Joshua Lenon
@joshualenon.bsky.social
#Legaltech hype man & Lawyer in Residence at Clio. Helping lawyers be a part of future legal system. Consigliere of the #LegalTechMafia. Creator of the #peasantking cuisine hashtag. Often spotted in #Vancouver, Canada. Admitted in #NewYork
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Joshua Lenon
@joshualenon.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Welcome to all the people joining! I mostly post about the legal industry, #legaltech, and the practice of law. I also talk about amateur cooking under the hashtag #peasantking.
My ultimate goal is to run a #TTRPG live stream of all lawyer players mock-arguing about the rules as we play. #JDandD
My ultimate goal is to run a #TTRPG live stream of all lawyer players mock-arguing about the rules as we play. #JDandD
I always learn a lot from John Grant!
"We stopped talking about being the firm that works on client matters. And instead, we started to build a self-identity and some internal messaging around being the firm that finishes the matters, that gets things done."
― John E. Grant describing a mindset shift that improved a firm's throughput
― John E. Grant describing a mindset shift that improved a firm's throughput
November 26, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I always learn a lot from John Grant!
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I have spent much of the last decade writing articles about corporations and private equity using access to justice as a pretext to enter the legal market (especially high-margin sectors). 2025 seems like the tipping point. www.ft.com/content/4746...
US personal injury firms lead effort to bring private equity into legal sector
Attorneys who pioneered billboard advertising are again pushing the boundaries around outside ownership of law groups
www.ft.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I have spent much of the last decade writing articles about corporations and private equity using access to justice as a pretext to enter the legal market (especially high-margin sectors). 2025 seems like the tipping point. www.ft.com/content/4746...
Researching and including Nasa Safety Culture, ScotusStats.com, the Uniform Law Commission, the U.S. government's bi-annual Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions, a twelfth-century monk named Rufillus, and Chandler & Price letterpress printing machines for a presentation next week.
Scotusstats: Explore statistics about the Supreme Court of the United States
ScotusStats.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Researching and including Nasa Safety Culture, ScotusStats.com, the Uniform Law Commission, the U.S. government's bi-annual Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions, a twelfth-century monk named Rufillus, and Chandler & Price letterpress printing machines for a presentation next week.
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A federal judge in Denver on Tuesday ordered federal immigration officers to stop making arrests in Colorado without a warrant, unless the detainee posed a flight risk, the latest in a string of lower-court decisions rebuking President Trump’s immigration enforcement tactics.
Colorado Judge Tells Immigration Agents to Stop Arrests Without Warrants
The ruling that immigration agents are acting illegally is the latest to rebuke the Trump administration’s tactics, but earlier orders have been blocked on appeal.
nyti.ms
November 26, 2025 at 9:55 PM
A federal judge in Denver on Tuesday ordered federal immigration officers to stop making arrests in Colorado without a warrant, unless the detainee posed a flight risk, the latest in a string of lower-court decisions rebuking President Trump’s immigration enforcement tactics.
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I will believe in the end of identity politics when steel and lumber (28,000 jobs and 105,000 jobs respectively) stop getting bailouts, while higher education (310,000 jobs) collapses in front of our eyes because it's full of ivory tower elites
November 26, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I will believe in the end of identity politics when steel and lumber (28,000 jobs and 105,000 jobs respectively) stop getting bailouts, while higher education (310,000 jobs) collapses in front of our eyes because it's full of ivory tower elites
We're seeing the evil enactment of Niemöeller's "First they Came" poem right now in the U.S.
#NeverAgain requires us to act now to mitigate the harms, protect the innocent, and punish those that would strip rights and divide us.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_T...
#NeverAgain requires us to act now to mitigate the harms, protect the innocent, and punish those that would strip rights and divide us.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_T...
November 26, 2025 at 9:08 PM
We're seeing the evil enactment of Niemöeller's "First they Came" poem right now in the U.S.
#NeverAgain requires us to act now to mitigate the harms, protect the innocent, and punish those that would strip rights and divide us.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_T...
#NeverAgain requires us to act now to mitigate the harms, protect the innocent, and punish those that would strip rights and divide us.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_T...
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this is amazing news - the HPV vaccine promises to eliminate cervical cancer in countries where uptake is high.
November 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
this is amazing news - the HPV vaccine promises to eliminate cervical cancer in countries where uptake is high.
Mr. Bergstrom from episode s03e19, "Lisa's Substitute."
So many hardcore lines.
"That's the problem with being middle class. Anybody who really cares will abandon you for those who need it more."
So many hardcore lines.
"That's the problem with being middle class. Anybody who really cares will abandon you for those who need it more."
November 26, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Mr. Bergstrom from episode s03e19, "Lisa's Substitute."
So many hardcore lines.
"That's the problem with being middle class. Anybody who really cares will abandon you for those who need it more."
So many hardcore lines.
"That's the problem with being middle class. Anybody who really cares will abandon you for those who need it more."
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Another impactful judgement from the German Federal Court of Justice highlighting that a mere, even if temporary, loss of control over personal data following a GDPR violation constitutes a non-material damage.
The judgement in its entirety: juris.bundesgerichtshof.de/cgi-bin/rech...
The judgement in its entirety: juris.bundesgerichtshof.de/cgi-bin/rech...
November 26, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Another impactful judgement from the German Federal Court of Justice highlighting that a mere, even if temporary, loss of control over personal data following a GDPR violation constitutes a non-material damage.
The judgement in its entirety: juris.bundesgerichtshof.de/cgi-bin/rech...
The judgement in its entirety: juris.bundesgerichtshof.de/cgi-bin/rech...
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Immigration enforcement is usually thought of as a federal issue, but ICE's work is intertwined with state law in a number of ways. @aliciabannon.bsky.social examines recent state litigation WI, NY, and CA that will shape the relationship between ICE and the states & localities in which it operates.
State Challenges to Immigration Enforcement Practices
Recent lawsuits in Wisconsin, New York, and California explore questions about the role of state law in federal immigration enforcement.
statecourtreport.org
November 26, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Immigration enforcement is usually thought of as a federal issue, but ICE's work is intertwined with state law in a number of ways. @aliciabannon.bsky.social examines recent state litigation WI, NY, and CA that will shape the relationship between ICE and the states & localities in which it operates.
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Non-litigators, and non-lawyers, especially, might not quite understand how incredibly rare frivolousness sanctions are.
I have seen them, I think, twice, in sixteen years.
I have seen them, I think, twice, in sixteen years.
NEWS: A federal appeals court pane upholds the $1 million sanction against Trump and Habba for a "frivolous" lawsuit against Hillary Clinton, Comey, et al.
"Many of Trump’s and Habba’s legal arguments were indeed frivolous," Judge Pryor wrote.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
"Many of Trump’s and Habba’s legal arguments were indeed frivolous," Judge Pryor wrote.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Non-litigators, and non-lawyers, especially, might not quite understand how incredibly rare frivolousness sanctions are.
I have seen them, I think, twice, in sixteen years.
I have seen them, I think, twice, in sixteen years.
Law Firms Double Share of the U.S. Office Space Market Since Pre-Pandemic
Law Firms Double Share of the U.S. Office Space Market Since Pre-Pandemic
Law firms have more than doubled their share of the U.S. office space market since before the pandemic, according to a recent report.
www.2civility.org
November 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Law Firms Double Share of the U.S. Office Space Market Since Pre-Pandemic
4 Steps to Uncovering Your Professional Identity as a Lawyer
4 Steps to Uncovering Your Professional Identity as a Lawyer
While a well-defined professional identity sounds like a nice thing, how does a lawyer determine theirs? Here are four steps to follow.
www.2civility.org
November 26, 2025 at 8:39 AM
4 Steps to Uncovering Your Professional Identity as a Lawyer
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This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
No single movie, but I would make it illegal for content apps to neuter basic functionality on devices.
Video apps must allow picture-in-picture.
Music apps must support playing in the background.
No withholding these hardware features to force high subscription rates and prices.
Video apps must allow picture-in-picture.
Music apps must support playing in the background.
No withholding these hardware features to force high subscription rates and prices.
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 25, 2025 at 10:42 PM
No single movie, but I would make it illegal for content apps to neuter basic functionality on devices.
Video apps must allow picture-in-picture.
Music apps must support playing in the background.
No withholding these hardware features to force high subscription rates and prices.
Video apps must allow picture-in-picture.
Music apps must support playing in the background.
No withholding these hardware features to force high subscription rates and prices.
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
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Don't wait around for corporate law departments to lead meaningful change in the commercial legal market. 48% of in-house survey respondents don't track internal legal spend. 72% don't track time to resolution. 88% don't track outside counsel performance metrics. www.law.com/legaltechnew...
In-House Teams Are Struggling to Measure Impact of Gen AI| Law.com
Everlaw and the ACC's “The Role of Generative AI in Proving Corporate Law Department Value” report found that in-house teams see potential in gen AI but are not tracking its impact on in-house team pe...
www.law.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Don't wait around for corporate law departments to lead meaningful change in the commercial legal market. 48% of in-house survey respondents don't track internal legal spend. 72% don't track time to resolution. 88% don't track outside counsel performance metrics. www.law.com/legaltechnew...
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The UK has gone from "We need to enshrine the right to jury trial in a British Bill of Rights" to "We need to abolish jury trial" in the space of about 3 years.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Jury trials could be scrapped except in most serious cases
Only cases of alleged murder, rape or manslaughter will be decided by a jury under new proposals to cut court backlogs.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The UK has gone from "We need to enshrine the right to jury trial in a British Bill of Rights" to "We need to abolish jury trial" in the space of about 3 years.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#LegalAi reading suggestion from @jordanfurlong.com (whom you should also be following in your RSS reader).
A terrific and important article about AI's impact on lawyer formation. "Becoming, Doing, Being: GenAI and the Promise of Professional Identity in Law." lthj.qut.edu.au/article/view... HT @julianinoz.bsky.social
Law, Technology and Humans
Law, Technology and Humans provides an inclusive and unique forum for exploration of the broader connections, history and emergent future of law and technology through supporting research that takes s...
lthj.qut.edu.au
November 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
#LegalAi reading suggestion from @jordanfurlong.com (whom you should also be following in your RSS reader).
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The life and joy must be squeezed out thoroughly from the lawyer before the sweet nectar of appellate practice can be offered.
November 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The life and joy must be squeezed out thoroughly from the lawyer before the sweet nectar of appellate practice can be offered.
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Bankruptcy numbers are up yoy for four years now....
US bankruptcies continue to climb. Steadily on the rise since 2022.
Oxford Economics @AugurInfinity
Oxford Economics @AugurInfinity
November 24, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Bankruptcy numbers are up yoy for four years now....
But it walks and quacks like a duck?
I’m questioning the very nature of my reality.
I’m questioning the very nature of my reality.
You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
November 25, 2025 at 1:52 AM
But it walks and quacks like a duck?
I’m questioning the very nature of my reality.
I’m questioning the very nature of my reality.
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Bridging The Gap: Why In-House Counsel Must Be Fluent In Both AI And The Law
https://abovethelaw.com/2025/11/bridging-the-gap-why-in-house-counsel-must-be-fluent-in-both-ai-and-the-law/
Bridging The Gap: Why In-House Counsel Must Be Fluent In Both AI And The Law
Reviewing AI systems only at the end of development is too late.
abovethelaw.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Bridging The Gap: Why In-House Counsel Must Be Fluent In Both AI And The Law
https://abovethelaw.com/2025/11/bridging-the-gap-why-in-house-counsel-must-be-fluent-in-both-ai-and-the-law/
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Especially for the 1Ls out there, preparing for their 1st set of law school exams, I wrote this post back in 2007 about how to get a good grade on a law school issue spotter. The post, "Bad Answers, Good Answers, and Terrific Answers," is available here:
volokh.com/posts/116838...
volokh.com/posts/116838...
November 22, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Especially for the 1Ls out there, preparing for their 1st set of law school exams, I wrote this post back in 2007 about how to get a good grade on a law school issue spotter. The post, "Bad Answers, Good Answers, and Terrific Answers," is available here:
volokh.com/posts/116838...
volokh.com/posts/116838...
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