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Johnson and Johnson loses $17 billion in market value

January 30, 2023

Johnson & Johnson faces about 40,000 cancer lawsuits that allege tainted talc in the company's baby powder formula caused cancer for its users. The company has already been forced to pay billions of dollars in damages.

Things ChatGPT gets wrong about the Supreme Court

January 26, 2023

No, Ruth Bader Ginsburg did not dissent in Obergefell — and other things ChatGPT gets wrong about the Supreme Court

Be careful who, or what, you get your legal advice from. ChatGPT, the new A.I. chatbot, was asked 50 questions about the Supreme Court. It answered just 22 of them correctly...

The Supreme Court is Less Efficient

January 25, 2023

It’s Not Your Imagination — The Supreme Court is Less Efficient

The fact that it took over a month longer to release the first opinion this term than it has ever taken in the past shows just how slow the Court is currently moving. Whether impacted by internal or external events or procedures, or just a less efficient process, these cumulative measures do not bode well for the productivity of the Court in the near future.

Vanity license plates too crude for Michigan roads

January 24, 2023

A master list of vanity license plates too crude for Michigan roads

Nice try, but whoever requested ‘BEERME,’ ‘L0LBUTT’ or even ‘EF0HI0′ as their custom license plate won’t get to show them off in Michigan.

The rejected words are among more than 21,000 personalized plates banned by the Michigan Department of State for being dirty, graphic or hateful.