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[photo1]* Expectation: Am Law 100 firms excited about moving West in 2023! Reality: Your firm has died of dysentery. [American Lawyer]* Remember in 2016 when th

* If you want vigorous antitrust enforcement, you've got to break a few eggs... or at least shed some Republican members of the FTC. The Federal Trade Commission's Christine S. Wilson is leaving the agency over Chair Lina Khan's leadership priorities. [Law360] * The National Labor Relations Board may be changing course on a widespread anti-unionization tactic. The NLRB's general counsel Jennifer Abruzzo's latest advice memo takes aim at misleading statements by employers...

(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)* Trump sues Bob Woodward claiming copyright on all the stuff he told Woodward during interviews Trump granted for the purpos

* SEC and CFTC sidelined until the DOJ is finished with Sam Bankman-Fried. It's like one actor is going to get a chance to exact a lot from him and then the others will come along only to find that there's nothing really left. Metaphors are fun. [Law360] * Ugh. Now we're talking about legal ops layoffs? We're just going to keep trying to make this recession happen against all odds, aren't we? [Legaltech News] * Oh look, "despite" market uncertainties, lateral p...

[photo1]* Hope you werent planning on traveling anywhere today. [CNN]* Rate hikes or layoffs or both loom for the industry following a *checks notes*

* Sam Bankman-Fried tried to contact the GC of FTX by encrypted text?!? How does he not understand how this works? [Law360] * Judges increasingly use Wikipedia to write opinions. This is not an endorsement, but... ChatGPT looks pretty good by comparison. [Legal Cheek] * The Harvard Law School attack suspect is now facing criminal charges. [10 Boston] * "I'm gonna live forever" is a catchy lyric, but not a succession plan. And law firms can do good business scooping up smaller firm...

[photo1]* Google doesnt think much of the governments antitrust action. It might want to try a quick Bing search on antitrust law. [Reuters]* Asking ChatGPT t

* Supreme Court apparently discussed adhering to basic ethics but then decided, "Nah." [Washington Post] * Michael Cohen is chatting with prosecutors again. [AP News] * NFL class action over Sunday Ticket prices moves forward. [Reuters] * A bomb threat disrupted the Alex Murdaugh trial, which will go down in history without even making the top ten of crazy things about this trial. [NBC News] * Goodwin averaged one lateral move per day over the last few years. [American Lawyer]

* Just in time for Black History Month, white legislators impose new all white court system over Black voters. [Mississippi Today] * Jury hears that Alex Murdaugh was bad at his job. Nepo babies, amiright? [Yahoo] * Whenever someone stupid tells you the First Amendment is under attack, remember that those same people want a prior restraint on "telling people that they can escape torture by getting asylum in the US" [Reuters] * Coinbase employee pleads guilty to insider trading. Who wou...

* ABA asks the Supreme Court to maybe consider having some ethical rules. Aw. Cute. [Reuters] * Professor Rick Hasen discusses the high likelihood that Moore v. Harper might soon be moot. [Slate] * Attorneys agree that Elon Musk himself deserves credit for winning the Tesla shareholder case. Since the jury watched him testify and concluded "no one could possibly take this guy seriously," he probably does deserve all the credit. [Law360] * Law firms unlikely to develop ChatGPT tools any...