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* Sam Bankman-Fried objects to "overbroad" bail restrictions. Bail restrictions can be onerous and harassing but these boil down to "please don't talk to possible witnesses against you or send automatically deleting communications," which seems... reasonable. Next thing you know they're going to be telling him he can't pay fines with magic beans! [Reuters] * When looking in the mirror in 2023, there's one question we must all ask ourselves: Was I at Camp Lejeune? I don't think so, but these ads have got me wondering if I might've been stationed...

* There's a lot to say about Brett Kavanaugh's speech at Notre Dame Law School, but he used the opportunity to bash the US News rankings blasting the idea that the publication's reputation survey can capture the quality of an education. His clerks this Term all went to Harvard, Yale, and Stanford. [CNN] * Shearman & Sterling used to be a top 5 earning firm. Now it's banking on a merger -- that feels more like a takeover -- to save it. What happened? [American Lawyer] * Forum shopping has gotten to the point where attorneys pushing fringe legal theories have a 100 percen...

* ChatGPT "passes" law school exam. Which is not really how law school works, but cool. Congrats on your below market salary, debt-laden hellscape Johnny 5! [CBS] * Lawyer threats avert robot legal apocalypse. I'm still pretty sure this is a stupid temper tantrum from lawyers who think they're special snowflakes, but here we are. [NPR] * Madison Square Garden's lawyer ban may violate bias laws. Reality continues to lag about 4 weeks behind what I say. Are people not watching my podcast appearances when they come out live? Because we could speed all this up. [NBC] * Pap...

* Google doesn't think much of the government's antitrust action. It might want to try a quick Bing search on antitrust law. [Reuters] * Asking ChatGPT to write a poem about being a law student. [LegalCheek] * Insiders may find it a little sketchy, but Goodwin coupling layoffs with a big lateral hire may be the norm in a market where the "recession" is only hitting specific groups. [Law.com] * A deep dive into Sullivan & Cromwell's cryptoexchange adventure. [Financial Times] * Elon Musk testifies that publicly stating that he had "funding secured" when he...

* Expectation: Am Law 100 firms excited about moving West in 2023! Reality: Your firm has died of dysentery. [American Lawyer] * Remember in 2016 when the FBI was leaking about how it couldn't find any connection between Donald Trump and Russia? Entirely coincidentally, the former head of counterintelligence for the FBI just got indicted for taking money from a Putin ally. [NY Times] * Supreme Court punts critical attorney-client privilege case designed to settle thorny issues surrounding lawyers wearing two hats. Inevitably just waiting to hear the John Eastman challenge that plotting co...