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Back in 1995, the LA Times ran an article about O.J. Simpson's defense team's "assault on the [Los Angeles Police] department's ability to use sophisticated science to solve crimes." One its expert witnesses walked the jury through powerful demonstrative evidence detailing DNA contamination in its crime lab. Beyond the Simpson case, the article quoted a defense attorney who said the witness' testimony "will provide ammunition for years to come for lawyers defending poor clients who don't have th...

We recently filed a motion to dismiss a spurious sexual harassment complaint. In opposition, the plaintiff included a request that the court take judicial notice of various articles chronicling the #metoo movement. In response to our argument, which focused on the facts and law, the plaintiff asked the court to "judicially notice" that "[m]illennials were sheltered from abusive treatment as kids ... [but find themselves] put in place by Boomer and [Generation] Xer managers ...." Why leave the re...