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University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill speaks at a hearing of the House Committee on Education Tuesday. She will leave the school’s presidency but remain a tenured faculty member at its Carey Law School. AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein

Liz Magill, U. Penn’s president, and board chair resign

The University of Pennsylvania’s president has resigned amid pressure from donors and criticism over testimony at a congressional hearing where she was unable to say under repeated questioning that calls on campus for the genocide of Jews would violate the school’s conduct policy.
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Chief Justice Roberts casts a wary eye on uses of AI in federal courts

Chief Justice John Roberts on Sunday turned his focus to the promise, and shortcomings, of artificial intelligence in the federal courts, in an annual report that made no mention of Supreme Court ethics or legal controversies involving Donald Trump.
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More than 300 statutes will become law in the new year

More than 300 new laws will take effect Jan. 1, ranging from a ban on book bans to the regulation of “deepfake porn” and prohibitions on videoconferencing while driving.

Trial Notebook

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Court weighs informed consent on alternative treatment options

With no local precedent on an important aspect of informed consent in a malpractice case against an emergency medicine physician, the Maryland Court of Special Appeals looked at “the primary cases” from other jurisdictions on “the duty to inform the patient of alternative treatment options.”

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