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Alito Explained Why He’s Sitting Out on a Case. Just Don’t Get Used to It.
By Vaidehi Mehta, Esq. | Reviewed by Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on
Supreme Court justices don’t typically give the public much of a peek behind the recusal curtain. Usually, a justice simply disappears from a case, and...
Third Circuit Rejects Fair Use Defense in Landmark AI Legal Research Copyright Case
By Kit Yona, M.A. | Reviewed by Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on
The Third Circuit upheld Thomson Reuters’ copyright win, finding that Ross Intelligence’s use of Westlaw headnotes to train a competing AI legal research tool...
Supreme Court Lets Trump’s Voter Database Keep Running for Now
By Vaidehi Mehta, Esq. | Reviewed by Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on
The Supreme Court has temporarily revived the Trump administration’s expanded voter-verification database, allowing federal officials to continue sharing...
10th Circuit Court of Appeals Proposes Rule To Require Certification of Filings Using Artificial Intelligence
By Kit Yona, M.A. | Reviewed by Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit has proposed a rule to address the ever-growing glut of court filings with incorrect or hallucinated case...
Contract Buzz: Sixth Circuit Reversal Highlights Difficulty in Litigation Involving Cannabis
By Kit Yona, M.A. | Reviewed by Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on
A supplier held up its end of a contract, sued after the other party breached, and won a $31.8 million jury verdict. What caused the U.S. Court of Appeals for...
Surrogate Seeks U.S. Supreme Court Stay in Newborn Parentage Dispute
By Kit Yona, M.A. | Reviewed by Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on
No specific federal regulations govern surrogacy. For a case as messy and complicated as this one, having a few in place might have made things...