We are grateful to Eugene Volokh for the invitation to discuss corpus linguistics generally and our forthcoming article, "Judging Ordinary Meaning," in particular. Corpus linguistics is an empirical ...

Courts and scholars are experimenting with artificial intelligence tools to help establish the ordinary meaning of words and phrases in statutes and contracts. A tone of cautious optimism—one ...

I appreciate this opportunity to guest blog on the Volokh Conspiracy about my latest article, posted on SSRN a few weeks ago, entitled Ordinary Meaning as Last Resort: The Meaning of "Undue Hardship" ...

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In last year’s decision in Eon Corp. IP Holdings LLC v. Silver Spring Network, Inc. 815 F.3d 1314, 1320 (Fed. Cir. 2016), the Federal Circuit reversed the District Court’s jury instruction that the ...

What's in a word? According to a bill passed by lawmakers in the Tennessee Senate Thursday, certain words should only be allowed to have "natural and ordinary" meanings. In this case, the words in ...

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam signed a law on Friday that restricts the way words can be defined under state law. The bill, known as House Bill 1111 or Senate Bill 1085, has caused controversy over its ...

Women Challenge Tennessee’s ‘Natural and Ordinary’ Law Four Tennessee lesbian couples sued Monday to challenge a law signed by Gov. Bill Haslam days earlier stipulating that undefined terms in state ...