PinHawk Law on the Blogs Sample

GENERAL

Above the Law

1. Chief Justice Roberts Stares Into The Abyss — See Generally, March 1, 2026
2. Lying Has Consequences, Feds — See Also, February 28, 2026
3. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sure Knew How To Turn A Phrase, February 27, 2026
4. Lawyers Usually Should Not Open Their Own Practices Right After Graduating From Law School, February 27, 2026
5. Law Firm Mergers Mean Lateral Movement — Lots Of It, February 27, 2026
6. Private Loan Exchange Launches As Federal Lending Tightens The Screws On Law Students, February 27, 2026
7. DOJ Feels The Squeeze As DHS’s Courtroom Pain Sponge, February 27, 2026
8. New Novel Skewers Law School Rankings, Faculty Politics, And When Legal Education Gets Kinky, February 27, 2026
9. The Human Cost Of Our Broken Justice System, February 27, 2026
10. Judge Orders Shia LaBeouf To Rehab After Mardi Gras Brawl, February 27, 2026
11. Legal AI: What Government Agencies Need To Consider, February 27, 2026
12. ChatGPT Helped Build A Fake Law Firm Empire — Now OpenAI Is Shutting Them Down, February 27, 2026
13. How Appealing Weekly Roundup, February 27, 2026
14. Anatomy Of A Modern Merger: A Step-By-Step Guide For GCs, February 27, 2026
15. DOJ’s Losing Streak Continues Because Federal Officers Just Can’t Stop Lying, February 27, 2026
16. Morning Docket: 02.27.26, February 27, 2026

1. [Eugene Volokh] Open Thread, March 2, 2026
2. [Orin S. Kerr] The Carpenter Adjustment, March 2, 2026
3. [Josh Blackman] Today in Supreme Court History: March 1, 1880, March 1, 2026
4. [Eugene Volokh] Open Thread, March 1, 2026
5. [Eugene Volokh] My Colleague Niall Ferguson on Iran, February 28, 2026
6. [Eugene Volokh] "Law Is Irrelevant to the U.S. Attack on Iran," by Prof. Jack Goldsmith (Harvard), February 28, 2026
7. [Ilya Somin] An Unconstitutional War, February 28, 2026
8. [Josh Blackman] Today in Supreme Court History: February 28, 1966, February 28, 2026
9. [Eugene Volokh] Open Thread, February 28, 2026
10. [John Ross] Unripe septics, unripe Commandments, and technological advances., February 28, 2026
11. [Jonathan H. Adler] The Unconstitutional Commandeering of New Hampshire Continues, February 27, 2026
12. [Jonathan H. Adler] Birthright Citizenship Re-Examined (from an Originalist Perspective), February 27, 2026
13. [Jonathan H. Adler] "The Docket that Shall Not Be Named", February 27, 2026
14. [Eugene Volokh] First Amendment Protects Right to Use Nudity as Protest (There, a Pro-Trans Protest) in Public, February 27, 2026
15. [Eugene Volokh] Free Speech Claim by Government Employee Fired for Posts Complaining About 2020 St. Louis Riots Can Go Forward, February 27, 2026
16. [Josh Blackman] Today in Supreme Court History: February 27, 1901, February 27, 2026

1. The SAVE America Act: Mission, Constitutionality, & Potential Impact, February 27, 2026

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Patently-O - Dennis Crouch

1. The Real-Time View: USPTO Allowance Rate “Dips” to 75%, March 1, 2026
2. Five Petitions, Five Denials: The Federal Circuit’s Mandamus Wall Grows Higher, February 28, 2026
3. No Sunshine, No Standing? The Federal Circuit’s Informational Rights Gap in IPR, February 27, 2026
4. The 20-Year Allowance Rate Arc: From Trough to Peak and Back Again, February 27, 2026

COMMENTS ON LARGE FIRMS

Large Law Firms on the Blogs

1. Akin Featured in The American Lawyer’s 2025 Laterals Report, Akin Gump: Firm News, February 27, 2026
2. Settled Expectations with Prior Patent Owner Dooms Request for Discretionary Denial of IPR Petitions, Akin Gump: Firm News, February 27, 2026
3. Akin Attorneys Co‑Author Law360 Article on Key Implications of Delaware Supreme Court Moelis Decision, Akin Gump: Firm News, February 27, 2026