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New: A federal judicial panel advanced a proposal to regulate the introduction of AI-generated evidence at trial, with judges expressing a need to swiftly get feedback from the public and lawyers on the draft rule to get ahead of a rapidly evolving technology. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
US judicial panel advances proposal to regulate AI-generated evidence
A federal judicial panel advanced a proposal on Friday to regulate the introduction of artificial intelligence-generated evidence at trial, with judges expressing a need to swiftly get feedback from the public and lawyers on the draft rule to get ahead of a rapidly evolving technology.
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May 2, 2025 at 10:41 PM
New: A federal judicial panel advanced a proposal to regulate the introduction of AI-generated evidence at trial, with judges expressing a need to swiftly get feedback from the public and lawyers on the draft rule to get ahead of a rapidly evolving technology. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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NEW: D.C.-based law firm Perkins Coie wins its case against the Trump Administration with Judge Beryl Howell invalidating Trump's entire executive order punishing the firm. Her 102-page opinion holding the EO unconstitutional is here:
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May 2, 2025 at 10:46 PM
NEW: D.C.-based law firm Perkins Coie wins its case against the Trump Administration with Judge Beryl Howell invalidating Trump's entire executive order punishing the firm. Her 102-page opinion holding the EO unconstitutional is here:
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The opinion in the Perkins Coie case is, among other things, a barely patient dissection of the Government’s terrible lawyering.
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May 3, 2025 at 3:52 AM
The opinion in the Perkins Coie case is, among other things, a barely patient dissection of the Government’s terrible lawyering.
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BREAKING: Federal judge rules that President Donald Trump's executive order targeting the Perkins Coie law firm — the first of several such orders — is unconstitutional and, accordingly, "null and void."
Background at Law Dork on the original TRO in the case: www.lawdork.com/p/perkins-co...
Background at Law Dork on the original TRO in the case: www.lawdork.com/p/perkins-co...
![IV. CONCLUSION
The U.S. Constitution affords critical protections against Executive action like that ordered
in EO 14230. Government officials, including the President, may not “subject[] individuals to
‘retaliatory actions’ after the fact for having engaged in protected speech.” Hous. Cmty. Coll. Sys.,
595 U.S. at 474 (quoting Nieves, 587 U.S. at 398). They may neither “use the power of the State
to punish or suppress disfavored expression,” Vullo, 602 U.S. at 188, nor engage in the use of
“purely personal and arbitrary power,” Yick Wo, 118 U.S. at 370. In this case, these and other
foundational protections were violated by EO 14230. On that basis, this Court has found that EO
14230 violates the Constitution and is thus null and void. For the reasons explained, plaintiff is
entitled to summary judgment and declaratory and permanent injunctive relief on Counts II
through IX of the Amended Complaint. The government’s motion to dismiss is denied.
An order consistent with this Memorandum Opinion will be entered contemporaneously.
Date: May 2, 2025
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BERYL A. HOWELL
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May 2, 2025 at 10:52 PM
BREAKING: Federal judge rules that President Donald Trump's executive order targeting the Perkins Coie law firm — the first of several such orders — is unconstitutional and, accordingly, "null and void."
Background at Law Dork on the original TRO in the case: www.lawdork.com/p/perkins-co...
Background at Law Dork on the original TRO in the case: www.lawdork.com/p/perkins-co...
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Big win for Perkins Coie! "Defendants are PERMANENTLY ENJOINED from implementing or enforcing Executive Order 14230 in any way"
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May 2, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Big win for Perkins Coie! "Defendants are PERMANENTLY ENJOINED from implementing or enforcing Executive Order 14230 in any way"
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It’s Official: Executive Order Targeting Perkins Coie Is Unconstitutional
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It’s Official: Executive Order Targeting Perkins Coie Is Unconstitutional
Judge Howell goes all Shakespearean in her order.
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May 3, 2025 at 12:32 AM
It’s Official: Executive Order Targeting Perkins Coie Is Unconstitutional
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JUST IN: Judge HOWELL rules forcefully in favor of Perkins Coie against Trump's punitive executive order, comparing him to a Shakespearean character who famously called to "kill all the lawyers" in order to amass power.
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May 2, 2025 at 10:26 PM
JUST IN: Judge HOWELL rules forcefully in favor of Perkins Coie against Trump's punitive executive order, comparing him to a Shakespearean character who famously called to "kill all the lawyers" in order to amass power.
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Soon there will be a F.Supp. citation for Skadden, Milbank, Paul Weiss, and Wilkie being sniveling little bitches.
Howell drips with disdain for the firms who capitulated to the White House and says of those who resisted "will be the models lauded when this period of American history is written." ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
May 2, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Soon there will be a F.Supp. citation for Skadden, Milbank, Paul Weiss, and Wilkie being sniveling little bitches.
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Four federal prosecutors in Los Angeles withdrew from a civil rights case against a convicted ex-sheriff's deputy today after their new Trump-appointed boss reached a rare "post-trial plea agreement" that calls for a misdemeanor and no prison.
New U.S. attorney in LA moves to strike jury's felony civil rights verdict against cop
Four prosecutors assigned to the case withdrew hours after their new boss finalized a rare "post-trial plea agreement" that calls for a misdemeanor conviction and no prison.
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May 2, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Four federal prosecutors in Los Angeles withdrew from a civil rights case against a convicted ex-sheriff's deputy today after their new Trump-appointed boss reached a rare "post-trial plea agreement" that calls for a misdemeanor and no prison.
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Wow. This is a crazy story. Atty allegedly killed client in 2013 to delay her divorce trial b/c he was unprepared. Arrested today. www.cleveland.com/court-justic...
Divorce attorney charged with murder in 2013 stabbing of Aliza Sherman
The indictment alleges Gregory Moore had previously called in bomb threats to delay court proceedings before devising a plan to kidnap and kill Aliza Sherman.
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May 3, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Wow. This is a crazy story. Atty allegedly killed client in 2013 to delay her divorce trial b/c he was unprepared. Arrested today. www.cleveland.com/court-justic...
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I can’t believe the first woman justice on the Pakistan Supreme Court is coming to Houston May 20! You should definitely join us for an enlightening conversation, free ethics CLE, and a tea reception to follow! RSVP link next post.
May 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I can’t believe the first woman justice on the Pakistan Supreme Court is coming to Houston May 20! You should definitely join us for an enlightening conversation, free ethics CLE, and a tea reception to follow! RSVP link next post.
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Judge Howell, once again, bringing 🔥
![No American President has ever before issued executive orders like the one at issue in this
lawsuit targeting a prominent law firm with adverse actions to be executed by all Executive branch
agencies but, in purpose and effect, this action draws from a playbook as old as Shakespeare, who
penned the phrase: "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers." WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE,
HENRY VI, PART 2, act 4, sc. 2, 1. 75. When Shakespeare's character, a rebel leader intent on
becoming king, see id. 1. 74, hears this suggestion, he promptly incorporates this tactic as part of
his plan to assume power, leading in the same scene to the rebel leader demanding "[a]way with him," referring to an educated clerk, who "can make obligations and write court hand," id. 1. 90,
106. Eliminating lawyers as the guardians of the rule of law removes a major impediment to the
path to more power. See Walters v. Nat'l Ass'n of Radiation Survivors, 473 U.S. 305, 371 n.24
(1985) (Stevens, J., dissenting) (explaining the import of the same Shakespearean statement to be
"that disposing of lawyers is a step in the direction of a totalitarian form of government").
The importance of independent lawyers to ensuring the American judicial system's fair
and impartial administration of justice has been recognized in this country since its founding era.
In 1770, John Adams made the singularly unpopular decision to represent eight British soldiers
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May 3, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Judge Howell, once again, bringing 🔥
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Inject the second paragraph of this footnote directly into my veins.
(And then send it to the nine firms that have bent the knee.)
(And then send it to the nine firms that have bent the knee.)
Howell drips with disdain for the firms who capitulated to the White House and says of those who resisted "will be the models lauded when this period of American history is written." ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
May 2, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Inject the second paragraph of this footnote directly into my veins.
(And then send it to the nine firms that have bent the knee.)
(And then send it to the nine firms that have bent the knee.)
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This post is only for Civ Pro professors. . .
May 2, 2025 at 11:34 PM
This post is only for Civ Pro professors. . .
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Judge Beryl Howell granted Perkins Coie's motion for summary judgment and declares the Executive Order targeting the law firm null and void!
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May 2, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Judge Beryl Howell granted Perkins Coie's motion for summary judgment and declares the Executive Order targeting the law firm null and void!
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I think a lot about CJ Roberts writing this in 2024: "The dissents' positions in the end boil down to . . . fear mongering on the basis of extreme hypotheticals about a future where the President 'feels empowered to violate federal criminal law.'"
May 2, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I think a lot about CJ Roberts writing this in 2024: "The dissents' positions in the end boil down to . . . fear mongering on the basis of extreme hypotheticals about a future where the President 'feels empowered to violate federal criminal law.'"
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Judge Howell's opinion in the Perkins Coie case is here:
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May 3, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Judge Howell's opinion in the Perkins Coie case is here:
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When an opinion begins" No American President has ever before issued executive orders like the one at issue in this
lawsuit ," you know it's going to be bad for the administration.
lawsuit ," you know it's going to be bad for the administration.
May 2, 2025 at 10:57 PM
When an opinion begins" No American President has ever before issued executive orders like the one at issue in this
lawsuit ," you know it's going to be bad for the administration.
lawsuit ," you know it's going to be bad for the administration.
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(3) DECLARED that Executive Order 14230, 90 Fed. Reg. 11781 (Mar. 11, 2025),
issued by the President on March 6, 2025, entitled “Addressing Risks from Perkins Coie LLP,” is
unlawful because it violates the First, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution and
is therefore null and void
issued by the President on March 6, 2025, entitled “Addressing Risks from Perkins Coie LLP,” is
unlawful because it violates the First, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution and
is therefore null and void
I'm happy to report that the district court just granted summary judgment to Perkins Coie in its lawsuit against the Trump administration order. It's a powerful decision, and it cites our amicus brief in support of Perkins Coie
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May 3, 2025 at 11:52 AM
(3) DECLARED that Executive Order 14230, 90 Fed. Reg. 11781 (Mar. 11, 2025),
issued by the President on March 6, 2025, entitled “Addressing Risks from Perkins Coie LLP,” is
unlawful because it violates the First, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution and
is therefore null and void
issued by the President on March 6, 2025, entitled “Addressing Risks from Perkins Coie LLP,” is
unlawful because it violates the First, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution and
is therefore null and void
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I'm happy to report that the district court just granted summary judgment to Perkins Coie in its lawsuit against the Trump administration order. It's a powerful decision, and it cites our amicus brief in support of Perkins Coie
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May 3, 2025 at 11:14 AM
I'm happy to report that the district court just granted summary judgment to Perkins Coie in its lawsuit against the Trump administration order. It's a powerful decision, and it cites our amicus brief in support of Perkins Coie
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At the ABA Litigation conference, on the class action break out panel, and we were told “the theme of this talk is that the Fifth Circuit is the outlier on all these issues.”
Ok then
Ok then
May 1, 2025 at 8:18 PM
At the ABA Litigation conference, on the class action break out panel, and we were told “the theme of this talk is that the Fifth Circuit is the outlier on all these issues.”
Ok then
Ok then
People trust legal advice generated by ChatGPT more than a lawyer – new study
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People trust legal advice generated by ChatGPT more than a lawyer – new study
It’s hard for ordinary people to distinguish good advice from decisively-voiced bad advice.
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People trust legal advice generated by ChatGPT more than a lawyer – new study
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