Correction: First impressions can be deceiving and, with the benefit of a month of hindsight after the completion of the Supreme Court term, it is apparent than many of those…
Aug 4, 2014 2:15 PM CDT
Photo of Judge Richard A. Posner by Reuters/John Gress
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Octane Fitness v. Icon Health & Fitness and Highmark Inc. v. Allcare Health Management System: Both rein in the Federal Circuit’s role in deciding when fees are appropriate, giving U.S. district courts a free hand and taking aim at patent trolls. Photo by Flickr Creative Commons.
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British anthropologist David Graeber recalls discovering the remarkable career of a childhood friend.
The friend was a poet and then the front man in an indie rock band—a singer Graeber…
May 15, 2014 1:53 PM CDT
Legal writing expert Bryan Garner is taking a new tack in his defense of a book he co-authored with Justice Antonin Scalia.
In August 2012, Judge Richard Posner of the…
May 14, 2014 10:45 AM CDT
Daniel Lewis was midway through his second year at Stanford Law School when he became convinced there was a better way to do legal research.
The thought came to him…
May 1, 2014 10:40 AM CDT
Daniel Lewis: “What we’re trying to do is make the process easier, more intuitive, more thorough.” Photo of Daniel Lewis by Tony Avelar, illustration by Stephen Webster.
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Illustration by Adam McCauley
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Photo of Marylee Jenkins by Len Irish
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Photo of Justice Clarence Thomas by Alex Wong/Getty Images
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A former commercial real estate lawyer-turned environmental activist who came up with a novel legal theory to slow and stymie the advancement of fracking in New York has won the…
Apr 28, 2014 10:58 PM CDT
Cecilia Abadie and her lawyer, William Concidine, won dismissal of the first Glass-related citation in January. Reuters/Mike Blake
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Jeffrey Fisher, who represents Riley in the Supreme Court: “The police shouldn’t have any access to a cellphone’s digital content.” Photo courtesy of Fisher.
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A trial judge’s ruling earlier this month in a New Jersey school bullying case has the potential to change the legal landscape in such cases nationwide, if other jurists find…
Mar 31, 2014 10:30 PM CDT