Judge In Disney's Case Against Ron DeSantis Recuses Himself Because Father's Brother's Nephew's Cousin's Former Roommate Owns 30 Shares Of Disney

(Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)Ron DeSantis's lawyers are so bad that their only "win" against Disney comes so entirely in spite of their efforts that the judge described their motion as "wit...

Why Home Prices Are Rising Again (and What That Means for You)

U.S. home prices will decline less than previously expected this year. Home prices in March were 0.7% higher than March 2022, the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Indices (the le...

Montana Won't Be Able To Hit The Finisher On TikTok Without Addressing The Constitution

[photo1]There's big money in TikTok -- it is set to make a whopping $13.2B this year in revenue. It is far more than just the dance app for kids. As the first place that many of our younger citizens g...

Two Keys to Optimizing Your FAFSA and (Hopefully) Getting More Financial Aid

Going to college is all about filling out forms. Even before you get it, you have to fill out standardized tests, admissions and scholarship applications, and it doesn't stop there. One of the most im...

TikTok sues Montana over controversial state ban

On Monday, TikTok sued Montana over a new law that would ban the app statewide next year.The lawsuit comes less than a week after Montana Governor Greg Gianforte signed SB 419, the first state bill to...

A Guide to Discreetly Traveling With Weed

A Guide to Discreetly Traveling With Weed

How Appealing Weekly Roundup

(Image via Getty)Ed. Note: A weekly roundup of just a few items from Howard Bashman's How Appealing blog, the Web's first blog devoted to appellate litigation. Check out these stories...

Who's Responsible For The Death Of Jordan Neely?

[photo1]A young man was killed last week because he was acting erratically on a New York City subway.With the ensuing protests, potential criminal investigation, and information coming to light that N...

SBF says "dishonesty and unfair dealing" aren't fraud, seeks to dismiss charges

Late Monday, legally embroiled FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried moved to dismiss the majority of criminal charges lobbed against him by the United States government after his cryptocurrency exchange went...

Donald Trump Claims Cohen Payoff Was Part Of His Job Presidenting, Would Like To Litigate In Federal Court

[photo1]Donald Trump's lawyers have got more spaghetti than a New Jersey creek, and they're throwing it all at the wall this week. Even as they rested their case in the E. Jean Carroll battery and def...

Expect Big Business Impacts If Chevron Deference Falls To Conservative Supreme Court

[photo1]Most people have not heard of the case Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. Even among those of us who went to law school, it's mostly remembered as something we had...

Morning Docket: 05.02.23

[photo1]* Leonard Leo used his Federalist Society contacts to secure $1.6 billion donation, which Politico suggests might "raise questions about its nonpartisan, non-political status." Nope. We had no...

The Federal Aviation Administration Just Greenlit Elon Musk's Rocket Habit Next To A Nature Preserve. Understandably, Not Everyone Is Cool With That.

[photo1]It's not every day that the Federal Aviation Administration makes ATL headlines. The strangeness of it is evened out by one of the parties involved: Elon Musk. He's graced our virtual pages se...

Chevron Is Heading Back To The Court. This Totally Isn't A Ploy To Strengthen The 6-3 Justice Skew.

[photo1]Remember learning about Chevron deference in law school and being a little confused on what it meant? That's cool -- that was kind of the point of it. Back in '84, the Supreme Court decided th...

FAA faces lawsuit over SpaceX's damage to local environment

Environmental groups and the Carrizo/Comecrudo Nation of Texas have filed suit against the Federal Aviation Administration after SpaceX's Starship blew up during a launch at its Starbase in Boca Chica...

The Senate F*cked Up The Kavanaugh Investigation

(Photo by MELINA MARA/AFP/Getty Images)Sorry, am I supposed to say it in a more polite manner so that no one's feelings are hurt? Okay, as reported by the Guardian, there were "serious omissions" in t...

Supreme Court won't hear appeals from fossil fuel cos in climate change lawsuits

WASHINGTON--The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear five appeals from the fossil fuel industry seeking to move climate change lawsuits it faces to the federal courts. The decision opens the door ...

Apple's iOS "walled garden" doesn't break antitrust laws, appeals court affirms [Updated]

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How Appealing Weekly Roundup

(Image via Getty)Ed. note: A weekly roundup of just a few items from Howard Bashman's How Appealing blog, the Web's first blog devoted to appellate litigation. Check out these stories...

Switch modder Bowser released from prison, likely owes Nintendo for rest of life

Gary Bowser, a member of the notorious Team Xecuter Switch modding group, will soon be allowed to return to his home country of Canada. He will not, however, be able to avoid the $14.5 million in repa...