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Reason · collected 2026-09-09 · by Eugene Volokh
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The article is an open thread on the blog The Volokh Conspiracy, which appears to be a collection of posts from mostly law professors who often take contrarian or libertarian views. There are no specific reports or numbers mentioned in this article, as it seems to be promoting a subscription to Reason magazine.
Written by the local model on 2026-09-09, using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the same event (that is the story summary below).

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There is no actual news story provided in the metadata, but it appears to be an advertisement for the Reason Magazine publication and its website, The Volokh Conspiracy. The text mentions that it's written by law professors who are often libertarian and contrarian in their views, and invites readers to subscribe to the magazine for "honest, insightful news and analysis".

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Leaning score +0.85 for article 7254 (high confidence, 1 verified quote) · logged 2026-09-09

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Reason · 69 article(s) · 1 correction(s) detected
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2026-09-05
Lawyers' Responsibility for Hallucinations in Briefs That They Sign

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Eugene Volokh
35 article(s) here · 0 carrying a prediction
🔮 [Nor do they] offer … facts that would suggest inevitable or likely exposure to the curriculum (or its harmful effects)….
🔮 The court concluded that "The Big Board's refusal to comply with the orders was not expressive conduct protected by the First Amendment," so not renewing his license based solely on such refusal would have been constitutional:
🔮 Lambert … falsely stated that the Plaintiffs had conflicts of interest with her clients and/or her firm, that she would sue the Plaintiffs if they were to be engaged in these relationships, and implicitly that she would take legal action against the relationships themselves if they were to hire Plaintiffs.
🔮 The court concluded that, even "assuming arguendo that there's a fair chance that the press defendants have violated the federal and state trade secrets provisions," the First Amendment would preclude the TRO:
🔮 Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent From the docket this morning; for more on the case, see here and here (the latter item notes the sealing, and expresses the now-realized hope that "the motion will be unsealed at some point soon"): Via email, Plaintiff has informed the Court that it will not be pursuing preliminary injunctive relief….
🔮 Perhaps most analogously to alienation of affections, if Alan breaches his contract with Betty, and Cathy encouraged him to breach it, she will in many situations be liable for intentional interference with contract.
2026-09-06 · assertive framing · Alienation of Affections as Complicity
🔮 In a phone call on March 2, Gelb told Netrebko to issue a statement specifically denouncing Putin, or she would be fired.
🔮 A malicious act "include[s] any intentional conduct that would probably affect the marital relationship.
🔮 If you have followed the factual allegations in the case, please post a comment and indicate how you would have voted if you were a juror, based on your knowledge (even if limited) of the factual allegations, and why you would have so voted.
🔮 As part of this mea culpa, Ms. Hall assured the court that she had taken the remedial measure of verifying that the remaining citations in the brief were legitimate authority and pledged that, going forward (presumably in her representation of other clients), she would not rely on any AI tool "for legal research without confirming each authority" or file anything that includes citations she has not independently verified.
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