Professor Claims Age Is Not Just a Number in Discrimination Case
There are advantages to getting older. Sure, your body starts to slow down a little bit, but there are a lot of perks to being in your golden years. Early…
Harvard Law Review Nixes Publication of Article Alleging Gaza Genocide at Eleventh Hour
Attempts to address the horrendous situation in Gaza, which appears to be spreading to other Palestinian areas, such as the West Bank, have proved a minefield for anyone brave enough…
Have Law Firms Achieved Gender Parity? Partially.
It should be no surprise to attorneys (or even just anyone that’s seen Suits) that the legal profession has for a long time been dominated by men. Eight years ago…
Murder Conviction Vacated Due to Sleepy Lawyer
Murder generally makes for compelling storytelling. It is a staple of fiction across all mediums, and who knows where podcasting would be without the “true crime” genre. But even murder…
American Nightmare: Harvard Lawyer Turns to Life of Crime
File this one under “lawyers behaving really, really badly.” In one of the strangest cases in recent memory, a disbarred San Francisco lawyer and Harvard Law grad named Matthew Muller…
Judge Faces Disciplinary Action for … Having a Life?
Apparently, what happens in Vegas doesn’t stay there if you’re a judge – at least one with social media and a life. Clark County, Nevada, Judge Erika Ballou just got…
Pro Se Litigant Fined 10k for Filing AI-Generated Reply Brief
In yet another warning to those relying solely on ChatGPT and other generative AI programs to complete highly skilled written tasks, the Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District recently fined…
Judges Seek Home Security Services Amid Increasing Threats
Threats against judges have doubled since 2021, according to Reuters. It is an alarming trend that has concerned U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Roberts, who mentioned it in his 2022…
Is Grammarly Generative AI? If So, Do Lawyers Need to Disclose Its Use?
By now, you may have several AI tools in your toolkit. You probably have already taken advantage of AI-assisted research. Then there’s ChatGPT and Google Bard. But as most lawyers…
Five Formidable Female Attorneys
March is Women’s History Month, and FindLaw invites you to celebrate the accomplishments of women in the law. Countless females have worked to shape the legal landscape of the U.S.…