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Georgia Court Order Apparently Included AI-Hallucinated Cases, Copied from Prosecutor's Proposed Order

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Elon Musk Wins Defamation Lawsuit Brought by Someone Musk Allegedly Misidentified in X Post

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Sam Altman's Defamation and Abuse of Process Case Against Sister Can Go Forward

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Delilah and Me

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First Amendment Precludes Title VI Liability for Harsh Anti-Israel Speech at Art Institute of Chicago

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Judge Blocks Lawyer's Distribution of Animation That Allegedly Shows "Uncommanded Discharge" of Sig Sauer Pistol

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$10K Fine for Lawyer Who Filed Brief Apparently Containing Many Hallucinations

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Court Declines Pro Se Litigant's Request for Certain Disability Accommodations

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"University of Regina Prof '… Was Not a Pretendian,' Says Judge" in Defamation Case Brought by the Professor

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Delaware Court Refuses to Ban Father's Social-Media Posts About "any Family Court Litigation, [Mother], and Their Child"

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Mother Ordered Not to Speak Publicly About Child Protection Proceedings; Maine High Court Says Order Violates First Amendment

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No Contempt Sanctions for Laura Loomer's Comments About CAIR, Magistrate Judge Recommends

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TV Station News Managers Fired for Allegedly Anti-Gay Memo Can Go on with Their Defamation Suit Against Nexstar Media

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No Defamation Liability for NYU Report Summarizing Court Filing Alleging Prosecutorial Misconduct

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17.03.2026 5

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"Stalking-Type Behavior"/"Coercive Control" of Minor Stepdaughter, or "Salutary" "Parental" Behavior?

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17.03.2026 4

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No Pseudonymity for Plaintiffs Alleging Sean Combs (P. Diddy) Sexually Assaulted Them

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17.03.2026 5

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"Perhaps Due to the Asynchronous Thelma and Louise, Neither Side Requests Sanctions"

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Careful with the Green Salsa, Says Federal Judge

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Court Blocks Loud Preaching Outside Abortion Clinic

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Speedway Bomber Brett Kimberlin's Latest Lawsuit

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Neutral Principles ("Process, Not Outcome"): A New Advocacy Organization

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Judge Concludes Grand Jury Subpoena to Fed Had Improper Purpose

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14.03.2026 4

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From Chief Judge Boasberg's Opinion Quashing Grand Jury Subpoena Related to Fed Chair Jerome Powell

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Lawyers Citing Nonexistent Cases Ordered to Pay Opponents' Attorney Fees, Double Costs, $15K Fine

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"If the Defendants Continue the Practice, It Will Not End Well for Them"

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SS Indictment

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Court Allows Submarine Filings

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Litigant Who Cited "Fictional Authority" Ordered to Include All Cited Authorities in Future Filings in Any Court

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13.03.2026 3

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Background Check's Reporting Expunged Conviction Isn't Defamation or Fair Credit Reporting Act Violation

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Yet Again with the Heckler's Veto in a Government Employee Speech Case

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Firing Government DEI Executive Didn't Violate First Amendment

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Who's Being Pornographic Here? (And Were Pornography Allegations Related to School Library Book Reading Defamatory?)

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Fourth Circuit Publicly Admonishes Lawyer for "Citations to Nonexistent Judicial Opinions"

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12.03.2026 5

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Three Students' Libel Lawsuit over Columbia "Doxing Truck" Can Go Forward

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Free Speech Unmuted: Equal Time, Stephen Colbert, and the Future of Political Broadcasting, with Stuart Benjamin

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First Amendment May Protect First-Grader's Giving Black Classmate "Black Lives Mater Any Life" Drawing

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California AI Model Training Disclosure Law Likely Doesn't Violate First Amendment

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