Why One Leader Is Calling Out Insurers’ Inaction On Prior Authorization
The current prior authorization process in U.S. healthcare constitutes a crisis, according to Jesse Ehrenfeld, immediate past president of the American Medical Association.
Morning Docket: 05.28.25
* Skadden takes pro bono case against the Trump administration. Oooh, let's see how this plays out! [Bloomberg Law News]
* Congestion pricing survives arbitrary federal effort to shut it down. [Law360]
* The path to private equity law firms runs through startups. [American Lawyer]
* Supreme Court declines school free speech case involving student bigotry. [National Law Journal]
* The best business model in Biglaw is "paleo-Republican willing to sue Trump." [Reuters]
* Examining what international students bring to law schools. [Bloomberg Law News]
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Legal Ethics Roundup: 5 Justices Recuse Over Books, Lively/Baldoni PR Ethics, Jenner EO Struck, PW Lawyers Flee & More
Your tour of all things related to lawyer and judicial ethics, with University of Houston law professor Renee Knake Jefferson.
What A Historic Absence Of Its Top Officer Means For The Navy
The Navy has never gone this long without a fully empowered chief of naval operations. Former officials and analysts say the consequences of that are stacking up by the day.
Morning Docket: 05.27.25
* While the firms continue to deny that they gave the Trump authority to dictate what matters they take on, Trump and his allies... are discussing what matters to make the firms take on. [NY Times]
* Texas legislators focus on new plan to cost taxpayers massive legal fees. [Texas Tribune]
* Ed Martin considering pardons for wingnuts who tried to kidnap Gretchen Whitmer. [WBPN]
* Northern District of Texas judges teaching "Originalism" in law school. Hey students, I'll save you a class... just read the contemporary GOP platform and say, "eh, James Madison probably said something similar." [Bloomberg Law News]
* Trump administration ordered to facilitate return of wrongfully deported man because the government has been so diligent in following the same order about other people. [Reuters]
* Federal Circuit opens door to more patent damage fights. [Law360]
* No ethics charges based on COVID-related delirium. [Daily Business Review]
Bad Week For Biglaw Capitulators — See Generally
Ed. Note: We’re starting a new feature, kicking off the week with a collection of top stories from the prior week. It’s like our daily See Also, but for the week. So… See Generally. Paul Weiss Lawyers Jump Ship Before It Becomes the S.S. Giuliani: Top litigators leaving to form new firm free of Trump […]
Decrypting Crypto, Digital Assets, And Web3
"Decrypting Crypto" is a go-to guide for understanding the technology and tools underlying Web3 and issues raised in the context of specific legal practice areas.
How Appealing Weekly Roundup
The week in appellate news.
How A Tiny Federal Agency Supports Innovation & Competitiveness In The Scientific Community
The law that created ASTP as a formal federal agency gave it duties such as supporting a more effective marketplace and greater competition.
Morning Docket: 05.23.25
* The Trump administration told Harvard that it couldn't enroll foreign students unless it met a series of demands. Harvard sued. [NY Times]
* Judge signals that he expects to rule that it's fair use to use copyrighted works to train an AI model, but it's still infringement to not pay for the books in the first place. [Law360]
* Goodwin quits Mansfield as part of wholesale concession to Trump administration diversity witch hunt. [Bloomberg Law News]
* Prince Andrew nearly kills lawyer's dog. [Roll on Friday]
* Supreme Court will allow Trump to fire independent agency board members, but says the Federal Reserve is off limits because... [mumble mumble] reasons. [National Law Journal]
* Copyright Office director sues administration over removal too, but good luck if we all decide he can fire the NLRB. [Reuters]
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3 Health Investors Share Their Most Controversial Industry Takes
From AI to value-based care, three VCs shared their controversial takes on healthcare during a recent panel discussion at the MedCity INVEST conference.
Morning Docket: 05.22.25
* Law firm office leasing is booming, so don't hold out much hope for working from home. [American Lawyer]
* Kim Kardashian is done with her legal training. Which the media is calling law school because it infuriates pedants. [NBC]
* Appellate lawyers expand business opportunities with boom in trial support. [Legal Intelligencer]
* Littler settles client lawsuit over bad advice. [Law360]
* Trump administration violated court order in shipping people to South Sudan. [ABA Journal]
* FOIA requests disappeared. The contractor in charge of them had two convicted hackers on staff. But, yes, we should definitely keep firing government workers and outsourcing to private contractors. [Bloomberg]
* Hacker stole information from across the government because the Trump administration keeps doing business on unsecure apps. [Reuters]
The Changing Landscape Of Ransomware: Why Healthcare Organizations Are Paying Less
Threat actors continue to refine their strategies, and the financial incentives for cybercrime persist. However, the combination of stronger defenses, regulatory pressure, and industry collaboration is starting to shift the balance in favor of defenders.
Morning Docket: 05.21.25
* An open letter to Clarence Thomas. If we print it out and wrap it in luxury vacation tickets he just might read it. [The Nation]
* Supreme Court jumps in to stop Maine's state legislature from censuring its own members. Eager to hear the Originalist case for this one. [Bloomberg Law News]
* Meta tries to end its monopoly case mid-trial. Judge does not like this. [Law360]
* DOJ opens criminal probe into NYC mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo over COVID testimony to Congress, which might be the weakest possible criminal case that could hypothetically be made against Andrew Cuomo. [CNN]
* Why is every story that begins, "Prominent South Carolina lawyer..." so good? [ABA Journal]
Takeoff: Launching A Technology-Focused Personal Injury Firm
This episode of 'Adventures in Legal Tech' explores one PI lawyer's path to success — and what he'd like to see legal tech providers develop.