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Tuesday round-up - 2 hours ago

In his Sidebar column in the New York Times, Adam Liptak discusses the implications of a possible...
Amici filings in 2d Amendment case - 5 hours ago

Most of the amici briefs on the top side (or neutral) in the granted case on the application of the...
Amici filings in “material support” cases - 5 hours ago

Four top-side amici briefs and one bottom-side amicus brief are now available in the consolidated...
Court to Hear Student Loan Bankruptcy Case - 20 hours ago

Below, Stanford Law School’s Bryan Henderson previews United Student Aid Funds, Inc. v. Espinosa,...
Brief: Court should address torture now - 21 hours ago

Lawyers for four former detainees at Guantanamo Bay urged the Supreme Court Monday to face, head-on,...
This Week at the Court - yesterday

For the second week in a row, no oral arguments are scheduled. The Justices will hold their private...
Monday Round-up - yesterday

In the Wall Street Journal, Anne Tergesen discusses both the recent rise in age-discrimination...

Talkin’ Takings, Part I: The Atlantic Yards Decision - 2 hours ago

Almost every Brooklynite you talk to has a fairly strong opinion about the Atlantic Yards project....
The Pot Revolution: Is Legalization an Inevitability? - 3 hours ago

On Monday, we used a bit of hyperbole in calling the banking industry’s shift away from...
A Rorschach on Health Care? Pfizer Hit With $28M in Punitives - 4 hours ago

Stories like the following provide a sort of Rorschach test for those inclined to weigh in on the...
The Arbitration Revolution* Goes On: JP Morgan Ends It - 19 hours ago

* Let’s say this up front: It’s probably too soon to call the arbitration backlash a...
Judge of the Day: New Mexico’s Slammin’ Sam Sanchez - 20 hours ago

We understand that judges have gavels for a reason. And we understand the need for bailiffs and...

McDonald amicus: Don’t trust Fairman and Berger - 13 hours ago

Erik S. Jaffe has written a very interesting brief for the CalGuns Foundation. In short, the...
Rules for Aldridge’s Bingham - 14 hours ago

One of the charming aspects of VC culture was that shortly after Orin invented a drinking game (see...
An Emerging Majority for Marijuana Legalization? - 15 hours ago

The Washington Post reports on growing support for marijuana legalization. The shift is widely...
Another reason to be happy you went to law school - 16 hours ago

Louis Menand’s new article The Ph.D. Problem: On the professionalization of faculty life, doctoral...
Dear Smith College Seniors Spamming Sites Looking for Survey Participants ... - 16 hours ago

If you look in my previous two posts, you’ll see what I assume are automatically generated...
Robots, Law and Society - 17 hours ago

I mentioned earlier a panel discussion I participated in on robots, law and society at Stanford Law...
Conflicts of Interest for Diplomats, Former Diplomats, and the UN: Ruth Wedgwood on Peter Galbraith - 19 hours ago

Ruth Wedgwood’s new column at Forbes.com takes up the uncomfortable question of Peter Galbraith and...