Above the Law

ILTA EVOLVE: Sometimes Less Is More — A Focus On Leadership

The program will include two really good keynote speakers and over 20 educational speakers. This year's session is limited to only three topics.

Morning Docket: 04.30.26

* Elon Musk gets into argument with OpenAI’s lawyer during cross. So things are going great over there. [Law360]

* Jeopardy! law student finally leaves show after hauling in $880K. [ABA Journal]

* Emory Law expels student plaguing classmates. [Daily Report]

* The majority of the Supreme Court proved they don’t need to eliminate the Voting Rights Act to obliterate the Voting Rights Act. [One First]

* Former Latham partner joined Paramount Skydance and made more in three months than any other chief legal officer made all year. [Corporate Counsel]

* Trump administration continues its quid pro quo with judges, handing a federal judicial nomination to state judge who ruled in Trump’s favor in frivolous Pulitzer case. [Reuters]

Dhillon Pays More Attention To Twitter Than The Work Coming Out Of The DOJ — See Also

The Fools Sent Out The Draft Doc: Nobody was awake enough to catch that?

Cool If I Flip The Bird?: Flashing the finger as patriotic duty.

Keep The Hate Outside The Club: Metropolitan Club members want to keep Todd Blanche out.

ABA Folds On Diversity. Again: They settled the Legal Opportunity Scholarship Fund issue rather than go to trial.

Chasing Federal Clerkships?: These schools should be on your radar.

On This Week Of Thinking Like A Lawyer: Kash Patel’s drinking, SPLC accusations, and AI blunders at Sullivan & Cromwell.

Porsche’s Factory Mileage Reset: Can They Legally Turn Back The Odometer?

Failing to disclose that the car has been fully restored is an omission of a material fact.

The Law Schools Where The Most Graduates Got Federal Clerkships (2025)

These law schools may help you get the most prestigious jobs.

Kash Patel’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week

It was enough to drive a man to drink.

DOJ Forgets To Remove ‘DRAFT’ Watermark Splashed Across Every Page Of Filing

When you're recruiting lawyers by Twitter DM, this is what happens.

Can You Get In Any Legal Trouble By Flipping The Bird To Gaudy Trump-Branded Properties?

'Legal' is not synonymous with 'consequence-free.'

Pentagon Formally Requests Name Change To War Department, Setting Up Fight With Dems

The Defense Department stated in a legislative proposal that it will likely spend about $50 million in fiscal 2026 to get the ball rolling on a name change.

Morning Docket: 04.29.26

* Taylor Swift attempts to register her voice and likeness as trademarks to combat deep fakes that copyright law can’t address. [ABA Journal]

* This morning, the Supreme Court will hear the government’s argument that it can arbitrarily strip Haitians over temporary protected status while simultaneously still classifying the country as dangerous. [NPR]

* The Alien Tort Act doesn’t reach everything, but it probably reaches claims that a U.S. company aided and abetted overseas torture. [Law360]

* “Firm Leaders ‘Determined’ to Train Attorneys to Avoid Using AI-Produced Mistakes.” Sure, but since the firm leaders are the ones signing the briefs, have they considered “bothering to edit them?” [Daily Report]

* Popehat breaks down the Comey indictment and is not impressed. [Popehat Report]

* ABA settles diversity scholarship suit after promising not to let it improve diversity.[Law.com]

Disappearing Bullets At The White House Correspondents’ Dinner — See Also

Did Todd Blanche Really Just Say That?: The best and the brightest can’t manage forensics.

…Did Donald Trump Write This?: This DOJ ballroom brief looks a LOT like a Truth Social post.

How Did Obama Get Swept Into This?: Georgetown Law professor tries turning a former president mourning a murdered boy into comedy.

One Hell Of A Streak!: Law student finishes Jeopardy! run with nearly $900k in winnings!

Equity Partners Are Becoming Passé

Nonequity partners are taking over Biglaw.

Rowing For Gold

What is true of the cox in an Olympic race is often true of a funder in a high-stakes IP dispute.

8am Now Guarantees Next-Day Payments To Its LawPay Customers

The company also announced new capabilities that it says streamline billing and improve visibility into financial performance for its customers.

James Comey Indicted For Playing With Sea Shells In New Low Point For DOJ Integrity

The bar keeps getting lower.