With great sadness, I relay that James L. Buckley passed away at the age of 100. I wrote about Judge Buckley in March on his 100th birthday: On Thursday, James L. Buckley turns 100 years old. Most law students will know his name from the seminal case of Buckley v. Valeo. But he did so much […]

The 38th episode (Apple Podcasts link here and Spotify link here) of Strangers on the Internet with co-host and psychologist Michelle Lange delves into whether it’s wise to matchmake your friends and how to minimize the risks to your own friendships if you’re going to do it. How do you choose whom to match? Should you remain involved after the initial introduction? […]

So reported the S.F. Chronicle (Megan Cassidy) on Friday: Officials at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services advised hundreds of employees in San Francisco to work remotely for the foreseeable future due to public safety concerns outside the Nancy Pelosi Federal Building on Seventh Street…. The area is … home to one of […]

The article is here; the Introduction: Is the output of generative AI entitled to First Amendment protection? We’re inclined to say yes. Even though current AI programs are of course not people and do not themselves have constitutional rights, their speech may potentially be protected because of the rights of the programs’ creators. But beyond that, […]

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit just issued Farhane v. United States, an important case in which the appellant argued that he received ineffective assistance of counsel because his attorney did not warn him of the risks of denaturalization and potential subsequent deportation arising from his guilty plea. The Second Circuit affirmed SDNY’s […]

An encouraging sign for the future of American higher education has been the emergence of local faculty groups organizing themselves to advance free speech principles at their particular institution. The latest is the Cornell Free Speech Alliance at Cornell University. Of particular interest is their new report on policy recommendations for universities. The key points […]

Hey everyone! I hope you’re out and about enjoying the lovely summer of global boiling, but just in case you do find yourself looking at a screen I present for your edification and enjoyment the August Open Thread. Have fun! Corbett Report members are encouraged as always to leave their thoughts, comments, news and random […]

Prof. Francesca Gino, a celebrated scholar studying dishonesty, was recently put on unpaid leave by Harvard, based on allegations that she had fabricated data in her studies; the allegations had been raised and discussed by three professors who run Data Colada (Uri Simonsohn of ESADE Business School in Barcelona, Leif Nelson of the University of […]

From the standing orders of Judge Arun Subramanian (S.D.N.Y): F. Use of ChatGPT and Other Tools. Counsel is responsible for providing the Courtwith complete and accurate representations of the record, the procedural history ofthe case, and any cited legal authorities. Use of ChatGPT or other such tools is notprohibited, but counsel must at all times […]

The thirty-seventh episode (Apple Podcasts link here and Spotify link here) of “Strangers on the Internet” with co-host and psychologist Michelle Lange features Prof. Derek Bambauer from the University of Florida Levin College of Law. We catch up with our Internet law scholar guest as he reviews his dating life in Tucson, Arizona before his big move across the country to Gainesville, Florida. […]