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Enhance the Supreme Court minority’s procedural powers
This is the sixth piece in a series on what I believe the court can, and should, do better.***On the Supreme Court, there are two primary numerical voting rules. Under the “Rule of Four,” it takes four votes to grant a petition for a writ of certiorari. Thus, less...
New York governor pardons Purple Heart veteran deported to South Korea
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul pardons Purple Heart recipient Sae Joon Park, removing a key legal hurdle as the deported Army veteran seeks to return home.
Air Force halts use of 1950s-era missile test kits after finding potentially carcinogenic residue
Airmen who work with intercontinental ballistic missiles were told to stop using a test kit after an inspection found polychlorinated biphenyls on some components.
NATO fighters scramble after drone enters Estonian airspace
NATO scrambled fighter jets overnight after drones flew close to the Russia-Estonia border and one entered Estonian airspace, prompting a brief air alert that was later lifted.
Cyber incidents and litigation risk: Key developments for UK organisations
As cyber incidents become more costly and complex, organisations are facing increasing exposure to personal data claims, mass actions and contractual disputes. We explore the key litigation trends, emerging risks and practical considerations shaping the UK data breach...
The Cyclospora Season Closed Yesterday With 17,180 Confirmed Cases, Two Deaths and a Fifty-State Count of 32,857. The Calendar Stopped. The Parasite Did Not, and Three States Have Already Stopped Publishing.
The cyclosporiasis season that CDC defines, May 1 through August 31, closed yesterday, August 31, 2026. It closes with 17,180 laboratory-confirmed cases of cyclosporiasis acquired in the United States, 922 hospitalizations and two deaths across forty-eight...
Tort Hierarchy in Reverse?
Every law student learns the same tidy hierarchy on day one of Torts. Negligence is harder to prove than strict liability, because strict liability does not require showing the defendant did anything wrong, only that the product itself was defective. And recklessness...
Tuesday Tips: New and Notable from SSRN
Stephen M. BainbridgeMerger Agreement Anomalies: A Case Study in Incomplete ContractsAbstract This article uses the ABA’s Private Target Mergers and Acquisitions Deal Points Study to interrogate a puzzle that I initially took for evidence of bad lawyering: the...
Defense Department school librarian pulls teenager from rough seas off Okinawa
Kadena middle school librarian and Army veteran Michael Cottrell rescued a 19-year-old man from rough Okinawa surf.