February 2025 marked a great achievement for University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law as five Master of Law (LLM) students successfully passed the New York Bar Exam on their first attempt. The five alumni who passed include Yakup Altun ’24, Dariia Zhestovskaia ’24, Natalia Spiridonova ’24, Maryam Soroush ’24, and Camila Moreira ’24, hailing from Russia, Turkey, Iran,

It’s ironic that while many large law firms question the impact and value of legal blogs, it’s a legal blog they fear more than the mainstream media.

Read Sunday’s coverage of the legal blog, Above the Law, in The New York Times.

As to large law firms who settled with the Trump Administration as to Executive Orders,

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A class action lawsuit has been filed against ALO Yoga and several influencers for failing to disclose that various social media campaigns were actually paid ads. Weintraub attorneys Scott Hervey and Tara Sattler break down this lawsuit and what brands should do to avoid costly FTC violations like this in the future.

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University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law celebrated four outstanding alumni — renowned for their leadership, expertise, and lasting impact — naming each an Alumnus of Honor.McGeorge School of Law’s Alumni of Honor award recognizes alumni who have exhibited outstanding professional achievements, demonstrated a commitment to the legal profession, and diligently served the communities they live in.The recipients were recognized during

Legal journalists/bloggers have recently raised concerns about an increase in hallucinations—factual inaccuracies generated by ChatGPT-4.0. These concerns echo what some tech teams and legal tech vendors using OpenAI’s API are also beginning to notice.

As reported by Kyle Wiggers of TechCrunch, in response, OpenAI has pledged to publish its AI safety testing results more frequently. From am OpenAI blog post

Winning any civil case, including an employment discrimination case, requires proving (1) liability and (2) damages (past and future wage loss, emotional distress, in some cases punitive damages). Because liability in many, if not most, wrongful termination and discrimination cases is disputed by employers, a practical assessment of how likely you are to prove liability and damages is essential before

My time at McGeorge School of Law’s Elder and Health Law Clinic was a defining experience in my legal education and career. It allowed me to build on my foundation of service from my time in the Marine Corps while deepening my dedication to serving vulnerable populations with compassion and diligence.

In the Marine Corps, I served on the military

I was in LinkedIn comments Monday discussing whether legal research platforms—AI or not—could incorporate legal blog posts and digital publishing by lawyers, much like how ChatGPT is citing journalism from The Washington Post and other major outlets, under a deal OpenAI has with those publishers.

Some questioned whether legal publishing by legal professionals in the form of blogs, articles, alerts,