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3:13CLIENT DATAIN AI?
Can lawyers put client information into AI?
Prof. Tanina Rostain · Georgetown Law
Confidentiality, privilege, and vendor protections when lawyers use generative AI on client matters
4:22954 viewsTHESHADOWDOCKET
What is the shadow docket?
Dahlia Lithwick · Slate
How emergency orders decided without full briefing or argument became a major channel of Supreme Court power.
7:102.4K viewsCOINFRAUD
What Is Commemorative Coin Fraud?
Bruce W. Steckler · Steckler Wayne & Love
When coin and precious-metals sales pitches to retirees cross the line from hard selling into fraud
5:30SLIP & FALLIN THESNOW
New York City Slip & Fall Liability in the Snow
Joel Cohen · Host
Who must clear NYC sidewalks after a snowstorm, how fast, and when an owner is liable if someone slips.
4:321.9K viewsWHAT LEGALLYMAKES ITBOURBON?
Bourbon as Defined by Law
Brian F. Haara · Author, Bourbon Justice
Corn, proof limits, new charred oak, and nothing added but water: the federal rules behind the bourbon label.
11:39BRAININJURYDAMAGES
Traumatic Brain Injury Damages in Massachusetts
Kenneth I. Kolpan · Brain Injury Attorney
How lawyers put a dollar value on a traumatic brain injury, from lost earning capacity to loss of consortium.
13:22BRAININJURYLIABILITY
Traumatic Brain Injury Liability in Massachusetts
Kenneth I. Kolpan · Brain Injury Attorney
What a traumatic brain injury is, and how liability is proven in crash, sports, and assault cases.
9:38544 viewsCOMPARATIVEFAULTIN NJ
Modified Comparative Fault in New Jersey
Edward P. Capozzi · Brach Eichler
Partly at fault in a New Jersey car crash? How the 50% rule, PIP, and policy minimums shape recovery.
6:301.5K viewsLIMITEDTORTIN NJ
Limited Tort in New Jersey
Edward P. Capozzi · Brach Eichler
How New Jersey's limited tort option restricts pain-and-suffering suits after a crash, and when you can sue.
16:51BRAININJURYAT BIRTH
Brain Injury Liability at Birth (Illinois)
Patrick A. Salvi II · Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard
When a newborn's brain injury is malpractice in Illinois: proving negligence, causation, and lifelong damages.
3:15859 viewsCANLAWYERSTHREATEN?
Can lawyers use threats in a negotiation?
Prof. Carrie Menkel-Meadow · UC Irvine Law
When threats of criminal charges, bar complaints, or immigration reports cross ethical lines in civil disputes
4:585.4K viewsCANLAWYERSLIE?
Can lawyers lie in negotiations?
Prof. Carrie Menkel-Meadow · UC Irvine Law
Model Rule 4.1, puffing and bluffing, and the point where negotiation talk becomes fraud
7:14506 viewsCRISIS:THE FIRST48 HOURS
Crisis Management — the First 48hrs
Olivia Radin & Kimberly Zelnick · King & Spalding · Freshfields
Do's and don'ts for a company's first two days of a crisis, from stakeholders to statements
8:5613K viewsState Laws Restricting Vaccine Mandates
Prof. Dorit Reiss · UC Law San Francisco
How states limit vaccine requirements by government agencies, businesses, and private employers
5:2312K viewsIs COVID-19 a Force Majeure Event?
José Antonio Morán · Baker McKenzie
How force majeure clauses are drafted, read narrowly by courts, and applied to a pandemic
2:542.9K viewsFINDING THEDECISIVEISSUES
Litigation Strategy: Identifying the Decisive Issues
John B. Quinn · Quinn Emanuel
John Quinn on finding what a jury will believe early, and why early spending is a client's best investment
5:077.8K viewsWINNINGLITIGATION
Litigation Strategy: A Key to Winning
John B. Quinn · Quinn Emanuel
John Quinn on why the side that figures out first what will matter in a lawsuit usually wins
1:54TRADEMARKA COLOR?
Can a color be trademarked?
Prof. Barbara Kolsun · Cardozo Law
Tiffany blue, Louboutin red, and when a single color can work as a trademark
3:435.5K viewsPROSECUTINGCRIMESABROAD
When can the U.S. prosecute crimes committed abroad?
Alex Spiro · Quinn Emanuel
How U.S. criminal law reaches citizens, foreign nationals, and conduct overseas, from bank cases to bribery