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WHAT WE’RE READING By Ellena Erskine on Aug 16, 2024 at 11:02 am Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read: Recommended Citation: Ellena Erskine, The morning read for Friday, August 16, SCOTUSblog (Aug. 16, 2024, 11:02 AM),…
(Image via Getty) Ed. Note: A weekly roundup of just a few items from Howard Bashman’s How Appealing blog, the Web’s first blog devoted to appellate litigation. Check out these stories and more at How Appealing. “What can be done about this Supreme Court’s very worst decisions? It is important to hang onto grudges against…
(Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) You may recall that RFK Jr.’s nonsense-peddling anti-vax organization “Children’s Health Defense” (CHD) sued Meta back in 2020 for the apparent crime of fact-checking and limiting the reach of the anti-vax nonsense it posted. Three years ago, the case was tossed out of court (easily) with the court pointing out that Meta is (*gasp*) a private…
Local news became national news this week when a man serving life imprisonment for the murder of a one-year-old child on Christmas escaped from custody. According to the AP, 30-year-old Ramone Alston was able to free himself from leg restraints and run into the woods as his van arrived at a UNC hospital in Hillsborough,…
* Texas AG Ken Paxton will supposedly work at a food bank as part of a plea deal in his fraud case. [Houston Chronicle] * Clients lament learning about rate hikes through letters or ebilling platforms without the courtesy of a private phone conversation. Welcome to “how everyone else in the world gets treated.” [American…
Prompt communication is a hallmark of a good law practice. Often clients aren’t able to judge the quality of your lawyering or possess a great sense of precisely where their outcome ranks on a scale from okay to exceptional. But they know if you’re available when they need you and how long you took to…
You signed up for streaming, right? (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) The Disney+ To Forced Arbitration If We Kill You Pipeline Has A Few Holes: Our resident Disney Adult rips into how bad of a response this was. What’s With Handcuffing Kids?: Judges need a better way of ordering their courtrooms. Who Knew Ass Kissing…
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Hard to have order in the court when hackers go rogue. The increased ease of access that online court offers is a double-edged sword — we wouldn’t have the phenomenal video of someone proving they drove without a license otherwise, but it would also be easier to keep nuisances out of the courtroom if everyone…
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to Wells Fargo’s Legal Specialty Group, in the first quarter of 2024, how much were average standard billing rates up year-over-year? Hint: The Am Law ranking (by revenue), tracks the size of firms’ rate increases. The Am Law 50 is leading the…