Above the Law

Law school can be like eighth grade.

Not gonna happen.

It’s safe to say that boasting about managing the Genovese drug store fortune in 2032 will be even less of a draw to potential investors than it was in 2015.

Part of me is gleeful for his fall and the lesson he symbolizes. But part of me is wary.

* President Trump has demanded that Supreme Court Justices Ginsburg and Sotomayor recuse themselves from cases that involve him. [New York Times]

* A federal appeals court will decide whether to overturn a $4 verdict in a wrongful death case. That's four dollars, not four million. [USA Today]

* Vanessa Bryant has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the helicopter company involved in the deaths of her husband and child. [Washington Post]

* Justice Thomas has cited himself in a decision he wrote arguing that a precedent also authored by him should be overturned. Kind of difficult to wrap your head around. [Fox News]

* The lawyer who helped Elon Musk fend off a defamation lawsuit is helping to protect Tesla from investors. [Bloomberg]

* An entire murder prosecution is in jeopardy because a court reporter may have written "shot the dude" instead of "shut the door" when transcribing testimony. Sounds like an honest mistake. [Syracuse.com]

Poetry In Motion: If you've got to write a cease and desist response, why not have some fun with it?

Get Up Puppet Boy, You've Got A Job To Do: Justice Sotomayor sees some strings on a lot of her coworkers.

Everybody Must Get Stoned: DLA Piper opens weed practice.

I'm Not Listening When You Say Goodbye: Roger Stone keeps annoying everyone around him.

Closing Time, Open All The Doors And Let You Out Into The World: LexisNexis shuts down old mainframe.

Yikestown.

First put it up as collateral for a loan, then allegedly just sell it without paying off that loan.

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