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Plagiarism Police come for Winston & Strawn

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Winston Strawn Plagiarism Complaint Winston Strawn Plagiarism Attachments I recall being asked to draft my first patent infringement complaint back in early 2003 – a few months after graduating from law school. Over the past year courts have been asking attorneys to expressly indicate whether their source was an AI.

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In a first for climate nuisance claims, a Hawai‘i State Court allowed Honolulu to proceed with its case against fossil fuel companies

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The court described the case as “an unprecedented case for any court, let alone a state court trial judge,” but concluded that it was “still a tort case” and “based exclusively on state law causes of action,” primarily failures to disclose, failures to warn, and deceptive marketing. Chevron Corp.

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December 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The court concluded that the Freedom of Information Act’s deliberative process privilege shielded the redactions from disclosure. The appellate court also found that even if the trial court erred, the error was harmless because the State proved both acts beyond a reasonable doubt. New York v. Zepeda , No.

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Sandra Day O’Connor, first woman on the Supreme Court, dies at 93

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Pivotal role at the center of the court During her nearly quarter-century as a justice, O’Connor wrote 645 opinions. In her interview with the Harvard Business Review after leaving the court, she said that “[i]t’s good if you can get agreement among your colleagues” when drafting opinions. O’Connor’s opinion in Jackson v.

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