The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences is considering a petition from undergraduate students in a University of New Mexico constitutional law course that questions the 96-year-old policy of separating actor awards by gender, stating it is legally flawed.
FDA v. Wages and White Lion Investments, which was argued before the high court in December, focused on whether the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals erred when it set aside FDA denial orders banning the flavored vapes as arbitrary and capricious.
An appeals judge sitting by designation changed his mind Tuesday and partly ruled for Thomson Reuters in its lawsuit claiming that a legal research startup committed copyright infringement by training its artificial intelligence program using Westlaw headnotes.
The ABA Commission on Disability Rights is seeking neurodivergent legal professionals for a new project that will highlight their valuable contributions to the workplace.
Established physicians who go to law school are seeking new challenges and opportunities—ranging from facing the demands of law school to earning new credentials to starting a new career.
ABA President Bill Bay has condemned the Trump administration’s extensive attacks on the rule of law. The association announced Tuesday it has joined two legal challenges to the funding freezes on USAID and federally funded immigration programs.
Adding a wrinkle to the debate over remote work is new research suggesting that hybrid schedules can increase productivity. In a study published in June, employees who work from home for two days per week were found to be just as productive and as likely to be promoted as their in-person colleagues. In addition, employees with hybrid schedules were less likely to quit.
The main legal need surrounding reality show participants concerns their employment status—or lack thereof. Reality show participants are treated as independent contractors, which technically lets networks and productions evade many of the labor laws that protect employees.
Have you been looking for love in all the wrong places? If you want lawyer-turned-matchmaker Danny Goldstein to help turn around your love life, he’ll try. “I’ve found that matchmaking is a helpful antidote to the problems in current dating culture,” says Goldstein, owner of Crux Compatible, a matchmaking service in Austin, Texas.
Updated: “A lot of schools have considered bringing [third-party] NIL collectives in-house, but they may want to think again,” says Robert Boland, a professor at the Seton Hall University School of Law who previously was an athletics integrity officer at the Pennsylvania State University.