Cleveland State University violated the Fourth Amendment when its proctor ordered a scan of a student’s bedroom during a remote chemistry exam, a federal judge has ruled. U.S. District Judge J. Philip Calabrese of the Northern District of Ohio granted summary judgment to student Aaron Ogletree in an Aug. 22 Read more
“The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has ruled that an artificial intelligence system can’t get a patent for two of its new inventions—a food container and a light beacon. The Federal Circuit ruled Aug. 5 that only humans can get a patent, report Reuters and Bloomberg Law. The court based its Read more
“The ABA House of Delegates passed a resolution Monday urging legislators and law enforcement to do more to fight cyberstalking and harassment. The resolution passed overwhelmingly. Speaking in support of the resolution at the ABA Annual Meeting at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago, lawyer Roula Allouch said victims of online Read more
“Lawyers may hold cryptocurrency in escrow for clients, but they must have technical competence and safeguard against losses, according to an Ohio ethics opinion. The Ohio Board of Professional Conduct issued the Aug. 5 opinion in response to a query by a lawyer with an international transactional law practice. Many of the Read more
“A federal appeals court removed a legal hurdle to a new Texas law that social media platforms including Twitter and Facebook say will block them from moderating content to root out hate speech and extremism. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday put on hold a temporary injunction Read more
“In 1852, just days before the U.S. Supreme Court announced its opinion in a case about the removal of a bridge over the Ohio River between Pennsylvania and Virginia, the New York Tribune published a scoop. The newspaper said Justice John McLean would write for the majority in Pennsylvania v. Wheeling Read more
“Devon Simmons, co-founder and project director of a new program helping those with past convictions find work as paralegals and other jobs in the legal profession, says there’s a wealth of untapped legal talent among formerly incarcerated people. Simmons was convicted of first- and second-degree assault and criminal possession of Read more
“The New York state court system has fired 103 employees and banned four judges from courthouses for refusing to comply with a COVID-19 vaccine mandate. One of the four judges is Judge Jenny Rivera of the New York Court of Appeals, the state’s top court, courts spokesperson Lucian Chalfen confirmed Read more
“In an amicus brief filed Monday, the ABA urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reaffirm that counsel representing habeas petitioners should be able to investigate new evidence without first proving that the evidence will provide relief to their clients. “Counsel is obliged to conduct adequate investigations at each stage of Read more
“A Florida judge on Friday appeared reluctant to allow jurors to wear virtual reality goggles that illustrate the findings of an expert witness for the defense in an attempted murder case. Judge Ernest A. Kollra Jr. of the 17th Judicial Circuit in Broward County, Florida, expressed concern that jurors would see different Read more