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Law Student’s Gen AI Product, Lexplug, Makes Briefing Cases A Breeze

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It was a bathroom break that inspired Bradley Neal , a 3L at The George Washington University Law School , to develop a product that uses generative AI to help law students better understand and brief cases. Returning to class after a visit to the bathroom, he had lost the thread of the case the professor was discussing.

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Police Suggest Possible Charges for Those Who Filmed Rape on Train

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Generally there is no duty to rescue or to call police under the common law. For example, Washington state allows for the charging of a misdemeanor. The law covers violent crimes, sexual assault, and assault of a child. In torts, there is no duty to rescue rule. Cf: Restatement, Torts, § 322. French, 104 Pa.

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Do or DEI? Federal Judge Finds DEI Policies are Mandatory and Unconstitutional in California Case

JonathanTurley

I also teach critical race theory, alongside other legal theories to my first-year torts students. Take the “indigenous land acknowledgment” created for faculty at the University of Washington. Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at the George Washington University Law School. Jonathan Turley is the J.B.

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No Joke: Supreme Court Case Could Take a Big Bite Out of the First Amendment

JonathanTurley

Parody and satire also face threats from other legal actions, particularly tort actions over the appropriation of names or likenesses (called the right to publicity). Past tort cases generally have favored celebrities and resulted in rulings like White v. Follow him on Twitter @JonathanTurley.

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The Illusion of Action: Cuomo’s New Gun Manufacturer Liability Law is a Colossal Misfire

JonathanTurley

The question is whether New York officials will keep this renewed pledge to litigate the law all the way to the Supreme Court. Jonathan Turley is the Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University. There are at least three justices who likely are eager to see them fulfill that pledge.

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In Re Peanut: New York Family Moves to Sue State Over the Killing of Beloved Squirrel

JonathanTurley

Washington Post columnist and MSNBC contributor Jen Rubin even posted that “The Maga squirrel deserved to die.” Peanut even appeared in my torts class this term, posthumously, of course. Some defended the action. Later, an Instagram page dedicated to him gained more than one million followers.

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German Interior Minister Outraged by Anti-Free Speech Meme. Reportedly Cracks Down on Free Speech

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While this may seem biased in favor of our common law system, the controversy over his meme shows why (in my view) such systems are better suited for resolving such controversies.