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The Colorado River hits a boiling point
February 8, 2023
Push is coming to shove on the West’s most important river. The seven states that share water from the Colorado River are as close to…
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SJC hears challenge of Healey ballot question rejection
February 7, 2023
The Supreme Judicial Court heard arguments Monday on a thorny and novel question of political spending and free speech rights. Proponents of a potential 2024…
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Indian-American Apsara Iyer becomes president of Harvard Law Review, 1st in publication’s 136-yr history
February 7, 2023
Apsara A. Iyer, an Indian-American second year student at Harvard Law School, has been elected president of the prestigious Harvard Law Review. The 29-year-old has…
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Minnesota ’on solid legal ground‘ with new climate law that ND will likely challenge
February 7, 2023
Minnesota Democrats are confident their ambitious climate law that requires the state’s power utilities to use 100% carbon-free electricity by 2040 will survive a legal…
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Boycotts not protected speech in US, new research argues
February 7, 2023
The U.S. Supreme Court is weighing whether to hear Arkansas Times v. Waldrip, which hinges on a question that is slipperier than it sounds: Is…
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The New Face Of Fraud — Marquee Education And Privileged Access
February 7, 2023
Sam Bankman-Fried, also known as SBF, the ex-CEO of FTX, enjoyed a rapid meteoric rise and an epic fall. Much has been written about the…
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Talc ruling a blow to J&J and the ‘Texas two-step’ bankruptcy jig
February 6, 2023
… But a week later the Spanish-born executive’s ambitious plans are in doubt after a landmark court decision. The ruling could torpedo J&J’s controversial bid…
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Trump’s Woodward Lawsuit Called Flawed, Intriguing by IP Lawyers
February 6, 2023
Former President Donald Trump’s copyright claim in a lawsuit against author Bob Woodward faces several major obstacles while touching on unsettled questions about intellectual property…
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Job surge leads into State of the Union
February 6, 2023
President Joe Biden is gearing up to give the annual State of the Union address. … But some proponents are hoping for glimpses on what the administration’s…
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Disasters displaced more than 3M Americans in 2022
February 6, 2023
More than 3 million adults were forced to evacuate their homes in the past year because of a natural disaster, according to a new Census…
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Why are people turning to psychedelics like ayahuasca?
February 6, 2023
Ayahuasca is a psychedelic tea whose roots go back hundreds of years to ceremonial use by Indigenous groups in the Amazon region. …But it’s unclear…
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Meet the Activist Championing the Rights of Workers From the Inside
February 6, 2023
The general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, a federal agency founded in 1935 to protect the right of private employees to organize in…
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Special Kosovo court upholds most convictions of 2 veterans
February 3, 2023
Appeals judges at a European Union-backed court on Thursday upheld most of the convictions of two leaders of a Kosovo war veterans’ association who were…
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Ashley Nunes: Falling electric car prices don’t help lowincome Americans. And that’s a big problem.
February 3, 2023
An article by Ashley Nunes: Grab the popcorn and settle in: The great electric vehicle price war is here. Weeks after Tesla slashed prices across…
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The Chief Justice’s Wife Has Every Right to Her Legal Career
February 2, 2023
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: The search for conflicts of interest in the personal lives of the Supreme Court justices has reached a new level…
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‘Discriminatory’ grid rule hurting renewables, FERC told
February 2, 2023
A long-standing policy set by the Midwestern grid operator is threatening the transition to clean energy, a solar energy trade group said this week. The…
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Why are people turning to psychedelics like ayahuasca?
February 2, 2023
Ayahuasca is a psychedelic tea whose roots go back hundreds of years to ceremonial use by Indigenous groups in the Amazon region. It’s widely used…
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‘Dungeons & Dragons’ Uproar Shows Risks of Tighter IP Licensing
February 2, 2023
“Dungeons & Dragons” publisher Wizards of the Coast’s retraction of a proposal that would’ve significantly restricted its open gaming license demonstrates how companies must weigh…
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An op-ed by Terri Gerstein: My family lived in Albany, New York, 15 years ago, when our teenage sons were toddlers. On nights when kids…
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News outlets raced to publish Trump’s lawsuit against Woodward. Experts say the suit ‘has no legal merit whatsoever’
February 1, 2023
News organizations are still struggling over how to cover Donald Trump. Years after he crashed onto the political scene and ascended to the Oval Office,…
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The AI boom is here, and so are the lawsuits
February 1, 2023
That was quick: Artificial intelligence has gone from science fiction to novelty to Thing We Are Sure Is the Future. Very, very fast. One easy…