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* Mistrial in the Breonna Taylor case. [CNN] * DEI consulting is booming after the Supreme Court rollback of affirmative action. [Bloomberg Law] * Progress on an alternative to the bar exam in California. [Reuters] * Judge in Google search case keeping a very open mind. [Law360] * Alex Murdaugh one step closer to a new trial. [Law & Crime]

* Senate set to subpoena Leonard Leo and Harlan Crow to chat about the not-so-lost art of buying influence. [Reuters] * How non-equity partners solve one nagging problem for Biglaw. [Bloomberg Law News] * Forbes is doing a lawyer ranking. They have such a great track record with their other rankings. [Forbes] * Reacting to Biglaw's open letter on campus antisemitism, law school deans "unsure, though, what the letter is asking the schools to do." Could that be because the letter wa...

* Donald Trump set to testify in New York. Be there, will be wild. [Reuters] * Stroock files notice that it's laying off roughly 140 people in New York. [Bloomberg Law News] * The administration's antitrust push hasn't netted all the results one might've hoped, but Lina Khan's tenure at the FTC may have some knock on effects as law students embrace antitrust work. [Politico] * More firms are condemning senior associates to a holding pattern. [American Lawyer] * Defamatio...

* Ivanka Trump cited "undue hardship" because her testimony was scheduled during "a school week." The appellate court... disagreed. [CNN] * Sam Bankman-Fried is guilty. But Alex Kirshner's burning question is... why was the defense so bad? [Slate] * Rudy asks DC to please not disbar him. [Reuters] * Retiring Biglaw leaders have firms thinking about succession. Presumably multiple rounds of Boar on the Floor. [Bloomberg Law News] * George W. Bush judge declines seems disi...

* Remember Morgan Lewis partner Sheri Dillon? She's the one who stood in front of a pile of -- for all we know empty -- folders and told everyone that they didn't need to see Donald Trump's taxes because they were fine. Well, the AG had some questions about that at trial yesterday. [Law360] * Pillsbury ends merger talks with Stroock as two of the most star-crossed potential merger partners in Biglaw fail to get together. [American Lawyer] * Today's the day for Sam Bankman-Fri...

* Law firm grapples with rodent infestation. Now might be a good time to talk about hybrid work policies. [Roll on Friday] * Judge asked to approve $125M PACER fees settlement. Hold on, maybe we should put this off until after the shutdown? [National Law Journal] * Gordon Rees rebrands as GRSM50 to give off more of a diagnostic manual vibe. [ABA Journal] * The Blum Bigot Brigade takes aim at Winston & Strawn, Hunton Andrews Kurth, and Adams and Reese over law student fellowship programs. [Re...

* Treat your significant other the way you'd want to be treated if they're called to testify against you in a multi-billion dollar fraud trial. [Reuters] * Chevron doctrine on the chopping block. Because what this country needs is every mundane detail of government in the hands of the laser-focused geniuses in the House of Representatives. [Bloomberg Law News] * Drew Magary calls for an end to the Supreme Court's soft dictatorship. [SF Gate] * A thorough analysis of Ken Chesebro&#...

* Law students are the worst people at the club. [LegalCheek] * Lawyer sues Harvard for defamation because... well, you're not gonna believe this one. [Daily Report Online] * ADF just makes up plaintiffs. [Washington Post] * Trump can't stay trial just because his financial house of cards collapsed. [Law360] * Don't know who still needs to hear this, but don't try to bomb lawyers. [Roll on Friday] * Shira Scheindlin moves to Boies Schiller. [New York Law Journal] * Longest se...

* Democrats ask Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from case run by Koch attorneys because they're under the mistaken impression that Thomas has any shame. [Law360] * Adapting trial practice to persuade the TikTok generation. [DBR] * Tanya Chutkan politely declines Trump's bonkers demand that she leave the case. [Reuters] * Former MLA recruiter's bankruptcy estate pursuing sexual harassment claims. [American Lawyer] * Just how much has Ron DeSantis cost Florida taxpayers? [New Repu...

* Trump's businesses nuked by judge. Why does the woke mob keep doing this just because he's committing "crimes"? [CNN] * Amazon's business practices run into Sherman Act. Bad week for Primes. [Reuters] * JP Morgan spending $75 million to settle Jeffrey Epstein claims which is a totally normal thing banks do. [Law360] * Boutique cashes in on Lewis Brisbois defection/catastrophe. [Bloomberg Law News] * The tech driving legal gets pricier. [Legaltech News] * What's 40...