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* Clarence Thomas brings on Elliot Berke to represent him in his ethical quagmire, marking the first sign Thomas is starting to take his scandals seriously. [Bloomberg Law News] * Mitch McConnell froze again. Cornell Law professor Michael Dorf examines the constitutional gaps for dealing with the issue. [Dorf on Law] * DOJ moves to stop upcoming Titanic expedition because... obviously. [CNN] * Lawyer tried to sub in a fake client during an arraignment. Gotta admit, that's a new one! [ABA Journal] * Judge in Sam Bankman-Fried case wants all postponement requests filed immediately because h...

* Does the First Amendment protect criticizing a public school softball coach? Yes. Of course it does. How is this case still going? [Law.com] * A study of law students using AI on exams found that low performing students did better, high performing students did worse. [Reuters] * UK judge receives "formal advice" after falling asleep during trial. Presumably the advice was to blame the English accents for lulling him to sleep. I mean... has anyone ever actually finished that Stephen Fry story? [LegalCheek] * There's chutzpah and then there's a company that declared bankrup...

* Elon Musk calls for global boycott of Latham & Watkins over firm's work with the homeless. [San Francisco Standard] * FTC says district court ruling on Microsoft deal "riddled with errors" marking the eight millionth time "Microsoft" and "riddled with errors" have appeared in the same sentence. [Law360] * Speaking of the FTC, they're also cracking down on social media influencers. Wouldn't you know it... right before my career takes off! [Corporate Counsel] * ABA sets up committee to explore the risks and opportunities of AI even though we...

* Trial date for Trump's DC case should be set today. [Reuters] * In shocking turn, insurance company ordered to pay for thing it insured. [Bloomberg Law News] * NY judge sanctions attorney for making off-color jokes. "Buffoonery does not belong in a courthouse," says NY judge apparently unfamiliar with the work of several federal judges. [Law360] * Line spacing and fonts... a deep dive into judicial opinion formatting. [National Law Journal] * Mark Meadows may have screwed himself while trying to get out of the Georgia state courts. [Just Security] * Local judge doesn't un...

* You'll never guess what Trump judges are doing to hurt minorities! Okay, they're ignoring the Supreme Court -- we all saw this coming.  [Slate] * AI is writing books using humans as pen names. The people aren't too happy about it! [Bloomberg Law] * Does telling people to not be racist on the job violate the 1st? The 11th Circuit will be hearing arguments to determine an answer soon. [Bloomberg Law] * Norway says “No Way!" to Meta's European data privacy violations. [Reuters] * In a much awaited outcome to a heated case, the 2nd Circuit decided that covering up an ...