheriff's retirement fund was unconstitutional. Think of what the Party Planning Committee could have done with that money... [Fox News]
Morning Docket: 06.01.21
* A Michigan lawyer, who allegedly gave his adversary the middle finger during a virtual court hearing, has purportedly been fined $3,000. That's one expensive bird... [Detroit Free Press] * Unvaccinated workers at a Houston hospital are suing over their employer's vaccination mandate. [Washington Post] * A Philadelphia-area attorney passed away last week hours after he was pulled from a bay in Longport, New Jersey. [Fox News] * Johnson & Johnson is asking the Supreme Court to hear an ovarian cancer case that resulted in a $2 billion judgment against the company. [NBC News] * A retired attorney is now the oldest person to have scaled Mount Everest. [Chicago Tribune]