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* Trump moves to get Judge Chutkan kicked off his case because at a sentencing for a low-level January 6er, she said that the organizers of the riot had not been charged. But she never said Trump was the one who organized the riot. So... his lawyers are the ones making the connection that well obviously our client organized the riot. Galaxy brain work, gang! [CNN] * NY judge strikes down state's ethics commission, ruling that it violates separation of powers for former governor Andrew Cuomo...

* Harvard Law School grads don't end up in the Boston market. Here's another shocker: Yale grads don't practice in New Haven, either. [bloomberg] * Paul Weiss keeps raiding Kirkland. [Financial Times] * Can you properly call someone holding an "office" of the United States an "officer" of the United States muses former Attorney General. The answer is yes, because that's how the English language works. [WSJ] * Joshua Wright's behavior was an "open...

* Alabama's open defiance of the Supreme Court's election law ruling sets up a potential return trip to DC, with Republicans hoping they can flip Brett Kavanaugh this time. A new leak -- which we'll also never get to the bottom of -- suggests Kavanaugh's original vote was the product of lengthy negotiations with John Roberts. Is Roberts leaking this to shame Kavanaugh into remaining consistent... or is Alito leaking this to call Kavanaugh a cuck for respecting the Voting Righ...

* If Senator Whitehouse thinks John Roberts will take action after Sam Alito straight up admitted to breaching ethics rules, then he doesn't know John Roberts! [Law360] * Oregon Supreme Court voting on whether to become the first state in the modern era to offer a full apprenticeship path to the bar. [Reuters] * GPT-4 wins a lawyering contest featuring various AI options, but still isn't as good as humans. Kinda supercharges why states might want to find licensing pathways that don&#03...

* The collapse of crypto is paying off for lawyers. [NY Times] * Federal Circuit moves to dismiss Judge Pauline Newman's lawsuit challenging the court deciding to kick her off panels arguing that no court can question their internal affairs. Sounds like the Federal Circuit is taking a lot of lessons from the Supreme Court. [Reuters] * A primer for Ken Paxton's impeachment trial. [Law360] * All-white federal district courts still exist. Because people like this still exist. [Bloomberg L...

* Clarence Thomas brings on Elliot Berke to represent him in his ethical quagmire, marking the first sign Thomas is starting to take his scandals seriously. [Bloomberg Law News] * Mitch McConnell froze again. Cornell Law professor Michael Dorf examines the constitutional gaps for dealing with the issue. [Dorf on Law] * DOJ moves to stop upcoming Titanic expedition because... obviously. [CNN] * Lawyer tried to sub in a fake client during an arraignment. Gotta admit, that's a new one! [ABA Jo...

* Does the First Amendment protect criticizing a public school softball coach? Yes. Of course it does. How is this case still going? [Law.com] * A study of law students using AI on exams found that low performing students did better, high performing students did worse. [Reuters] * UK judge receives "formal advice" after falling asleep during trial. Presumably the advice was to blame the English accents for lulling him to sleep. I mean... has anyone ever actually finished that Stephen F...

* Elon Musk calls for global boycott of Latham & Watkins over firm's work with the homeless. [San Francisco Standard] * FTC says district court ruling on Microsoft deal "riddled with errors" marking the eight millionth time "Microsoft" and "riddled with errors" have appeared in the same sentence. [Law360] * Speaking of the FTC, they're also cracking down on social media influencers. Wouldn't you know it... right before my career takes off! [Corpor...

* Trial date for Trump's DC case should be set today. [Reuters] * In shocking turn, insurance company ordered to pay for thing it insured. [Bloomberg Law News] * NY judge sanctions attorney for making off-color jokes. "Buffoonery does not belong in a courthouse," says NY judge apparently unfamiliar with the work of several federal judges. [Law360] * Line spacing and fonts... a deep dive into judicial opinion formatting. [National Law Journal] * Mark Meadows may have screwed himsel...

* You'll never guess what Trump judges are doing to hurt minorities! Okay, they're ignoring the Supreme Court -- we all saw this coming.  [Slate] * AI is writing books using humans as pen names. The people aren't too happy about it! [Bloomberg Law] * Does telling people to not be racist on the job violate the 1st? The 11th Circuit will be hearing arguments to determine an answer soon. [Bloomberg Law] * Norway says “No Way!" to Meta's European data privacy violations. ...