Apr 20, 2026 from Above the Law Kash Patel’s $250 Million Defamation Lawsuit Looks Better With Beer Goggles The complaint asks the question: Could FBI agents do their jobs if the director was drunk? Not sure Patel is going to like the answer. The post Kash Patel’s $250 Million Defamation Lawsuit Looks Be...
Apr 20, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Court Leaks and Attorney-Journalists The professional-ethics implications of making court confidences public.
Apr 20, 2026 from Above the Law The Shadow Docket Memos Are Damning. So Naturally, The Right Is Talking About The Leak. New York Times reporting reveals the birth of the modern emergency docket was sloppier, more ideologically driven, and less legally rigorous than anyone admitted. The right's response is to demand ...
Apr 20, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Procedural Twist in Kash Patel's Libel Suit Against Substacker Jim Stewartson (Filed in 2023) From today's decision by Chief Judge Andrew Gordon (D. Nev.) in Patel v. Stewartson (for more on the $100K compensatory… The post Procedural Twist in Kash Patel's Libel Suit Against Substacker Jim ...
Apr 20, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Megan Thee Stallion's Request for Anti-"Cyberstalking" Injunction Against Online Defamer Denied as Prior Restraint "Plaintiff is allegedly the target of hurtful, angry, offensive, humiliating, racial, and gender-based hate made in online posts by Defendant's followers. As tempting as it might be to force some c...
Apr 20, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy The Court Has No Interest In Overruling Smith Fulton was the closest we'll get.
Apr 20, 2026 from Above the Law In Biglaw, AI Adoption Is No Longer Optional Thanks to client expectations, firms no longer fear AI hallucinations, they fear falling behind the competition. The post In Biglaw, AI Adoption Is No Longer Optional appeared first on Above the Law.
Apr 20, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Jack Goldsmith on the NYT and the Leaked Supreme Court "Shadow Papers" A critique of the New York Times "unfortunately tendentious reporting about the memoranda."
Apr 20, 2026 from Above the Law The Tart Of The Deal When negotiations recommence, the Iranians might tighten the screws. The post The Tart Of The Deal appeared first on Above the Law.
Apr 20, 2026 from Above the Law The Best Law Schools For Practical Training (2026) Which law schools are offering students the best training opportunities? The post The Best Law Schools For Practical Training (2026) appeared first on Above the Law.
Apr 20, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy "It Will Be Your Name and License on the Line, Not ChatGPT's" A lawyer's duties "do not disappear solely because an attorney chooses to outsource his labor to AI."
Apr 20, 2026 from Above the Law Legal Ethics Roundup: Eastman Disbarred, Sotomayor Apologizes, Ethics Of Cameras In Courtrooms & More Your tour of all things related to lawyer and judicial ethics, with University of Houston law professor Renee Knake Jefferson. The post Legal Ethics Roundup: Eastman Disbarred, Sotomayor Apologizes...
Apr 20, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy "The Biggest Scandal Here Is In Fact the Leaks Themselves" The leak of internal Supreme Court memos could affect how the Court operates.
Apr 20, 2026 from Above the Law Chicago Paid Lawyers Billing 69 Hours In One Day Presumably the city budget office is run by recently graduated frat boys who looked at bills and said, 'Ha ha... 69!' The post Chicago Paid Lawyers Billing 69 Hours In One Day appeared first on Abo...
Apr 20, 2026 from Above the Law Lawyers Using ChatGPT: Let’s Be Careful Many have gotten so used to using these tools for so many things that they aren’t as vigilant as they once were or should be. The post Lawyers Using ChatGPT: Let’s Be Careful appeared first on Abov...
Apr 20, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy An Unusual GVR With Three Dissenting Votes I've seen votes to grant instead of GVR, but I can't recall votes to deny instead of a GVR.
Apr 20, 2026 from Above the Law New Bill Seeks To Lower Out-Of-Pocket Drug Costs Rep. Greg Murphy introduced a bill that would require out-of-pocket prescription drug spending to count toward patients’ deductibles and out-of-pocket maximums regardless of where the drugs are pur...
Apr 20, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Cat out of the Bag? Just Shove It Back in! Apropos the "cat out of the bag" objection to sealing or pseudonymity, I thought I'd note last month's P.F. v.… The post Cat out of the Bag? Just Shove It Back in! appeared first on Reason.com.
Apr 20, 2026 from Above the Law FBI Director Promises To Pound ‘The Atlantic’ Like A Six Pack On A Tuesday MAGA trollsuit lawyer prepares for another round. The post FBI Director Promises To Pound ‘The Atlantic’ Like A Six Pack On A Tuesday appeared first on Above the Law.
Apr 20, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Troubling News for Jews from the Michigan Democratic Party Weeks after a Hezbollah-linked terrorist tried to murder dozens of Jewish children, the party nominates a Hezbollah sympathizer over an incumbent targeted because he's Jewish
