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New Ethics Guidance on When Judges Can (and Can’t) Publicly Defend the Rule of Law
By Vaidehi Mehta, Esq. | Reviewed by Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on
In his 2024 Year-End Report, Chief Justice John Roberts warned that the rule of law is threatened by four types of “illegitimate” activity: violence against...
Louisiana Murder Trial Tossed Because of Juror’s Travel Plans
By Natalie Moritz | Reviewed by Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on
Most often, an appeals court may overturn a murder conviction for insufficient evidence, ineffective counsel, or prosecutorial misconduct. But an Alexandria,...
FTC Warns Law Firms that DEI Certification Program May Be Anticompetitive
By J.P. Finet, J.D. | Reviewed by Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has sent warning letters to 42 law firms claiming their participation in a diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)...
OpenAI Amends Usage Policies To Include Human Review Requirement for Legal Advice
By Kit Yona, M.A. | Reviewed by Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on
Everyone is still trying to figure out what artificial intelligence (AI) can and can’t do. Whether large language models (LLMs) like Gemini and ChatGPT will...
Murder Conviction Tossed After Misconduct by California Supreme Court Judge
By Kit Yona, M.A. | Reviewed by Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on
You can take a judge out of the district attorney’s office, but apparently, you can’t take the district attorney’s office out of the judge. That appears to be...
How the Standing Rock Lawsuit May Help Shape Journalistic Privilege in Discovery
By Vaidehi Mehta, Esq. | Reviewed by Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on
You may not have heard much of the name “Standing Rock” for almost a decade, but you may remember the fall of 2016 when the Dakota Access Pipeline protests...