50+ min ago  (1719+ words) Infringement; Award of Attorney's Fees Plaintiff appealed the district court's adverse summary judgment in its copyright infringement claim. Plaintiff sued various real estate agents, alleging that they infringed upon plaintiff's copyrights by including floorplans of plaintiff's home designs in real…...

2+ hour, 56+ min ago  (139+ words) ST. LOUIS " The Eighth Circuit U. S. Court of Appeals held that, for Minnesota insurance policies, it was fine for a lower federal court to ask for clarification of an appraisal award in "this winding dispute" over insurance coverage for tornado damage…...

2+ hour, 17+ min ago  (174+ words) Mad In America From Mad in Norway: The Court of Appeal concluded: Inger-Mari Eidsvik's human rights were violated while she was subjected to compulsory treatment in psychiatric care. The historic ruling was delivered on January 30, 2026, when it was acknowledged that…...

4+ hour, 10+ min ago  (273+ words) A judge must disqualify from a matter in which his/her impartiality might reasonably be questioned. The retired town justice stood accused of improperly providing an order of protection to an alleged crime victim in a matter that had been…...

3+ hour, 30+ min ago  (1502+ words) Erin Achenbach//April 9, 2026// Betsy Ledgerwood, clerk of the Missouri Supreme Court and the first woman to hold the role, has been named Missouri Lawyers Media's 2026 Woman of the Year." Ledgerwood has served as clerk since January 2017 after joining the court…...

3+ hour, 15+ min ago  (356+ words) Posted by: Taylor Gulatsi We hope you will join us for the continuation of our U. S. law webinars for 2026. The next offering of the Orientation to Legal Research webinar will focus on U. S. case law, followed by an Orientation to Law Library…...

10+ hour, 29+ min ago  (243+ words) Herman Russomanno of St. Thomas University College of Law has been named the recipient of The Florida Bar's Law Faculty/Administrator Professionalism Award, presented by the Standing Committee on Professionalism and its Awards Working Group. The award recognizes a faculty…...

4+ hour, 1+ min ago  (349+ words) One First | Steve Vladeck | Substack Bonus 219: The Demise of the Death Docket Even as the emergency docket has gotten busier, the Court since OT2020 has largely gotten out of the business of intervening in capital cases'except to un-block executions lower courts…...

4+ hour, 47+ min ago  (1096+ words) San Francisco Hall of Justice " December 2025 The sentence, when it came, was measured in months:" SEVENTY-SIX MONTHS. In California, that translates to approximately six years and four months in state prison. With credit for roughly 400 days already served, Kevin Epps…...

5+ hour, 44+ min ago  (298+ words) The 2026 Dunwody Distinguished Lecture will begin with a series of panels discussing the jurisprudential, historical, and institutional significance of dissenting and concurring opinions in American law on Thursday, April 16, starting at 1 p. m. , ET. , at the University of Florida Levin College of…...