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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...

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...

Why Trump Could Avoid State Criminal Liability If He's Re-Elected President

(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)I admit it: I've been sitting here fat, dumb, and happy. I assumed that if Donald Trump were re-elected president in 2024, he could then evade federal criminal liabi...

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...

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...

Beyonce Is Fighting Her $2.7M Tax Bill In Court

(Photo by Kevin Winter/BET/Getty Images for BET)Last April, the public learned that superstar Beyonce underwent an IRS tax audit. At the end, the IRS proposed that she pays over $2.7 million for taxes...

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...

You're Named After Who? This Top Law School Will Have To Fight For Its New Name

[photo1]A San Francisco law school received bad news after trying to circumvent some legal trouble. University of California College of the Law, San Francisco -- formerly known as UC Hastings -- decid...

Oral Arguments Are Often Not Needed Since Many Judicial Decisions Are Predetermined

[photo1]During motion practice and appeals, courts are tasked with making decisions based on the legal reasoning contained in briefs and any accompanying evidence a litigant might present to a court. ...

Apple's Vision Pro headset seems too good to be real -- because it basically is

Apple unveiled its new Vision Pro augmented reality headset on Monday during its annual WWDC keynote, along with visionOS, the operating system that'll power it. The hardware looked extremely impressi...

It's prison day for Elizabeth Holmes; 11-year sentence has begun in Texas

Disgraced biotech entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes has arrived at a federal prison in Texas to begin her 11-year, three-month sentence for defrauding investors of her defunct blood-testing startup, Thera...

Following UK antitrust order, Meta sells Giphy to Shutterstock for $53M after buying it for $400M

Meta has finally found a willing buyer for Giphy, the animated GIF search engine it acquired for $400 million three years ago.Shutterstock announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Me...

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...

Elizabeth Holmes' no good, very bad day: Bail denied and a bill for $452 million

Convicted fraudster Elizabeth Holmes had a rough Tuesday.The judge in her fraud case, US District Judge Edward Davila, ordered her and her ex-boyfriend, Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani, to pay $452 million in ...

You Can Formally Appeal Your Bad 'Final' Grade

Sometimes, when someone says, "That professor was so unfair. I should have had a better grade," what they really mean is, "I didn't do the work and I got what I deserved, but I'm blaming someone else....

Despite UK ruling, Microsoft/Activision merger might not be dead just yetvar abtest_1935332 = new ABTest(1935332, 'click');

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"Closed for business:" UK competition watchdog blocks Microsoft's acquisition of Activision

The UK's competition regulator has blocked Microsoft's $68.7bn acquisition of Activision Blizzard, the maker of world-renowned games including Call of Duty and World of Warcraft.The Competition and Ma...

Alvin Bragg Bails Out Of Suit To Block Former Prosecutor Testifying To House Judiciary Committee

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (Barry Williams/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)This weekend, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and House Judiciary Chair Jim Jo...

Convicted fraudster Elizabeth Holmes must report to prison, judge rules

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes must report to prison later this month as she appeals her conviction of three counts of defrauding investors, a judge ruled Monday, denying her request to remain free...

New York Governor Hopes Second Time Is The Charm For Chief Judge Nomination

(Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)I am particularly excited about the prospect of Judge Wilson leading our state's highest court as chief judge. He is exactly the type of person who c...