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* Regulators tell Elon Musk that he can't start putting chips in people's brains. GAH! Kill a monkey (or 1500) and suddenly the bureaucrats in Washington won't let you do anything anymore. [Reuters] * "Murdaugh Committed Murders As Career Spiraled" should be every attorney's defense to a rough month... "I know I just considered taking my book of business to Jones Day, but I could've done a double murder." [Law360] * Biden administration plans to shift the liability for hacks to software manufacturers. This policy seems stupid but at least the presid...

* Law firms expect tougher fee negotiations. Have honestly lost count of how many times this was a headline and then nothing actually happened. [Financial Times] * Cravath expands to London. The firm's American-centric practice is dead, the firm lives. [Law.com International] * Does Mayer Brown has an opening for a former partner? Asking for an ousted mayor. Maybe they could rename it MAYOR Brown. [CNN] * Meanwhile in NYC, Eric Adams is over here seeking an end to the separation of church and state. Just an absolute clown show. [NY Daily News] * LA County owes $29M over distributing horri...

* When the Trump administration used COVID as a rationale to unilaterally rewrite immigration laws, the Supreme Court thought that was fine. Today, the same justices will scream bloody murder at the idea of the Biden administration using the COVID economic slump to justify forgiving $20K worth of student loans the same way the government forgave millions in PPP loans. Because... reasons. [Reuters] * Law firms get conservative on legal technology amid recession fears. I guess this means they aren't trying to bring in tech to reduce attorney ranks. [Legaltech News] * Rupert Murdoch acknowle...

* Should one admission be enough to practice in all federal courts? If we let a single judge in the middle of nowhere issue injunctions binding the whole country, we may as well let the lawyers practice across the country. [National Law Journal] * Reddit stories are always a little suspect, but could this law student have lost a job over "bofadeez nutz" greeting? [LegalCheek] * A pair of siblings have barricaded themselves in a room at their mom's house and taken to TikTok after a Utah judge ordered them returned to their father AFTER the state child welfare agency concluded tha...

* Another effort to strike "non-lawyer" from the industry vernacular. Deploying the phrase to denigrate other professionals is bad, but... it's pretty important for a host of ethical reasons that folks know if their law firm contact is a lawyer or not. [Law.com] * Shocking absolutely no one, when faculty met to discuss an effort by some Christian law students to get official recognition for new clubs to exclude LGBTQ students, the meeting was recorded and leaked to Fox News. Because the whole point for these initiatives is to get on Fox News. But now police are involved and stud...