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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Legal Profession

The Barrister

Supreme Court ruled that admissions programs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (“UNC”) and Harvard College violated the equal protection clause on the grounds that the consideration of race as a stand-alone criteria in admissions is a form of racial discrimination. M94 2011] What if I say the wrong thing?: 181, 143 S.

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Ep 268: How Gen AI Can Be A Game-Changer for Discovery and Litigation, with Everlaw CEO AJ Shankar

LawNext podcast

With a doctorate in computer science from the University of California, Berkeley, Shankar founded Everlaw in 2011 as one of the earliest cloud-based e-discovery platforms. Steno , reliable court reporting with a revolutionary approach If you enjoy listening to LawNext, please leave us a review wherever you listen to podcasts.

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2024 Internet Law Year-in-Review

Eric Goldman

9) Supreme Court Tamps Down on Jawboning and Government Social Media Lawsuits. The Supreme Court is taking a steady stream of Internet Law cases, a trend that will continue for some time. Tomorrow, the Supreme Court will hear the TikTok ban, and Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear Free Speech Coalition v.

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Preliminary Copyright Office Guidance on Fair Use and AI Provides Some Answers, But Questions Remain

Debevoise Data Blog

Now, courts will have the benefit of a “pre-publication” version of the Copyright Office’s long-awaited Report on Generative AI Training (the “May 2025 Report”). Adding to the uncertainty, the day after the pre-publication report was released, the Trump administration dismissed the Register of Copyrights—a move she is challenging in court.

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Balancing Rights and Public Health: Addressing America’s Gun Violence Crisis

The Barrister

However, the Supreme Court has not established a clear standard for this scrutiny, leaving states to decide what level of review to apply. Gun regulation remains a highly debated issue, with a large portion of the public opposing stricter regulations for fear that it may infringe upon the rights granted by the Second Amendment.

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The 2023 Fastcase 50 Announced, Honoring Legal’s Innovators, Visionaries and Leaders

Above the Law - Technology

Since 2011, Fastcase has released an annual list of the Fastcase 50, honoring 50 of the law’s “smartest, most courageous, innovators, techies, visionaries, and leaders.” I was honored to be in the inaugural Fastcase 50 class in 2011. This year’s list of honorees reflects a year of transformation for legal services.

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The Five Most Momentous Legal Tech Fails

Above the Law - Technology

In 2011, LexisNexis leapt onto this bandwagon with its release of Firm Manager , a web-based practice management platform designed for smaller law firms. The year 2008 saw the launches of the first two cloud-based law practice management platforms, Clio and Rocket Matter, followed in 2009 by the launch of MyCase.