Is the Ninth Circuit Really an Immigration Outlier?

Does the Sixth Circuit treat all sister-circuit immigration caselaw with similar skepticism? The short answer: No, the Ninth Circuit is an outlier.

Feb 17 • Chase Hemmelgarn

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Release: Midpage MCP Integration for Claude

You can now connect Midpage to Claude.

Feb 2

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January 2026

When Does a Sister Circuit Persuade?

Patterns across doctrinal areas in how the Sixth Circuit treats Ninth Circuit authority.

Jan 27 • Chase Hemmelgarn

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Release: Drafting

Midpage can now draft briefs. An agent you can iterate and collaborate with on work product, grounded in case law.

Jan 21 • Ben Hoffner-Brodsky

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When NIL Deals Require Players to “Stay-or-Pay”

Mapping the transfer portal–roster stability fight to existing legal analogues using Midpage.

Jan 12 • Chase Hemmelgarn

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December 2025

Searches Aren’t Seizures: A Fourth Amendment Mix-Up

Keep searches and seizures conceptually distinct, and you are less likely to make the slip-up I witnessed at a recent federal appellate oral argument.

Dec 31, 2025 • Chase Hemmelgarn

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Espionage Thriller or Fair Competition? Palantir v. Jain and the AI Talent War

To what extent can noncompetes stop AI engineers from building a rival?

Dec 24, 2025 • Chase Hemmelgarn

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How I Used Midpage to Make “Scorched-Earth” Legal Research Faster and More Organized

I wanted to see whether Midpage could help me run a broad, structured, and explainable research process....it did exactly that.

Dec 1, 2025 • Chase Hemmelgarn

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November 2025

I Got Hooked On Midpage’s New Legal Research & Drafting Agent

I wanted to find out whether AI can help litigators draft briefs...turns out, it can.

Nov 17, 2025 • Chase Hemmelgarn and James Curbow

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Research Example: Will Contests Based on Undue Influence

Here’s a mock research assignment showing how Midpage helps estate litigators and probate attorneys quickly find controlling precedent in cases alleging…

Nov 5, 2025

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October 2025

Research Example: Disputes Between Developers and Existing Homeowners

Here’s a mock research assignment showing how Midpage helps real estate attorneys quickly find the governing law and precedent in disputes involving…

Oct 21, 2025

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Research Example: Automatic Stay Violations in Bankruptcy Cases

Here’s a mock research assignment showing how Midpage helps bankruptcy attorneys quickly uncover authority on a creditor’s duty to return repossessed…

Oct 8, 2025

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