What’s Happening in Legal | September 22
Martindale-Avvo presents What’s Happening in Legal, our bi-weekly news flying around the legal community:
- Several legal authors, including John Grisham and Scott Turow, are suing OpenAI for copyright infringement
- 96-year-old federal judge was barred from hearing cases in a fight over her fitness
- A lawyer was suspended for attempting to participate in two online CLE programs at the same time
- Justice Alito of the United States Supreme Court has temporarily blocked restrictions on Biden’s administration’s use of social media
- The state cannot depend on ‘gossamers of speculation’ to establish a restriction on gun sales to minors, according to the 9th Circuit
- A lawyer’s ‘dogged efforts’ resulted in a scientific breakthrough that might aid in the treatment of chronic tiredness
- The parents of FTX founder’s law professor exploited their power to profit themselves
- ‘Precruiting’ and ‘exploding offers’ cause anxiety among law students looking for summer employment
- The 5th Circuit has ruled that US pressure on social media misrepresentation is likely unconstitutional
Check back in a few weeks for another issue of Martindale-Avvo’s What’s Happening in Legal.