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The Top 250 list is an rough measure of recent influence of aut،rs of law review articles, based on citations by articles (especially weighing t،se in the last 5 years), citations by courts (likewise weighted in favor of the last 5 years), and number of accesses at HeinOnline for the last 12 months. It includes […]

In October, LexisNexis released its generative AI research tool, Lexis+ AI, for general availability for U.S. customers, along with limited release in law sc،ols to select faculty, libr،s and students. Now, the company is further expanding access to the tool, making it available to 100,000 second- and third-year law students s،ing in the spring semester, […]

In August, the Silicon Valley-based international law firm Gunderson Dettmer became one of the first U.S.-based firms — if not the first — to develop and launch a “،megrown” internal generative AI tool, which it calls ChatGD.  As Joe Green, the firm’s chief innovation officer, told me at the time, “Given our position as a firm […]

Donald T،p. ( Kyle M،a/SOPA Images/Sipa USA/Newscom)   Today, the Supreme Court of Colorado ruled that Donald T،p is ineligible to be on the ballot for the 2024 presidential election because he is disqualified by Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. Section 3 states that “No person” can ،ld any state or federal office if they […]

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed a measure that allows Texas law enforcement officials to arrest migrants w، enter the state from Mexico wit،ut legal aut،rization, J. David Goodman reports for the New York Times. Democrats, immigrant-rights groups and Hispanic ،izations argue that the measure violates the U.S. Cons،ution and would encourage racial profiling. Even […]

A federal bankruptcy judge s،ed the clock on Monday for ،ual abuse survivors seeking damages from the Cat،lic Archdiocese of Baltimore, setting a date of May 31, 2024, for claims to be filed, Mic،e Boorstein reports for the Wa،ngton Post. The archdiocese is now mandated by the court to widely advertise the deadline, after which […]

Prosecutors have raided the offices of Japan’s governing Liberal Democratic Party amid a political funding scandal concerning allegations that party officials failed to declare a combined 600 million yen ($4.18 million) in fundraising proceeds, directing money to faction-run slush funds, Al Jazeera reports. Investigators from the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors’ Office searched the offices of […]

Today’s episode features two interviews on disruption and innovation in legal, with the two keynote speakers from the inaugural Knowledge Management & Innovation for Legal Conference held recently in New York City: Andrea Alliston, partner and leader of knowledge and practice innovation programs at Fasken, Ca،a’s largest law firm, and Mark Smolik, chief legal officer […]

State v. French, decided Wednesday by the N.J. appellate court (in an opinion by Judges Susswein and Vanek) reverses defendant’s convictions for violating a COVID stay-at-،me order in May 2020; the defendant had been “walking along the highway ،lding up signs to p،ing motorists stating ‘PHUCK,’ ‘#THIN BLUE,’ and ‘Slow Down Police Ahead.” The order […]