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Frank Pasquale @frankpasquale.bsky.social · 16h

“What made Bloch distinctive was his strong commitment to studying different societies alongside one another. This was in part due to the influence of historian Charles-Victor Langlois, whose mantra was that “who does not compare does not understand”” www.theideasletter.org/essay/total-...

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Total Historian

Reviewing Peter Schöttler’s new intellectual biography of Marc Bloch, co-founder of the Annales school, Mulder revisits Bloch’s ambitious vision for the study of history. Bloch rejected the discipline...

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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 15h

A US appeals court said on Friday it won’t reconsider a ruling reviving hundreds of lawsuits against Tylenol maker Kenvue alleging the popular painkiller can cause autism.

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Kenvue loses bid for rehearing after Tylenol autism lawsuits revived

A US appeals court said on Friday it won’t reconsider a ruling reviving hundreds of lawsuits against Tylenol maker Kenvue ‌alleging the popular painkiller can cause autism.

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Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 23h

I haven't seen that as much, perhaps it depends on the position. Or the institution.

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Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 23h

I still can't get over how it feels like the ultimate postmodern phenomenon. Bricolage on steroids

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Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 23h

I don't think that's quite it. I think that increased institutional demands require administration, and it's work that scholars don't want to do and aren't good at. The pliability is more likely part of the bureaucratic mindset than literally you'll be fired if you don't do [whatever].

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Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

If you can apply it you're a SuperLawyer.

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Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

Recite, not apply. I feel it might be my best parlor trick.

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Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

"he's a little bit unconventional; he's a little bit this and that"

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Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

One Battle After Another for Tax Purposes

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Thomas Frampton @tframpton.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

This appears to be the largest police misconduct settlement in U.S. history.

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Payvand Ahdout @payvandahdout.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

The Court just granted cert in US DOGE Service, which asks whether (1) The COA departed from the separation-of-powers principles in Cheney v. District Court; and (2)Whether a ct can order discovery against an Executive Office advisory body to decide whether FOIA's disclosure requirement's apply.

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Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Three piece suits for women are finally in style and I have no complaints

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Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Do you recall the nameplates outside professor offices used to say Mr. [Lastname]? Anyway it seems to me that the formality will never die, at least not on the East Coast.

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Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Still it's a very pretty interface!

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Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

That would be cool! Maybe I am still smarting from the one comment "she doesn't know anything about torts" when of course a 1L would definitely be in a position to judge.

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Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

You're going to hate me for this but I'd be interested in the gender/age intersection. Evaluations are nice tests of customer satisfaction and bias but otherwise not useful.

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Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Well I don't think *in general* criticism is bad. It's actually quite good and our job. But rule #1 is Dont Be Mean.

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Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

But I also think that some humility isn't a bad thing. Brashness can come off as "genius wonderkind" or "wow look at that guy trying to jump over his own belly button."

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Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

I don't feel good about your getting explitive filled rants, I am sorry that happened. That is highly inappropriate no matter who is writing, more so if that person might be a person to review your work.

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Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

I think there is some truth to what you say, in the sense that tenure is supposed to give you license to critique, and to get it your work has to be reviewed by senior people, so maybe tweaking their noses isn't the smartest move. Whereas a well thought out L.Rev. critique is very "in the box."

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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 14/10/2026

Cornell's sexual-assault investigation aims at transparency, but will the findings become public? In her latest column, Sara Randazzo speaks to education lawyers about how universities balance transparency and more litigation risk when bringing in outside law firms reut.rs/4B63vuo

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Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

"Passively punching"! I think the best way to passively punch is to recharacterize the person's work to stand for the opposite of what they intended. Not that you asked...

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Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

For those unfamiliar, in 1991 when this article was written Posner and Shavell were the top dogs of the legal academy in the then-dominant field of theoretical law & economics.

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Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

In fact criticizing established scholars is a classic approach to making your mark in the academy -- see, e.g., John Donohue, "Opting for the British Rule, or If Posner and Shavell Can't Remember the Coase Theorem, Who Will?"

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Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Do you mean academics writing short form essays with their views on the law? That seems to me to be everywhere.

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Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I think this would be a great niche lawsuit.

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Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Definitely a world record for number of metaphors in two screenshots

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Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

This guy just doesn't understand the dark academia vibe.

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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Asbestos also had ‘good use cases’

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Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The next one (the point of blame is epistemic) also looks fantastic.

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Marty Lederman @martylederman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Rudimentary question about the shadow/interim/emergency/applications docket: What's the statutory authority for the SCOTUS (or one Justice) to stay a lower court's preliminary injunction or other interim (non-final) relief, where the predicates for the All Writs Act aren't satisfied?

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Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

But I don't think the ALI restatements were ever about academics, although some participated. The audience is (I thought) state court judges. And the stakeholders are lawyers on various sides of an issue, even if they are supposed to leave clients at the door.

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Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I think that the pendulum is swinging the opposite way - that there is more interest in practical law among young academics. More concern about impact.

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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

NEW: A US trade judge approved class-action status for a legal fight over $166B+ in refunds for President Trump’s global tariffs, finding that it was necessary to make sure tens of thousands of importers, esp. small businesses, aren't shut out of getting money back buff.ly/Q1faoU8

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Dave Hoffman @hoffprof.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

New post, arguing that disclosure mandates (think: lead paint disclosures) in landlord tenant law have had perverse effects. Instead, tenants' organizations should consider designing and distributing model leases. t.co/UfkekFh4Hg

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https://profhoffman.substack.com/p/why-tenant-advocates-should-draft

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Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

As the kids say, you look tuff

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Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Law & Economics, classic version (before the empirical turn).

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Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Yes, where is the NYT coverage of this? They love to complain about higher ed. So where are they?

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Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Given the sophistication of their algorithms I think that's unlikely.

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Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Not just Chicago. See, e.g., Brown: "In 2024, the acceptance rate for men was 7%, and the acceptance rate for women was around 4.4%." projects.browndailyherald.com/2026/04/16/a...

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Admissions Over Time

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Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

You might consider that how you perceived your professors in law school was not how you might see them today, after a bit more experience. You should know that you initially seemed to be arguing for put it all out there political teaching.

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