
Applying Litigation Techniques To Political Debates
There were a ton of evasions at the debate -- on both sides of the aisle.
There were a ton of evasions at the debate -- on both sides of the aisle.
* The lawsuit filed by Harris Faulkner over the Hasbro toy named Harris Faulkner has been settled. [Jezebel] * A look at LGBT claims in state courts. [Lambda Legal] * The NCAA and UCLA are being sued over concussions in college football. [Los Angeles Times] * This is a complete waste of judicial resources. [Slate] * A look at the VP debate live tweets. [Law and More] * Mike Pence's terrible legacy on reproductive freedom. [Salon]
In recent years, AI has moved beyond speculation in the legal industry. What used to be hypothetical is now very real.
* Everyone’s happy about the Dewey & LeBoeuf settlement except the Ad Hoc Committee and its LeBoeuf retirees, who called Judge Martin Glenn’s attempt to slap them down an “insult to injury.” [WSJ Law Blog] * While South Carolina’s voter ID law wasn’t found to be inherently discriminatory, its enforcement was still blocked because people will be unable to get their sh*t together in time for the election. [Bloomberg] * VP debate moderator Martha Raddatz’s 1991 wedding guest list has come under fire because Barack Obama was invited. Clearly there’s a conflict of interest worth arguing about here. [Washington Post] * This man is nobody’s “butt boy”: Tom Keefe, the interim dean over at Saint Louis Law School, will be footing a $14,212 bill for his students in the form of ABA Law Student Division memberships. [National Law Journal] * Strippers in California, Florida, Idaho, Kentucky, Texas, and Nevada will be making it rain, because they just scored a $12.9M class action settlement. That’s a whole lot of “college tuition”! [Courthouse News Service]