You know we’re in rough times when your Tort exam provides the background research an interview with CNN. www.cnn.com/2026/06/08/u...

Read the comments on this post: The chatbot admits communications with it aren't privileged and, even better, admits that a legal chatbot like this would be engaging in UPL. Who greenlighted this thing? h/t @jtlg.bsky.social

I am listening to a book by a professor of education arguing for, essentially, the dismantling of higher ed into a series of technical competency awards and it's a weird mix of ignorant and myopic. For example: the modern university is a reflection of Taylorism. Huh?

A Los Angeles jury on Friday sided with Johnson & Johnson in a lawsuit by the families of three women who alleged that the company's talc products caused ovarian cancer, finding that J&J was not negligent when selling cosmetic talc products.

Res Ipsa Loquitur

Ohio State University has reached a $100 million settlement with nearly 300 former students who had accused the school's campus doctor of sexually assaulting them decades ago, the school and a lawyer for the victims said on Wednesday.

Your torts exam writes itself

Breaking News: Australia is suing 3M for $1.4 billion, alleging the U.S. company hid information about the effects of “forever chemicals” at military bases.

General personal jurisdiction now available in Texas State courts over Exxon; not removable. If I recall, Texas juries are known to be generous.

Exciting civ pro question of the day: can objectors remove a class action to federal court? My current thinking is no. They are not defendants as the court defined the term in Home Depot v Jackson. What do you think? (Inspired by the recent removal of the Bayer Roundup class action).

In 1000 words or less answer the following: 1. Is the owner of the dog liable in strict liability? 2. If the woman brings a negligence suit, what is the owner's best argument?

Cynicism, like ambition, is necessary in small amounts but is toxic in large doses.

Best advice, kids or no kids.

an entire edifice of belief about medical opiates being non-addictive was built off a citation chain that led back to a four sentence letter to the editor about anecdotal observance. www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/...

I liked this EB White quote: "I do feel a responsibility to society because of going into print: a writer has the duty to be good, not lousy; true, not false; lively, not dull; accurate, not full of error. He should tend to lift people up, not lower them down."

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... by Bray and Bamzai

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I spoke to the New York Times about the legal problems with Trump’s proposed $1.8B settlement fund. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/u...

With the settlement of this first bellwether it is time to ask the question: What is the likely number in #$B of the global settlement with all 1200 districts?

My public research university literally has a cattle ranch

Reading some Montana caselaw and impressed with their court and constitution.

Our free speech infrastructure was cracking even before the 2d Trump admin attacked it. Fixing long-term problems (mostly resulting from tech) may call for some measures that the autocrats can exploit. I discuss the tradeoffs on the blog (in an essay cross-posted at the Knight Institute website). 👇

United States v. One Book Entitled Ulysses, 72 F.2d 705 (2d Cir. 1934).

Financial strategies to pay for PFAS cleanups across the US are needed, state officials say, because the “polluter pays” model that holds parties financially accountable for their pollution won’t generate enough money alone.

What I really appreciate about @jacobtlevy.bsky.social's first piece at @liberalism.org is how he identifies the problem as the change "from neutrality, impartiality, and impersonal governance to favoritism, partiality, and personalism." You can't reestablish the former unilaterally, he argues.

The first, but not last, SCOTUS opinion is Montgomery v. Caribe Transport. Barrett has the opinion for a unanimous court, reversing the Seventh Circuit in a preemption case. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

First (but not last) #SCOTUS ruling is in Montgomery v. Caribe Transport. For a unanimous Court, Justice Barrett holds that a state-law claim arising out of a trucking accident is *not* preempted by federal law: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

Class action lawyers are seeking $675 million for their role in negotiating a $7.25 billion proposal to settle current ​and future lawsuits alleging that Bayer’s Roundup weedkiller causes cancer reut.rs/3RCa1GY

The term “interim docket” not only dramatically minimizes the very real (and often permanent) effects of #SCOTUS’s behavior, but it also whitewashes the disappearance of “irreparable harm” from the Court’s analysis—the very point that (supposedly) makes the request an “emergency” in the first place:

There is a docket which notes every time a judge rejects a pro se initial filing. It’s filled w/ heartbreaking stories of folks looking for relief through the court system. They’re all denied on technicalities like page numbers, paragraph sizing, and formatting www.courtwatch.news/p/the-rabbit...

This echoes a rule I’ve had for myself in my travels: it’s easier to tell someone how to do their job than it is to do it, because in the former case I don’t have to fix anything that breaks.

Favorite statements/restatements re the common law tradition? I'm looking especially for what you consider the classics , how the English approach diverges from others in the 20th century, and work out of Asian jurisdictions.

The Trump Dept of Education investigation of Smith College for admitting trans students is utterly baseless, as one can verify simply by reading the text of Title IX. Its further claim that Smith violates Title IX by treating trans women as human beings is likewise repugnant. Details on the blog. 👇

The last time I remember seeing prosecutions against M&A lawyers for insider trading hit the news cycle was around the time of the dot com bubble. @annmlipton.bsky.social what do you think? news.bloomberglaw.com/product/blaw...

“‘It was associated with worse outcomes across every single domain we observed,‘ Teague said of the data, which showed that higher social media engagement was linked to behavioral problems, self-injury, lower self-perception and academic achievement, and higher rates of substance use.”

Judge criticizes proposed $7.25 billion Roundup settlement reut.rs/4tKXTSg

Large-scale infant formula testing conducted by the US Food and Drug Administration found that the overwhelming majority of samples weren’t contaminated with metals or pesticides.

Hi New York friends, I'm headed your way in the morning for two awesome events about The Pain Brokers. I hope you can join us for one or both! Tomorrow kicks off with an awesome panel of scholars @howarderichson.bsky.social, @gilatjbachar.bsky.social, Myriam Gilles, & Tony Sebok at Cardozo Law.

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The episode was famous at the time — thanks to the judge — but has fallen into obscurity. Interested in my attempt to bring it back to light? Take a look at this short piece in @lawandhistrev.bsky.social’s The Docket. lawandhistoryreview.org/article/aaro... 3/3

New: U.S. ‌District Judge Esther Salas during an ABA conference in Boston expressed concern about efforts in Congress that could weaken state laws enacted after her son's murder that aim to protect the personal information of judges online. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

All but one of Cornell Law School's 197 juris doctor graduates in 2025 landed full-time, long-term jobs that require bar passage within 10 months of leaving campus, according to new data from the American Bar Association.

Things lawyers do that AI can't: 1. Deliver bad news

A bipartisan group of lawmakers reintroduced legislation aimed at curbing the legal tactic known as the Texas Two-Step, a bankruptcy strategy used by some companies facing mass tort claims.

I'm seriously worried that the argument of every lawyer facing a show cause order for fake AI citations is going to be "even S&C did it - it's standard of care now." Defining deviance down. /1

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s Tesla has settled a wrongful death lawsuit in Florida stemming from a 2018 high-speed crash that killed a teenager riding in one of the electric vehicle maker's sedans, court records show.

Leaks! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bre...

Roblox agrees to pay $10 million, make platform changes in Nevada settlement over child safety