Speaking of firsts, do you feel like sharing which firsts you hit in your career? Do not be shy. This is the time to brag.
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Speaking of firsts, do you feel like sharing which firsts you hit in your career? Do not be shy. This is the time to brag.
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fed courts and civ pro professors - if you an expert on the collateral order doctrine or the magistrates act, i'd love to hear from you ASAP - DM or email me please
Federal judicial policymakers outlined plans to accelerate the development of a new, more secure electronic case management system, saying a major hack of the system last year made clear the need to upgrade the aging system @nateraymond.bsky.social reut.rs/4cBbsy7
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design patent for champagne flutes
Congratulations!!
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Cartoonish patent drawing showing a "creep" avatar attempting to touch a female avatar and being sent on a "bad trip" as punishment.
The worst online safety invention I've seen:
"Protect" women by turning their avatars' underwear into hyperlinks that send online creeps to a "punishment site."
US Patent 12564791
Today in design patents:
D1117924 issued for a table lamp.
The Patent Public Search drawings are sometimes vastly inferior to the Patent Center versions. Another reason Patent Center should be open to the public without signing in.
#DesignPatents
Today in design patents:
D1117819 issued for a conservatory.
#DesignPatents
Today in design patents:
D1117623 issued for a system of palletized gas cylinders.
Risky Jenga.
#DesignPatents
Today in design patents:
D1117464 issued for a set of floating rotating hailstone model.
#DesignPatents
Today in design patents:
D1116603 issued for a cup lid with novelty straw holder.
#DesignPatents
Today in design patents:
D1116484 (left) and D1116483, both issued for a cloth.
The applicant also filed non-color embodiments for each.
#DesignPatents
"This court set too low a bond. . . . [B]ecause the court didn’t properly structure the bond initially, it left the defendants with uncompensated damages."
Today in design patents:
D1116357 issued for a dress.
I'm absolutely in love with the action shots of this.
#DesignPatents
I’m happy to share my latest - “Data is Nothing Like Oil” - an editorial just published in the IIC: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
We should see data not as oil but rather as an ocean— shifting our regulatory focus from commodification and private control to governance of the knowledge commons:👇
This is a massive milestone we've been pushing for years and years.
As government and private sector IT systems come under increasing attack by sophisticated cyber criminals, two federal judges outlined a plan before the Judicial Conference of the United States to accelerate the Judiciary’s development of a new more secure case management system. Addressing the Conference on Tuesday, Appellate Judge Michael Y. Scudder, who chairs the Conference’s Information Technology Committee, and District Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove, chairman of the Committee on Court Administration and Case Management, said that development of a replacement for the federal Judiciary’s aging system is on a fast track, with initial components being tested this year at six courts around the country. “This project is a top priority for our branch,” Judge Van Tatenhove said. “It is one we are accelerating to meet our security and operational needs. We must do this given the acute and persistent risk faced by our current CM/ECF system. The new system will replace the Case Management/Electronic Case Files system (CM/ECF) that the courts have relied on for nearly three decades to manage heavy caseloads and carry out court operations. It is used by litigants to file cases and related documents, and it provides the public with access to over 1 billion court records. It is anticipated that the district courts will be the first to start implementing aspects of the new case management system within the next year, followed by appellate and bankruptcy courts. The timeline for completion is two to three years sooner than originally expected.
We have two goals for PACER:
1) Make it secure and modern
2) Make it free
After getting repeatedly hacked, the courts are finally modernizing PACER. The best time for security is before you get hacked, but we'll take the win.
The new system must be free. www.uscourts.gov/data-news/ju...
Even as a cynical scholar of rape culture, I'm shocked that this isn't the headline story on domestic politics everywhere right now. It's just an unfathomable abuse of power, in clear violation of the law.
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The DC Disciplinary Counsel has filed ethics charges against DOJ pardon attorney Ed Martin over the letter he sent Georgetown on its DEI policies, court filings show The charges, filed Friday but made public Tuesday, allege he violated the 1st & 5th amendments of the constitution by using his position to threaten not to hire Georgetown students unless the school ceased teaching DEI
Another reason why Bondi is trying to block state bars from investigating DOJ attorneys accused of ethics violations (which is itself illegal): slate.com/news-and-pol...
BREAKING: Former military lawyers say use of JAG lawyers in Minnesota violates the Posse Comitatus Act.
Although recent litigation has focused on troop deployments to American cities, a new challenge in Minnesota looks at DOJ's use of JAG lawyers in non-military cases.
New, at Law Dork:
A DOGE staffer assigned to the National Endowment for the Humanities to flag grants for "DEI" tries to explain what "DEI" is. This deposition is part of a lawsuit by the @acls1919.bsky.social, @historians.org and @modernlanguage.bsky.social.
mushrooms emerging from their growth medium
Oyster mushroom variety named ‘WUR SF3’
US #PlantPatent No. 37,326 (granted today)
The variety produces no spores and has well-developed fleshy caps. It was bred in Wageningen, the Netherlands.
Comparing the arguments here, the decision, as well as the Second Circuit American Girl case could be the start of a nice #LawStudentNote.
Happy International Day of Awesomeness and also (more importantly) new patent day! We have an awesome 1,747 new design patents today, including D1117515 issued for a duck game.
Not Duck Hunt, but it still looks awesome.
#DesignPatents
CC: @ericgoldman.bsky.social
When Greg Bovino and his agents left Chicago, the reprieve came with a warning: They might return fourfold in March.
It's March. And Trump has fired Kristi Noem, instead.
On the lookout for a second surge, w/ @tinasfon.bsky.social and @sophiesherry.bsky.social: chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
