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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 to be subject to an independent ethical probe. By way of pure coincidence, this judge was a Trump n...

* 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 secret" around the law school. And no one did anything. [Law360] * Mark Meadows tried to move ...

* 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 Rights Act? Both good guesses! [CNN] * Speaking of Kavanaugh, he says that being a judge is like being a...

* 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't involve an algorithm gaming a test, huh? [New Scientist] * Nationwide says it is not on your sid...

* 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 Law News] * Dechert facing sanctions over dragging out discovery. [American Lawyer] * NY begins crack...