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Back to SearchShort Circuit 313 | Memo From a Robot
A special episode on artificial intelligence and the law, including how we find the law. Ed Walters, a pioneer in bringing AI to legal research, join…
2 years, 3 months ago
Short Circuit 312 | The Power of FERC
An electric episode where we just might short the circuits. That’s because we dive into some capital “D” Drama at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commi…
2 years, 4 months ago
Short Circuit 311 | SCOTUS Ladies
We’re joined by the SCOTUS Ladies, two “Supreme Court super fans.” They are Anastasia Boden and Elizabeth Slattery and they’re here to talk about the…
2 years, 4 months ago
Short Circuit 310 | Opening the Vaults
The Ninth Circuit recently had some pretty harsh words for the FBI’s egregious behavior when the Bureau decided to crack open some vaults in Los Ange…
2 years, 4 months ago
Short Circuit 309 | O’Scannlain O’Rama
It’s a clerk reunion this week, at least for two former clerks of Judge Diarmuid O’Scannlain of the Ninth Circuit. We welcome back David Lat of Origi…
2 years, 4 months ago
Short Circuit 308 | Burns Night
A more poetic Short Circuit this week. Coinciding with his birthday, January 25th, and with the phenomenon that it is these days, we pay homage to Sc…
2 years, 4 months ago
Short Circuit 307 | Working Both Sides of the Bench
An “utterly bonkers” case this week. Jaba Tsitsuashvili, attorney at IJ and attorney for his client Erma Wilson, tells us about the Fifth Circuit’s r…
2 years, 5 months ago
Short Circuit 306 | Widespread Super Cheap Surveillance
If a defendant lies on the stand, and also hasn’t turned over records that would have helped answer the same question, is that discovery abuse? We di…
2 years, 5 months ago
Short Circuit 305 | Rare as Hen’s Teeth
An old favorite on our first show of 2024, a search incident to arrest. Was it reasonable for the police to open a man’s backpack when he already lay…
2 years, 5 months ago
Short Circuit 304 | The Writing on the Wall
If you ask someone on the street what’s the deal with the standard in employment discrimination cases they’ll likely exclaim “McDonnell Douglas!” And…
2 years, 5 months ago