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Sunday, September 6, 2026

Law prof makes salad, sandwich

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I have been fortunate to know many multi-talented persons in my line of work. I'm not sure any, though, can hold a candle to the breadth...
Saturday, September 5, 2026

Byzantine, needless procedures make it too hard for David to sue Goliath in R.I. small-claims court

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RJ Peltz-Steele with Google Gemini CC0 1.0 A Savory Tort Investigation (Continued)   Following up my eye-opening journey through the byzanti...
Friday, September 4, 2026

UMass Amherst loses Roberts in wake of suit

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Alasdair Roberts Alasdairroberts via Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 My friend and colleague Alasdair Roberts  ( at The Savory Tort ), for a...
Wednesday, September 2, 2026

Bamboo makes handbags stylish, captures carbon, and might be the next big thing on the Italian food scene

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Me in Osun Grove, Osogbo, Nigeria, 2023 RJ Peltz-Steele CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Bamboo might be the next big thing in—wait for it— Italian food. Man...
Tuesday, September 1, 2026

Airlines abuse customers, who have nowhere to turn and face byzantine barriers in small claims courts

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A Savory Tort Investigation I sued Air France yesterday. Consumer Protection and Airline Impunity The instant matter is simple. I bought a r...
Monday, August 31, 2026

Avalanche pressures Shah reform agenda in Nepal

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Mount Kailash, 2016 Jean-Marie Hullot via Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 The devastating avalanche in Nepal is pushing the country's in...
Sunday, August 30, 2026

Belgian scholar publishes magisterial deep dive into comparative data privacy law across Atlantic

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Dr. Sylvia Lissens has published her remarkable dissertation in comparative law as a book, Personal Data Protection in the United States and...
Saturday, August 29, 2026

Like first-gen students it's all about, Raposa book breaks new ground in law school academic support

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My long-ago law student in Torts, and later colleague in teaching,  Brittany L. Raposa  ( LinkedIn ) this year published, as editor and cont...
Saturday, August 22, 2026

Conservancy loss illustrates ongoing impotence of environmental protection right in state constitution

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Franklin Park postcard, c. 1930-1945 Boston Public Library , public domain In the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Wednesday, environmen...
Friday, August 21, 2026

Oliver team uses state FOIA in Flock camera probe

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Flock camera Bruxton via Wikimedia Commons CC0 1.0 HBO's Last Week Tonight aired a story on August 2 on police surveillance technologi...