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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 schmoozing? [Roll on Friday] * Panama grants legal rights to turtles. Cowabunga. [AP News] * Alex Murd...

* 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 complaints to go with the $1B they had to pay over the Fed, Treasury, and CFPB complaints. [Bloombe...

* 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 Court. So why does the media bend over backward to frame opinions through a legal lens? In fairness...

* 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 Wonka declined comment. [Legal Intelligencer] * Nancy Abudu confirmed to the Eleventh Circuit and all it...