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(Photographer: Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg) Joe Biden is now — belatedly — on the Supreme Court term limits train. It’s almost embarrassing to approvingly quote The West Wing at this point, but “let’s forget the fact that you’re coming a little late to the party and embrace the fact that you showed up at all,” might be…
(Photo by Jabin Botsford – Pool/Getty Images) John Roberts has a reputation as the center of the Supreme Court. Not just because, as Chief, he literally sits in the middle during arguments. It’s because he found a way to save the Affordable Care Act (on his terms) in 2012 and he famously backed away from…
(Image via Getty) Kraken lawyer Stefanie Lambert is at it again. She already managed to get herself arrested on a state warrant at the conclusion of a hearing in federal court — she was the lawyer in that one. And the Michigan attorney has been working doggedly to top herself ever since. Lambert’s client is…
Do you like prestige? Of course you do. Is there really a law student who doesn’t? That being said, if you’re like the majority of your colleagues and you’d like to embark upon one of the most prestigious career paths available to recent law school graduates, then you’ll probably want to compete for an elite…
While there is a chance that the YSL RICO case achieves normalcy under Judge Whitaker, the prior judges left some messes that still need to be cleaned up. An obvious pile is Judge Kraus’s decision that judges meeting with star witnesses in their private chambers is par for the course. Brian Steel quickly asked for…
Kamala Harris (Photo by NOAH BERGER/AFP/Getty Images) In case you haven’t heard by now, Vice President Kamala Harris is bringing in the big bucks for her Democratic presidential campaign — she’s raised more than $200 million in the first week since she announced her presidential aspirations. It also shouldn’t shock you that Biglaw associates and…
(via Getty Images) “Have you looked into forum non cases from the Eastern District?” Most first pass associate research projects end in some form of this question, sending the junior off on new assignment that wasn’t quite obvious from the initial query but that an attorney with some experience might recognize as fertile research ground….
In its first major pronouncement on the ethics of using generative AI in law practice, the American Bar Association has issued an opinion saying that lawyers need not become experts in the technology, but must have a reasonable understanding of the capabilities and limitations of the specific generative AI technology the lawyer might use. In…
Thomson Reuters recently announced an expanded vision for CoCounsel, its professional-grade GenAI assistant. CoCounsel will unify the entire customer experience and give customers a new way to access Thomson Reuters product capabilities through a single GenAI assistant. Over time CoCounsel will link Thomson Reuters products across its entire portfolio, meaning customers can bring together multiple…
WHAT WE’RE READING By Ellena Erskine on Jul 30, 2024 at 10:29 am Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Tuesday morning read: Recommended Citation: Ellena Erskine, The morning read for Tuesday, July 30, SCOTUSblog (Jul. 30, 2024, 10:29 AM),…