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Lawful permanent residents like Mahmoud Khalil have a right to freedom of speech – but does that protect them from deportation?
(THE CONVERSATION) The Trump administration has revoked the visas of more than 1,000 foreign university students since January 2025. Many of the individual cases that have made headlines center on foreign-born university students who participated in Palestinian rights protests.
In early March, the federal government arrested, de ... (full story)
Akron Bar Association Law Week festivities underway
In just days, legal professionals across the country will mark Law Day on May 1, celebrating the rule of law and holding festivities designed to educate the public on the inner workings of the U.S. justice system.
For those at the Akron Bar Association, this year has taken on added meaning as the institution marks its 150th ann ... (full story)
State
Supreme Court dismisses challenge to mineral rights ownership
The Supreme Court of Ohio dismissed a dispute over oil and gas rights underlying property in rural Belmont County, letting a lower court ruling stand.
The Supreme Court ruled it had improvidently accepted Darrell Crozier et al. v. Pipe Creek Conservancy LLC et al., a case it heard in February. The Court majority issued an entry ... (full story)
Why Elon Musk installed his top lieutenants at an agency you haven't heard of
WASHINGTON (AP) — On the rooftop patio of the General Services Administration headquarters, an agency staffer recently discovered something strange: a rectangular device attached to a wire that snaked across the roof, over the ledge and into the administrator's window one floor below.
It didn't take long for the employee & ... (full story)
New exhibit to honor women in the law
The Supreme Court of Ohio announces the development of a new exhibit, Women in the Law, which celebrates the trailblazing contributions of women to Ohio’s legal history. The Court voted unanimously to add this new addition next to the recently unveiled Careers in the Law display at the Visitor Education Center (VEC), located o ... (full story)
In a bid to corral the anti-Trump resistance, Bernie Sanders, AOC visit red states
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Stephanie and Ryan Burnett were perplexed. The crowd was enormous. The line snaked endlessly between buildings. Were they in the right place?
As the mother and son approached an aging college basketball arena in Salt Lake City, the mass of people seemed way too big for the Bernie Sanders rally they we ... (full story)
Technology
Benchmarking legal AI: Better than an actual lawyer?
Several legal GenAI platforms took part in a benchmarking exercise recently, the first such high level exercise since "Hallucination-Free?
Assessing the Reliability of Leading AI Legal Research Tools" run by Stanford HAI in May 2024.
This new, 2025-fresh benchmarking came from Vals AI Legal Report. Vals AI (https ... (full story)