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(Photo by Aude Guerrucci-Pool/Getty Images)* Somehow the Clarence Thomas ethical morass got worse. [ProPublica]* Biglaw firms consider recapturing the magic of

* Biglaw is amidst an era of upheaval where firms can no longer rest on their reputations."Nobody wants their career careening from guardrail to guardrail. They don’t want huge peaks and valleys. They want stability.” Welcome to late-stage capitalism, pal. [Bloomberg Law News] * Texas House digs into Ken Paxton's financial issues. Ken Paxton calls the Speaker of the House a drunk. Everything is very normal in Texas. [Law360] * Have we created a generation of lawyers incapable of sc...

* Remember when Donald Trump lost that defamation case to E. Jean Carroll and immediately went out and repeated the same claims about her being a liar? Because E. Jean Carroll does and she's seeking another $10M. [Law360] * Complaints against federal judges jumped 22 percent last year. You don't think this could be a knock-on effect from putting unqualified judges on the bench and blessing widespread financial ethical breaches, do you? [Legal Intelligencer] * Wells Fargo piling up NLRB...

* Allen & Overy finally finds its American match, announcing a deal with Shearman & Sterling. The new firm will be called "A&O Shearman"... for a couple of months before we just call it "Allen & Overy." [Law360] * Biden seems unwilling to invoke the Fourteenth Amendment to avoid a government shutdown, though it's not clear why since there wouldn't be any injured plaintiff. [Reuters] * Not that having a viable legal theory matters much to this Supreme...

* Neil Gorsuch brands COVID-19 health edicts possibly "the greatest intrusions on civil liberties in the peacetime history of this country." While some might remind him about slavery and segregation, I'm not sure we should be giving him any ideas. [USA Today] * Mike McKool leaves McKool Smith. Remember Garfield Minus Garfield? It's like that. [Reuters] * Judge rejects candy company's motion to dismiss in case of man trapped inside hardened chocolate for hours. Willy Wonk...

(Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)* Fox doesnt own the Discovery Network, but discovery now owns Fox News! See... its a Rule 26 joke. [Law360]* A lawyer

* Report says Biglaw firms are more enthusiastic about merging this year. Shearmans wondering why yall got to go rubbing salt on it. [Reuters]* Goldm

* Supreme Court will delve into whether lawmakers can probe Trump's hotel deal with the government. We'll see how Harlan Crow weighs in on this. [Politico] * It's becoming a mantra but, "Disney's lawyers are smarter than Ron DeSantis's lawyers." [New York Times] * Legislators press Navy to move faster on Camp Lejeune claims... so we know they've been watching late-night TV too. [Bloomberg Law News] * On the one hand, sleeping with your client while repping...

* John Durham publishes report ripping all the wrongdoing that he could never substantiate during all the years taxpayers paid him to investigate. It's the legal equivalent of "look, I know she was into me... no I never asked her out, but I stalked her for awhile and I'm positive she'd have totally been into me if I had." In other words, the perfect document for the Fox audience. [Law360] * Biglaw attorneys have taken to TikTok and their employers are worried about their...

* LSAT lives to fight another day as ABA halts its new rule to make the exam optional in the admissions process. Nothing inspires confidence like an accrediting body that repeatedly changes its mind! [Reuters] * Britney Spears paid Greenberg Traurig over $4 million in the aftermath of her conservatorship. It seems as though people who care about her could've saved her a lot of money by ending the conservatorship without requiring lawyers get involved, huh? [TMZ] * Firms may be trying to pus...