#lawfedi — Public Fediverse posts

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/

#NYS #LawFedi #USpol #SNAP #USCivilWar2

❝ 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. ❞
https://gothamist.com/news/closer-to-extinction-ny-fights-trump-on-changes-to-endangered-species-act

#LawFedi #NYS #NewYork

#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
#law #lawfedi

#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

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/

#OnlineSafetyAct #lawfedi #blog

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

25 Years of Mass Surveillance is Enough

From @lawfare and @eff

“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

25 Years of Mass Surveillance is Enough

From @lawfare and @eff

“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

25 Years of Mass Surveillance is Enough

From @lawfare and @eff

“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

25 Years of Mass Surveillance is Enough

From @lawfare and @eff

“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

25 Years of Mass Surveillance is Enough

From @lawfare and @eff

“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

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

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

#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
#law #lawfedi

#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
#law #lawfedi

#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
#law #lawfedi

#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
#law #lawfedi

#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
#law #lawfedi

#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
#law #lawfedi

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.)

#lawfedi #DEI

https://www.sra.org.uk/solicitors/resources/equality-diversity/toolkit-partnerships-initiatives/

Please join us online next Friday, September 27 for the annual Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology Supreme Court IP Review.

More details (and a link to sign up for CLE credit) are available here: https://ckcle.ce21.com/item/2024-supreme-court-ip-review-655570

If you are a law student or professor who is not seeking CLE credit, please feel free to email me for instructions on how to register for free.

#LawFedi #SCIPR #ChicagoKent #LawProfs #LawStudents

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#LawFedi #LawyersOfMastodon #LegalAssistant #AdminLife

And convince me that professional development isn't a money grab... #lawfedi #inhousecounsel #LawyersOfMastodon

It's #LawStudentNote season!

If you're writing about #DesignPatents be sure to read this before you cite any of those old studies:

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4001099

#LawStudents #LawFedi #LawProfs

For #lawfedi folks that are more of the #lawprofs or #lawstudents variety, we have created a separate channel:

https://matrix.to/#/#lawacademic:matrix.esq.social

@law

Anyway, there might be a #LawStudentNote about how the MPEP needs to change after Tam/Brunetti, if anyone is interested.

#LawFedi #LawProfs #LawStudents

https://www.threads.net/@mjs_dc/post/CvdcdiYO8CA/ #lawfedi #law #lawyers #lawstudents

Question for everyone out there who is interested in the law:

What types of content makes a social-media platform useful or valuable for you?

What types of law-related content would you like to see more of in the fedi?

#LawStudents #LawProfs #Lawyers #Law #LawFedi

UK Public law question for you on new year's day:

If you could get your MP to pass a single law in 2023 that would impact the constitution or another important public or administrative law area, what would that law be?

Please comment.

#publiclaw @law #law #lawfedi #LawyersOfMastodon #UK #unitedkingdom #constitutionallaw #parliament