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The week in appellate news.
* Justice Department charges soldier who made $400,000 betting on Maduro capture. Weirdly, no action at all on whoever keeps making million dollar oil shorts minutes before Trump announces imaginary Iran deals. [ABC]
* Freshfields partners with Anthropic to build AI tools. [Legal IT Insider]
* Davis Polk unveils new appellate practice after snagging Paul Weiss practice co-chair. [American Lawyer]
* Spirit Airlines likely to get taxpayer bailout. The government should give them the bare minimum, and then charge extra for each additional necessity. [Law360]
* PE eyes PI practice. [Law.com]
* Judge Salas on the dangers of weakening data privacy laws. [Reuters]
* Junior lawyer makes pageant finals. [Legal Cheek]
Fifth Circuit’s Stuart Kyle Duncan Shows You Can Go Far Without Doing The Reading: Also, the Establishment Clause doesn’t matter anymore.
Keeping It Real About Real Estate Law: These schools should be at the top of your list!
Exercise Judgment: AI can help you, but you still need to be at the helm.
Goodbye, DEI: Companies have given up the commitment to diversity song and dance.
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He's definitely done the reading!
As federal borrowing caps tighten financing options for law students, one organization is stepping in to negotiate the terms they can't secure alone.
Fifth Circuit comes right out and says that their version of 'history' is not about facts.
Social media addiction, at least at the trial court level in California, is real.
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At the Medicarians Conference, Ricardo Carcas, assistant special agent in charge of the Office of Investigations, discussed cases of fraud in the ACA and how the DOJ is combatting it.
* Republican county judge blocks Virginia’s redistricting effort. The same judge already tried to block it before and keeps getting swatted down by the state supreme court. [Reuters]
* SBF says he wrote his own brief… with help from his parents. Which must thrill the judge. [Law360]
* Interesting paper breaking down the rise in pro se court filings and AI’s role. [Github]
* FBI reportedly probed a NY Times reporter after she wrote about Kash Patel using bureau resources to chauffeur his girlfriend to get her hair done. [NY Times]
* House Oversight Committee Republicans split over whether to pardon Ghislaine Maxwell. Except the Constitution doesn’t care what a House member thinks about a pardon, and they’ll all enthusiastically support it if Trump does it. [Politico]
* Wilson Sonsini brings in new COO from Baker McKenzie. [American Lawyer]
* Remember. the insurance fraud case where someone dressed up as a bear? Well, it’s sentencing time. [Lowering the Bar]
Jonathan Turley’s Remarks Wouldn’t Fly In An Undergraduate Paper: But we have to pretend its credible because he’s saying it.
Calling Your Own Words “Lies” Is A Strong Start: Kash Patel’s $250M complaint isn’t going so well.
Honesty Becomes Best Policy: The NBCE updated their character and fitness questions around mental health and drug use.
Cogs In The Machine Suffer From The Grind: Associates are heading for the door in record numbers.
Provost Calls Emergency Meeting About Law School Dean Nominee: Judge Van Tatenhove isn’t the most popular pick.
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