Original Jurisdiction

Original Jurisdiction

Judicial Notice (08.28.21): 'Whatever'

An appellate argument fail, a celebrity lawyer leaves his longtime firm, and other legal news from the week that was.

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David Lat
Aug 29, 2021
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‘Whatever’: Please don’t try this at oral argument.

August is usually a slow month, so I don’t feel bad about having little to report from this week other than more baking. This time I tried a bread pudding recipe, and while my creation wasn’t much to look at, it was tasty. There are a few things I’ll do differently next time, like make my bread cubes sl…

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