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Morning Docket: 04.23.26

* 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]

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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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