#lawfedi — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #lawfedi, aggregated by home.social.
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this is what an unwanted secession, forced by law and federal funding cuts, looks like:
❝ Starting October 1, the federal government will cover only 25% of state and local administrative costs for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, down from the 50% match it has provided for years.❞
» Westchester Food Banks Warn $168M SNAP Cost Shift Will Empty Shelves https://hoodline.com/2026/09/westchester-food-banks-warn-168m-snap-cost-shift-will-empty-shelves/
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❝ The attorneys general allege that the Trump administration’s new interpretations of the federal Endangered Species Act amount to “greenlighting the destruction of endangered species’ habitats” and “permitting commercial developers and fossil fuel companies a pathway to access endangered animals’ habitats.” The lawsuits ask the courts to block the new rules and restore the full protections of the 50-year-old endangered species law. ❞
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#LegalEthics Tidbit: Should I trust #AI to describe my patent claim construction to the court?
A lawyer in DE patent case informed the court and opposing counsel that his contribution to a Joint Claim Construction brief “featured multiple errors due to his use of generative artificial intelligence.” In response to a show cause order, the attorney ... (cont.)
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ded.85202/gov.uscourts.ded.85202.115.0.pdf
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#LegalEthics Tidbit: Can the government order an AUSA to pass on false information to the court?
An immigration detainee submitted a habeas petition in federal court in Western PA. In response to the petition, the government was supposed to prove a significant likelihood of removal in the reasonably foreseeable future based on a 2000 removal order. Instead, the government submitted the declaration of a deportation officer that “lack[ed] ... (cont.)
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72120964/bo-v-bondi/ #law #lawfedi
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New blogpost:
"Initial thoughts on the Social Media Platforms (Ofcom Licensing) Bill"
I try to think the best of people and their intentions, so this might be just one big mistake, but honestly, wow...
I cannot imagine someone attempting, with a straight face, to impose strict criminal liability on cafe and pub owners, for what their customers say.
https://neilzone.co.uk/2026/09/initial-thoughts-on-the-social-media-platforms-ofcom-licensing-bill/
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The Roberts Court has issued a shadow docket ruling in USPS v. California, rejecting the Trump regime’s request for a stay of lower court judges’ preliminary injunctions prohibiting USPS from implementing a Final Rule meant to take over vote-from-home (absentee/mail voting). 1/ #LawFedi
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25 Years of Mass Surveillance is Enough
“This pipeline from private collection to governmental collection means that as companies collect more information for #surveillance capitalism purposes, more is available to law enforcement as well.”
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/25-years-of-mass-surveillance-is-enough
#DataPrivacy #privacy #freedom #liberty #USpol #law #lawfedi
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25 Years of Mass Surveillance is Enough
“This pipeline from private collection to governmental collection means that as companies collect more information for #surveillance capitalism purposes, more is available to law enforcement as well.”
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/25-years-of-mass-surveillance-is-enough
#DataPrivacy #privacy #freedom #liberty #USpol #law #lawfedi
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25 Years of Mass Surveillance is Enough
“This pipeline from private collection to governmental collection means that as companies collect more information for #surveillance capitalism purposes, more is available to law enforcement as well.”
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/25-years-of-mass-surveillance-is-enough
#DataPrivacy #privacy #freedom #liberty #USpol #law #lawfedi
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25 Years of Mass Surveillance is Enough
“This pipeline from private collection to governmental collection means that as companies collect more information for #surveillance capitalism purposes, more is available to law enforcement as well.”
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/25-years-of-mass-surveillance-is-enough
#DataPrivacy #privacy #freedom #liberty #USpol #law #lawfedi
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25 Years of Mass Surveillance is Enough
“This pipeline from private collection to governmental collection means that as companies collect more information for #surveillance capitalism purposes, more is available to law enforcement as well.”
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/25-years-of-mass-surveillance-is-enough
#DataPrivacy #privacy #freedom #liberty #USpol #law #lawfedi
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@heidilifeldman/117270402839653485
As my question to Matt indicates, the Roberts Court is increasingly in a pickle. Every lower court that has ruled on the USPS Rule has now resoundingly decided it is likely unlawful and issued or upheld prelim injunctions against its implementation. 1/ #Lawfedi
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The D.C. District Court, which had previously rejected challenges to Trump/USPS effort to take over vote-from-home (“mail-in” voting) as unripe, has now joined the Mass. District Court and 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, and decided Trump/USPS are acting unlawfully and unconstitutionally. 1/ #LawFedi
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#LegalEthics Tidbit: If my lawyer didn’t do anything about opposing counsel’s #AI hallucinations, should I get a new trial?
An AL plaintiff sued his former employer for race discrimination. After a jury trial, judgment entered for the employer/defendant. The plaintiff was represented at trial, but after trial he moved pro se for a new trial.
One of the grounds for the plaintiff's new trial motion was that opposing counsel had cited ... (cont.)
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.almd.86124/gov.uscourts.almd.86124.127.0.pdf
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#LegalEthics Tidbit: If my lawyer didn’t do anything about opposing counsel’s #AI hallucinations, should I get a new trial?
An AL plaintiff sued his former employer for race discrimination. After a jury trial, judgment entered for the employer/defendant. The plaintiff was represented at trial, but after trial he moved pro se for a new trial.
One of the grounds for the plaintiff's new trial motion was that opposing counsel had cited ... (cont.)
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.almd.86124/gov.uscourts.almd.86124.127.0.pdf
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#LegalEthics Tidbit: If my lawyer didn’t do anything about opposing counsel’s #AI hallucinations, should I get a new trial?
An AL plaintiff sued his former employer for race discrimination. After a jury trial, judgment entered for the employer/defendant. The plaintiff was represented at trial, but after trial he moved pro se for a new trial.
One of the grounds for the plaintiff's new trial motion was that opposing counsel had cited ... (cont.)
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.almd.86124/gov.uscourts.almd.86124.127.0.pdf
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#LegalEthics Tidbit: If my lawyer didn’t do anything about opposing counsel’s #AI hallucinations, should I get a new trial?
An AL plaintiff sued his former employer for race discrimination. After a jury trial, judgment entered for the employer/defendant. The plaintiff was represented at trial, but after trial he moved pro se for a new trial.
One of the grounds for the plaintiff's new trial motion was that opposing counsel had cited ... (cont.)
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.almd.86124/gov.uscourts.almd.86124.127.0.pdf
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#LegalEthics Tidbit: If my lawyer didn’t do anything about opposing counsel’s #AI hallucinations, should I get a new trial?
An AL plaintiff sued his former employer for race discrimination. After a jury trial, judgment entered for the employer/defendant. The plaintiff was represented at trial, but after trial he moved pro se for a new trial.
One of the grounds for the plaintiff's new trial motion was that opposing counsel had cited ... (cont.)
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.almd.86124/gov.uscourts.almd.86124.127.0.pdf
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#LegalEthics Tidbit: Can I assert privilege over my pre-deposition conversations with my client’s former employee?
A former employee sued her employer in NY state. Plaintiff deposed another former employee. Although the former employee witness was not represented by the employer’s counsel, he spoke to the employer’s counsel prior to the deposition. When the plaintiff’s counsel asked about these conversations, the employer’s ... (cont.)https://law.justia.com/cases/new-york/other-courts/2026/2026-ny-slip-op-50388-u.html
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There is a new toolkit
> to help law schools, law firms and other organisations design and develop effective partnerships and initiatives that widen access to the solicitors' profession for people from underrepresented backgrounds.
I don't know how many, if any, people who'd like to be a solicitor in England and Wales are in the fediverse, but if you are one of them, I'm always happy to find time to have a chat (audio or video, as you wish) about my experience, talk about "commercial awareness" etc.
(I can't offer placements, work experience/shadowing, and the like.)
https://www.sra.org.uk/solicitors/resources/equality-diversity/toolkit-partnerships-initiatives/
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In yet another action against the #ruleoflaw #Trump to limit sharing #classified info with #Congress after #leak on #Iran #bombing damage. Why it matters: The "Battle Damage Assessment" leak outraged Trump and top U.S. officials, who said it was incomplete and that its release was aimed at undercutting Trump's claims that Iran's nuclear sites had been #obliterated #democracy #constitution #politics #president #power #corruption #lawfedi The #leak could have come from any number of parts of govt
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Today is a good day to remind folk about the Declaration on Free Access to Law (https://falm.info/declaration/).
It declares, among other things that: "Public legal information is digital common property and should be accessible to all on a non-profit basis and free of charge"
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Hi all! I studied computer science with a focus on RTOS and FP/PL, but I graduated law school earlier this year. I practice at a boutique firm that primarily handles IP cases. I foilboard and I play way too many rhythm games in and out of the arcade.
I contribute to open source projects where I can, and I write up my experience in my digital garden which I’ve been maintaining for 2 years now. It’s also a good place to find usage tips for projects/tools that you might want to use.
My passion for tech also includes privacy, and I’m an advocate for minimizing your digital footprint. GenAI is a scam and its purveyors are causing real harm while they sell it as hard as they can.
Follow me for: #selfhosting #digitalgardening #privacy #lawfedi #section230 #copyright #patents #rustlang #gleam #haskell #RSS #neovim #NixOS #zotero #tmux #alacritty #linux #egpu #qemu #arch #archlinux #GNOME #watches #watchmaking #obsidian #obsidianmd #thunderbird #fpv #mechkeys #mechkeeb #mechanicalkeyboard #matrix #signal #fido2 #passkeys #dancerushstardom
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CW: Any reason why these under $300 #Motorola phones you sell have #GammaGroup's #FinFisher #FinSpy #Finsky ☣️🔍🧐 preinstalled?
@[email protected]
@MOTOROLA
@[email protected]Any reason why these under $300 #Motorola phones you sell have #GammaGroup's #FinFisher #FinSpy #Finsky ☣️🔍🧐preinstalled?
#infosec questions about #StateSponsoredMalware from the #UK
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#Dolphinately 🐬 a ⌨️🤝💻🤝⚖️ a ⌨️ #TheEverythingApp 🤝 #WebBrowser 🤝 #browserhistory 🔍🧐 ⚖️⌨️💻🐬🔍🐬 kinda settlement
#ComputerHistory #Software #keyboard
#Google vs. #Microsoft
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This is a new Kate Spade handbag. If someone wanted to challenge the design as obvious:
1) Would (or should) a real-life stop sign qualify as a proper primary reference, post-LKQ?
2) Assuming it would be, what kinds of record-supported evidence might the challenger use to "bridge the gap" between that reference and the final design here? E.g., where do you get "and make it glitter"? The thick white border? The tented shape. Etc.
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Please join us at Chicago-Kent on Tuesday, September 3 for a panel discussion on the obviousness standard in design patent law, led by Chicago-Kent law professors.
Please RSVP here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScLaM4H_uZwUg-f0-AQTZ0CKunsmhZ9h9N3a3J0yuRT71dQkA/viewform?usp=sf_link
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Get excited: Our 2024-2025 (free) patent casebook supplement is here! https://patentlawcasebook.com/
Featuring, among other things, an all-new edit of #LKQvGM:
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Sigh... sloppy lawyering and drafting of #termsandconditions deserves to be corrected so publicly. Wdyt #lawfedi #inhouse?
After overreaching TOS angers users, cloud provider Vultr backs off | Ars Technica
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https://missing.csail.mit.edu/
"Classes teach you all about advanced topics within CS, from operating systems to machine learning, but there’s one critical subject that’s rarely covered, and is instead left to students to figure out on their own: proficiency with their tools."Does any one know if there's an equivalent for #lawyers? #LawFedi #lawprofs #inhouse
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Justice Barrett: "Humanize, not human eyes."
I love English.
#SupremeCourt #SCOTUS #law #lawfedi #socialmedia #oralarguments #uspol #politics #uspolitics
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Now that the opinion is out...
#law #lawfedi #lawyer #dccircuit #CoA #immunity #trump #uspol #politics #uspolitics
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Last question in #LKQvGM:
Judge: If we could only make one change [to the § 103 analysis], what should we change?
Lemley: Overrule Rosen/Durling
Judge: "That's not going to happen."
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Today is the day! #LKQvGM will be argued before the en banc Federal Circuit today at 10 a.m. Eastern.
Audio link: https://cafc.uscourts.gov/home/oral-argument/listen-to-oral-arguments/
Here's a short preview from @patentlyo: https://patentlyo.com/patent/2024/02/corporation-global-design.html
If you're interested in a deeper dive into the issue, here's an article I wrote: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1926162
For an update to my views on primary references, see § IV(C)(2) here: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4496762
#DesignPatents #PatentFedi #LawFedi #RightToRepair #LawProfs
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Excellent recap of the DC Circuit oral arguments on Trump’s immunity claim, as always.
Insight into what the judge’s questions may indicate about their eventual opinions.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lawfare-podcast/id498897343?i=1000641154964
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I think Trump's lawyer arguing in favor of immunity has forgotten that, if your strategy is to dazzle 'em with bullshit, you have to bring some actual dazzling bullshit.
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Donezo, I believe.
All three seemed quite hostile to the immunity claim.
One judge clearly had an appetite for an alternative holding if they rule against Trump on the jurisdictional question of interlocutory appeal. Another judge didn't seem as convinced though, noting it would be an advisory opinion.
Can't wait! Expect the decision to come down quickly.
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Trump's Lawyer Concludes.
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Court: What if there is no impeachment proceeding occurs? It's a judgment call if it's even brought?
Trump's Lawyer: Then the official acts are immune. Period.
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Court: Let's do a hypothetical. A president is charged with incitement. Impeached and convicted. A prosecution could be brought? Could same or related conduct, even if official, be prosecuted?
Trump's Lawyer: (I think he said yes, but it went quick).
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Court: Let me try again. (sigh - repeats question). Yes or No.
Trump's Lawyer is really trying super hard not to answer.
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Court: If Trump had been convicted after his 2nd impeachment, then this prosecution would be entirely proper?
Trump's Lawyer: If same or similar conduct.
Court: Is that a yes?
Trump's Lawyer: Yes-ish.
Court: So it would be proper if convicted?
Trump's Lawyer: Well there are other problems...
Court: Under the Impeachment and Judgment Clause only.
Trump's Lawyer: "A" prosecution could be brought.
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Trump Lawyer: The best reading is there needs to be impeachment and removal. So if another charge unrelated to the impeachment and removal, immunity applies.