Blogs about Law

For the Balkinization Symposium on Curtis A. Bradley, Historical Gloss and Foreign Affairs: Constitutional Authority in Practice (Harvard University Press, 2024).Jean GalbraithWhen I teach Foreign Relations Law, I assign George Washington’s Message to the House …

Even when the legal arguments in such lawfare cases are weak or absurd, the litigation itself can be of value to litigants who seek to utilise the court hearings to air a litany of real …

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In recent months, Georgia has faced a deepening constitutional crisis. After elections marred with irregularities, the legality and legitimacy of the rule of the present powers-that-be have been questioned domestically and increasingly also internationally. These …

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Self-hosted setup using docker-compose and importing of articles from OmnivoreThe read-it-later app which I had been using, Omnivore, recently announced that it was being acquired by EvenLabs and would shut down on 30 November 2024.1 …

While we are just beginning 2025, the Law Library of Congress has determined the schedule of webinars for 2025 and is excited to share the upcoming U.S. law webinars for February. We hope you will …

17th January 2025 Before we start, the “lettuce before action” (for “letter before action”) line has been taken from the estimable Paul Magrath, whose weekly legal email is a must-read. I really wish I had …

(This guest post was written by Scott Maravilla. Thanks Scott! NB: This post includes minor spoilers for She-Hulk episode 3! And in case you’re wondering, I have been keeping up with the series, and I …

This one speaks for itself: The lawyers, of course, complied (and split the bill). Is this the first time such an order has been issued? Nope. See “Order Granting Motion to Compel Lunch” (Aug. 4, …

I've not posted in a while, just thought to mention the reason. My elder son, Mark William Hardy, was hospitalized on Nov. 3, and died on Dec. 3. I spent that time sitting in one …

by Dennis Crouch The America Invents Act (AIA) created a delicate dance between district court litigation and inter partes review (IPR) proceedings. Patent owners often race to reach trial before the PTAB rules on validity, …

Christopher Brown reports: Google LLC and YouTube LLC must face some claims of a long-running proposed class action alleging they collected information concerning children who watched videos on their channels in violation of state privacy …

On 7 January 2025 Meta made sweeping changes to its policy on Community Standards – Hateful Conduct the (“Standards”). This article examines how these changes put marginalised groups at serious risk and how they, in …

X Corp. v. Bright Data Ltd. is being reported in the press for an odd proposition, quoting this sentence: “X Corp. wants it both ways: to keep its safe harbors yet exercise a copyright owner’s …

ShareThe Supreme Court will decide whether a group of Maryland parents can opt to have their children exempted from LGBTQ-themed storybooks. The justices on Friday afternoon granted Mahmoud v. Taylor, in which a coalition of …

[Dr] Martin Luther King [Jr] Day was formally established as a federal holiday in the 80s, falling on the third Monday in January. This year, it happens to fall on 20 January — the first …

In 2024, Congress enacted, and President Biden signed, the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, which bans “foreign adversary” ownership of certain types of Internet services. The bill specifically bans Bytedance/TikTok by name. …

Elon Musk nutzt die Reichweite seiner Plattform „X“ zuletzt vermehrt, um sich in den politischen Diskurs außerhalb der USA einzuschalten. So versucht er etwa in Großbritannien, Premierminister Keir Starmer mit unsubstantiierten Anschuldigungen im Zusammenhang mit …