Above the Law

Morning Docket: 03.19.26

* Colorado aims to shield AI companies from unauthorized practice of law claims. No way this can go wrong! [ABA Journal]

* Luigi looks to delay trial until 2027. [Courthouse News Service]

* Justice Alito used to recuse himself from these cases… guess not so much anymore [Slate]

* Microsoft considers suing over OpenAI deal with Amazon. [Financial Times]

* Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s son-in-law is running for Congress, and transportation lobbyists are showering him with cash. [Pro Publica]

* Markwayne Mullin’s DHS confirmation process is off to a disastrous start courtesy of his inability to even try to be nice to Rand Paul. [Slate]

* Firms and clients aren’t talking to each other about AI. [Thomson Reuters]

DOJ Lawyer Gets Tossed Out Of Courtroom — See Also

Showing Up Unannounced Is One Thing, But Speaking?: Supervisory AUSA Mark Coyne gets shown the door.

Will Someone Please Think Of The Aggressors!: Raiding officers want millions from musician who hurt their feelings.

Another Break In The Glass Ceiling: Weil Gotshal & Manges announces their first female executive partner!

Here Would Be The Epstein Files: If not for Todd Blanche!

Does That Supercar Have The Proper License?: California is cracking down.

On This Week Of Thinking Like A Lawyer: AI hallucinations, lazy lawyering, and the fallout of swinging dicks.

What Law Firm Training Can Learn From AI Classrooms

Blunt feedback loops make classrooms unusually good at exposing design flaws.

California Cracking Down On Supercar Owners Illegally Using Montana License Plates

But it must fix the laws that incentivize them to do this.

Law Firm AI Adoption: So Many Choices

Firms need to recognize reality, define what their legal professionals need, and then determine how to adopt and govern the use of AI tools.

7 Ways LOIS’s AI Features Can Save Legal Teams 100+ Hours A Month

Filevine’s legal AI orchestrates workflows, understands context, and connects your data, documents, and decisions. Here’s a look at specific efficiencies it provides.

AI Hallucinations And Judicial Derangements

And Legalweek talk.

Ukraine Once Again Proves Its Friendship By Trying To Save The U.S. From Its Own Decadence

Our president is wasting billions he doesn’t have to fight a war he didn’t have to fight.

Employer Groups Applaud Bill That Aims To Spur Competition In Healthcare

Employer groups praised a bill aimed at boosting healthcare competition and lowering costs by banning anticompetitive insurer-provider contracts.

Morning Docket: 03.18.26

* Chief Justice Roberts says personal attacks against judges have got to stop. But, one might ask, what if those attacks are official acts of the president? [Reuters]

* Jurors must ponder whether Elon Musk was deliberate or stupid. [Law360]

* The Senate Commerce Committee asks “Liability or Deniability?” as Section 230 turns 30. A milestone birthday that, like most 30th birthdays, will be celebrated with existential dread and questioning whether it should even still exist. [Senate Commerce Committee]

* Weil finds its new leader. [American Lawyer]

* Donald Trump wants election tamperer Tina Peters out of prison with his “full pardon” of exclusively state crimes, but after scuffling with fellow inmate, Peters has new legal trouble. [Denver Post]

* SEC announces guidelines for cryptocurrency clearing the way for fake money Ponzi schemes. [Coindesk]

* Trump administration files its defense of the Pentagon’s supply chain risk designation for Anthropic arguing that Anthropic presents an incurable threat to the United States… that the government needs to use for its most sensitive applications immediately. [US News]

Open Offices And Talent Acquisition — See Also

Reed Smith Opens A New Office And Grabs Talent From Other Firms: Yoink! Yoink!

VanDyke Supporters Are Cracking Out Philosophy To Defend Him: Much easier to call the guy dumb and move on.

Read This Before That Law Review Submission: Taking legal scholarship seriously is a step-by-step process.

Did You Catch Trump’s Supreme Court Meltdown?: This Truth Social rant makes you wonder if he needs to do another round of testing.

Amazing Name, Even Better Service: RealityCheck catches AI hallucinations in legal briefs!

Judge Kaplan Is On Karen Duty: Did SBF’s mom leave a voicemail for the judge?

No Experience? No Problem!: DOJ drops experience requirements to keep the dumpster fire going.

Are We Actually Going To Require Law Schools To Teach AI?

It *does* come up quite often.

Biglaw’s AI Reckoning May Be Coming For Lawyer Headcount

Partners admit the quiet part out loud: fewer hires and a whole lot of tech-driven efficiency.

Pam Bondi’s DOJ Lowers Hiring Standards After Driving Away Lawyers With Actual Experience

When the brain drain gets bad enough, apparently the solution is… hiring people straight outta law school.

Legalweek Has Left The Building – And Successfully Landed In A New One

Last week, Law.com Legalweek pulled off something genuinely impressive: It moved.