Mar 13, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy The First Opinion From Justice Hawkins on the Supreme Court of Texas "Is a holiday-themed community footrace 'recreation'?"
Mar 13, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Yet Again with the Heckler's Veto in a Government Employee Speech Case From Judge Glen Davidson's opinion Wednesday in Stokes v. Boyce (N.D. Miss.): On September 10, 2025, well-known podcaster Charlie Kirk… The post Yet Again with the Heckler's Veto in a Government Em...
Mar 13, 2026 from Above the Law How Appealing Weekly Roundup The week in appellate news. The post How Appealing Weekly Roundup appeared first on Above the Law.
Mar 13, 2026 from Above the Law Morning Docket: 03.13.26 * CFTC considers prediction market regulation. "CFTC failing" already a solid bet. [Law360] * Government says tariff refund system 40 percent to 80 percent complete which is... quite the spread. Al...
Mar 13, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Background Check's Reporting Expunged Conviction Isn't Defamation or Fair Credit Reporting Act Violation From Smith v. InformData, LLC, decided Wednesday by Judge Rossie Alston (E.D. Va.): Plaintiff Harry Smith filed suit for alleged… The post Background Check's Reporting Expunged Conviction Isn't Def...
Mar 13, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Who's Being Pornographic Here? (And Were Pornography Allegations Related to School Library Book Reading Defamatory?) From yesterday's opinion in Wilburn v. Guthrie by the Colorado Court of Appeals (Judge Karl Schock, joined by Judges Matthew… The post Who's Being Pornographic Here? (And Were Pornography Allegatio...
Mar 13, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Firing Government DEI Executive Didn't Violate First Amendment From Judge Dabney Friedrich (D.D.C.) Wednesday in Jewell v. Jagadesan, which generally seems correct to me: In December 2022, Jewell… The post Firing Government DEI Executive Didn't Violate First A...
Mar 13, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Today in Supreme Court History: March 13, 1963 3/13/1963: Ernesto Miranda is arrested. The post Today in Supreme Court History: March 13, 1963 appeared first on Reason.com.
Mar 13, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Judge VanDyke: "This is a case about swinging dicks." 30 members of the Ninth Circuit write to disagree.
Mar 12, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Is Judge Pauline Newman Entitled to Her Day in Court? Her cert petition to the Supreme Court presents the important jurisdictional question of whether the Judicial Disability Act bars all judicial review of a decision by her fellow judges to remove he...
Mar 12, 2026 from Above the Law Another Nonequity Tier Debut! — See Also Sidley Austin Takes The Nonequity Plunge: Welcome to the fold, "Partner"! DLA Piper Abandons The Verein Structure: Will other firms adopt the move? From Calling It Quits To Running For Office!: For...
Mar 12, 2026 from Above the Law This Law School’s Graduates Are Kicking Ass At The Bar Exam Impressive performance. The post This Law School’s Graduates Are Kicking Ass At The Bar Exam appeared first on Above the Law.
Mar 12, 2026 from Above the Law Bot’s Not Nice Exhausted, overwhelmed, and frustrated is the new bewitched, bothered, and bewildered. The post Bot’s Not Nice appeared first on Above the Law.
Mar 12, 2026 from Above the Law AI Legal Research Startup Descrybe Launches ‘Legal Reasoning’ Tool; Says It Outperforms ChatGPT, Claude, And Gemini On Bar Exam Benchmark DescrybeLM answered all 200 bar exam questions correctly. The general-purpose models each missed between 13 and 23 questions. The post AI Legal Research Startup Descrybe Launches ‘Legal Reasoning’ ...
Mar 12, 2026 from Above the Law Costco Member Starts Class Action To Make Sure Customers Get Their Share Of Tariff Refunds Gotta fight for those savings! The post Costco Member Starts Class Action To Make Sure Customers Get Their Share Of Tariff Refunds appeared first on Above the Law.
Mar 12, 2026 from Above the Law Why Wasn’t Biglaw Ready For The Epstein Files ‘Bomb’ To Drop? PR professionals say firms had years to prepare for fallout tied to Jeffrey Epstein -- yet some still seemed caught off guard. The post Why Wasn’t Biglaw Ready For The Epstein Files ‘Bomb’ To Drop?...
Mar 12, 2026 from Above the Law Top Biglaw Firm Debuts Nonequity Partnership Tier, Moving Goalposts Just A Bit Further Associates who thought equity was the next stop are discovering there’s now another pit stop along the way. The post Top Biglaw Firm Debuts Nonequity Partnership Tier, Moving Goalposts Just A Bit F...
Mar 12, 2026 from Above the Law Legalweek’s Annual Judicial Panel: A Clear And Present Danger To Our Judges — And The Rule Of Law We need to push back on statements by politicians and others denigrating our judges. The post Legalweek’s Annual Judicial Panel: A Clear And Present Danger To Our Judges — And The Rule Of Law appea...
Mar 12, 2026 from Above the Law Global Biglaw Shakeup: Top Firm Eyes Unified Profit Pool This is a major structural shift for one of the world’s largest and most profitable law firms. The post Global Biglaw Shakeup: Top Firm Eyes Unified Profit Pool appeared first on Above the Law.
