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ICE at the World Cup: DHS Chief Details How Federal Agencies Will Operate
By Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on June 3, 2026
Many soccer fans, international visitors, and immigrants have spent months wondering whether U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement — better known as ICE — will be present during the 2026 FIFA…
What To Know About Plain View Doctrine for Car Searches
By Kit Yona, M.A. | Last updated on June 3, 2026
While not as strong as those you have for your home, the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution offers protections against illegal searches and seizures of your motor vehicle by…
Disney Hit With a $5 Million Class Action Lawsuit Over the Use of Facial Recognition Technology
By Carolyn Hansen, J.D. | Last updated on May 26, 2026
Is it really the “happiest place on Earth”? A new proposed class action lawsuit accuses the Walt Disney Company of violating privacy, unfair competition, and consumer protection laws by using…
What To Know About Plain View Doctrine for Car Searches
By Kit Yona, M.A. | Last updated on June 3, 2026
While not as strong as those you have for your home, the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution offers protections against illegal searches and seizures of your motor vehicle by…
Florida Cop’s Texting Case Doesn’t Hold Up
By Kit Yona, M.A. | Last updated on May 29, 2026
A traffic citation for what could be described as an “Immaculate Text” has ended — but not until after going viral. In what feels like a strong candidate for an…
New Limits on Status Adjustments, Asylum Fraud Crackdowns, and Banking Scrutiny for Immigrants
By Mariana Petersen, J.D. | Last updated on May 29, 2026
A few notable recent immigration memorandums and an executive order could directly impact numerous immigrants in the U.S. The past two weeks have brought a wave of measures directly impacting…
Disney Hit With a $5 Million Class Action Lawsuit Over the Use of Facial Recognition Technology
By Carolyn Hansen, J.D. | Last updated on May 26, 2026
Is it really the “happiest place on Earth”? A new proposed class action lawsuit accuses the Walt Disney Company of violating privacy, unfair competition, and consumer protection laws by using…
Minnesota Lawmakers and Federal Government Square Off Over Legality of Prediction Markets
By Kit Yona, M.A. | Last updated on May 21, 2026
A new legal battle is taking shape between Minnesota lawmakers and the federal government, with potentially significant implications for prediction markets. At the center is SF 4760, a bipartisan bill…
Jury Finds Elon Musk Waited Too Long to Sue OpenAI
By J.P. Finet, J.D. | Last updated on May 20, 2026
After hearing three weeks of testimony, it took a jury two hours to find Elon Musk waited too long before suing OpenAI over its transition from a nonprofit to a…
ICE at the World Cup: DHS Chief Details How Federal Agencies Will Operate
By Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on June 3, 2026
Many soccer fans, international visitors, and immigrants have spent months wondering whether U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement — better known as ICE — will be present during the 2026 FIFA…
Cybertrucks Can’t Swim. His Arrest Shows What Happens if You Try.
By Amy O'Neal, J.D. | Last updated on May 26, 2026
In the 1960s, the Amphicar briefly appeared on the market: a car-boat that could drive directly offshore from the road. Despite its smart tail-fin styling, the Amphicar had all the…
Squabbling College Athletic Conferences Reach Agreement in Principle To Pac(k) It In
By Kit Yona, M.A. | Last updated on May 22, 2026
Despite not requiring the matter to be settled by a fight to the death between mascots (Huskies versus Bulldogs? Aztecs against Rainbow Warriors? Big Blue and the Bison?), the Pac-12…
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SCOTUS Re‑Draws the Line Between Habeas and Compassionate Release
By Vaidehi Mehta, Esq. | Last updated on June 3, 2026
When federal prisoners ask courts to revisit old convictions, the first question is not just who is right, but which statute they are allowed to use. A recent Supreme Court…
The Law Firm Turning Its Partners Into Chatbots
By Vaidehi Mehta, Esq. | Last updated on June 1, 2026
A growing number of law firms are moving past off-the-shelf AI tools and into something closer to ownership: proprietary systems trained on their own lawyers. By collaborating with tech companies…
AI Use Is About to Be Banned at UC Berkeley Law
By Carolyn Hansen, J.D. | Last updated on June 1, 2026
Effective summer 2026, law students at the University of California Berkeley will no longer be allowed to use AI for most class assignments and exams. That’s because their professors kept…
The Law Firm Turning Its Partners Into Chatbots
By Vaidehi Mehta, Esq. | Last updated on June 1, 2026
A growing number of law firms are moving past off-the-shelf AI tools and into something closer to ownership: proprietary systems trained on their own lawyers. By collaborating with tech companies…
AI Use Is About to Be Banned at UC Berkeley Law
By Carolyn Hansen, J.D. | Last updated on June 1, 2026
Effective summer 2026, law students at the University of California Berkeley will no longer be allowed to use AI for most class assignments and exams. That’s because their professors kept…
Lateral Hires Overtake New Law Graduates in BigLaw Recruiting
By Vaidehi Mehta, Esq. | Last updated on May 29, 2026
For the first time in recent memory, U.S. law firms are bringing in more attorneys with prior practice experience than graduates straight from law school. What’s more, recent hiring data…
SCOTUS Re‑Draws the Line Between Habeas and Compassionate Release
By Vaidehi Mehta, Esq. | Last updated on June 3, 2026
When federal prisoners ask courts to revisit old convictions, the first question is not just who is right, but which statute they are allowed to use. A recent Supreme Court…
Is Your Voiceprint Protected? Amazon’s Biometric Privacy Battle in Illinois
By Vaidehi Mehta, Esq. | Last updated on May 29, 2026
“This call may be monitored for quality and security purposes.” It’s a pretty commonplace line for companies to use, but behind that canned line lies a complex legal question: when…
SCOTUS: Immigration Judges Must Use Admin Process for Free Speech Claims
By Kit Yona, M.A. | Last updated on May 29, 2026
Those who interpret the law are also subject to it. A group of immigration judges seeking to have a district court rule on their claims of violations of their First…
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