March 2022

BLSAs everywhere have been preparing for this. The post Ketanji Brown Jackson Is Basically Already A Supreme Court Justice Now appeared first on Above the Law. Source: https://abovethelaw.com/2022/03/ketanji-brown-jackson-is-basically-already-a-supreme-court-justice-now/

ShareThe Supreme Court heard argument on Monday in LeDure v. Union Pacific Railroad Company. The case involves the Locomotive Inspection Act, a federal statute that requires railroads to regularly inspect and implement safety measures for their locomotives. Notably, the act applies only to locomotives that are in “use” (or “allowed to be used”) on the […]

ShareThe Supreme Court heard oral argument on Tuesday in Torres v. Texas Department of Public Safety, with Justice Clarence Thomas participating remotely after his hospital stay last week. The case was brought by a military veteran against his state-agency employer under the federal Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994. Torres alleged that, […]

ShareThe Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here. It was a big week for relisted cases. The Supreme Court granted review on a case raising the question whether Andy Warhol paintings made using a copyrighted photograph were so […]

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There’s not much risk of confusion though. The post Ketanji Brown Jackson Is Actually The Third Of A Kind appeared first on Above the Law. Source: https://abovethelaw.com/2022/03/ketanji-brown-jackson-is-actually-the-third-of-a-kind/

Tick tock, time is running out on the statute of limitations here. The post Court Orders Trump Organization To Cough Up Those Cell Phones In NY AG Probe appeared first on Above the Law. Source: https://abovethelaw.com/2022/03/court-orders-trump-organization-to-cough-up-those-cell-phones-in-ny-ag-probe/

But let’s be clear, just because someone buys an NFT, that almost always also means that they don’t own the underlying copyrighted work that their hash points to on the internet. The post Caveat ENFTor appeared first on Above the Law. Source: https://abovethelaw.com/2022/03/caveat-enftor/

CHUTZPAH, as the, um, globalists might say. The post Alex Jones Calls For Fauci’s Execution, While Refusing To Sit For Deposition During Deadly Pandemic appeared first on Above the Law. Source: https://abovethelaw.com/2022/03/alex-jones-calls-for-faucis-execution-while-refusing-to-sit-for-deposition-during-deadly-pandemic/

I thought it would be useful to figure out whether hiring committee cares about diversity or not. Sometimes, it’s hard to tell. The post How Do You Know If Law School Hiring Committees Are Serious About Diversity? appeared first on Above the Law. Source: https://abovethelaw.com/2022/03/how-do-you-know-if-law-school-hiring-committees-are-serious-about-diversity/