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Some Friendly Advice To New Law Students

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Across America, law students are starting their first year. Some are attending elite law schools on a traditional track; some are taking classes at night and working during the day. Many of them are freaked out right about now. I have some words of encouragement. 1. Take all the clinics, practicums, and internships that you[Read More…]

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Illinois Attorney General Stomps Notorious Censorious Jerkass Dennis Toeppen and His Infamous Suburban Express

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Long-time Popehat readers may remember the persistently loathsome Dennis Toeppen and his what-if-you-had-a-racist-vexatious-litigant-bus-company Suburban Express, which services University of Illinois-Champaign. I wrote about them in April 2013, when he sued a bunch of university students in a distant small claims court, sued students for criticism, threatened defamation suits for criticizing their litigation campaign, and generally[Read More…]

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Federal Court Vacates Prior Restraint Order Against LA Times, But Blasts Press In Attempt To Justify It

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Yesterday I wrote about how United States District Judge John F. Walter issued an illegitimate prior restraint order against the L.A. Times, ordering it not to publish — and to depublish — information derived from a plea agreement made available on PACER, the federal court's docketing system. This morning Judge Walter held a hearing on[Read More…]

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Federal Judge Issues Illegitimate Prior Restraint Order Against Los Angeles Times In Federal Criminal Case

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United States District Court Judge John F. Walter, sitting in federal court in Los Angeles, has issued an extraordinary, dangerous, and illegitimate order to the Los Angeles Times directing it to remove factual information from a newspaper article discussing a federal criminal case. Judge Walter's order is lawless. The case at hand is the federal[Read More…]

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