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Is there a religious right to abortion? State supreme court will weigh in
{mag_summary} An Indiana advocacy group and two Jewish women are preparing to tell the Indiana Supreme Court on Thursday that they should be exempt from…
Vanderbilt law students will gain access to AI-powered deposition simulations
{mag_summary} The Vanderbilt University Law School will offer DepoSim, an artificial intelligence-powered deposition simulation used by many law firms, starting this fall. In a partnership…
Harvey raises $550M in latest round of funding
{mag_summary} Legal technology giant Harvey announced Wednesday that it had raised $550 million in its latest round of funding, putting the company’s overall valuation at…
Lindsay Clancy trial shows how hard it is to prove intent retroactively
The coverage of a televised, livestreamed trial like the Commonwealth v. Lindsay Clancy occupies the post-Depp v. Heard, post-Karen Read world where viewers no longer…
Supreme Court grants request to prevent Missouri from using congressional map expected to aid Republicans
The Supreme Court on Thursday morning paused a ruling by a federal judge in Missouri that would have allowed the state to use a new congressional map intended to give Republicans an additional seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in the upcoming elections. In a...
A quick update on the Missouri congressional districting case
Hurray once again for Justice Brett Kavanaugh and his colleagues, who just hours ago benchslapped four lower federal court judges – one district judge and three appellate judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit – in the latest and, we think, final...
Trump administration asks justices to decide on its appointments of acting U.S. attorneys
Arguing that a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit “threatens to inject mass confusion into five U.S. Attorney’s Offices in the Ninth Circuit that collectively handle over 8000 civil and criminal cases annually,” the Trump administration on Tuesday...
Combat troops now need to score at least 70% on fitness tests
Military members in jobs deemed to be closest to combat will have to keep up higher scores on their annual fitness tests under new Pentagon rules, though each service will decide on its own what those standards will be. A memo released Aug. 31 by the Department of...
These are the combat arms jobs that have a new fitness test
More than 80 military occupations are now designated as combat arms and require a combat field test be completed in addition to their standard service fitness test. The Department of Defense’s physical fitness and body composition policy, which was updated on Aug. 31,...