by HolAdmin | Mar 3, 2026 | American Legal News
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to an analysis by Adam Feldman’s substack Legalytics, who is the only U.S. President to appoint more women to the federal judiciary than men? Hint: Women have outnumbered men in law schools...
by HolAdmin | Mar 3, 2026 | American Legal News
In The Hunt for Red October, we learn that Soviet submarine carried a “political officer,” a Communist Party appointee whose job wasn’t navigating or torpedoing things, but making sure everyone on board remained sufficiently loyal to the regime. Not to spoil a...
by HolAdmin | Mar 3, 2026 | American Legal News
Down in the Southern District of West Virginia, four federal judges — appointed by presidents of both parties — have spent the last several weeks issuing rulings sounding the alarm over a MAGA immigration initiative dubbed “Operation Country Roads.” The policy, a...
by HolAdmin | Mar 3, 2026 | American Legal News
Right now is a tough time to be a federal judge. While the judiciary has long been (naively) thought of as the neutral branch, judges with steadfast commitment to upholding the Constitution have been facing serious consequences. By consequences I don’t mean being...
by HolAdmin | Mar 3, 2026 | American Legal News
For a long time, IP risk lived in one place. One clause. One indemnity. One catch-all promise that everything would be fine if it wasn’t. That approach worked reasonably well when software had clear authorship, clear inputs, and outputs that behaved as lawyers...
by HolAdmin | Mar 3, 2026 | American Legal News
On February 20th, my article warning about the dangers of clients using GenAI tools and creating discoverable information was published. Unbeknownst to me, the day before the article was published, a ruling from the Southern District of New York affirmed my very...