Above the Law

A federal judge disagreed with AstraZeneca’s claims that the Inflation Reduction Act causes harm by disincentivizing innovation and violates its constitutional rights to due process. Blockbuster AstraZeneca drug Farxiga is one of 10 medications selected for the Medicare drug price negotiation program created by the law.

* Supreme Court planning to phone in rulings today and while there's no hint as to what it is, the Colorado primary is tomorrow and they'd probably like to know who's on that ballot. [CNN]

* Attorneys in Elon Musk executive compensation suit want to be paid in Tesla stock. On the one hand, the company is stronger for their work, on the other hand... after all they've learned about Musk's management, how do they think this is a good deal for them? [Law360]

* Teens fulfill associates' lifelong dream and set law firm on fire. [Memphis Action News]

* Canadian judge orders attorney to pay opposing fees after citing hallucinated cases. I assume they realized the cases were fake because they didn't misspell a bunch of words by adding unnecessary "u"s. [Law.com]

* A deep dive into a massive -- and potentially civilly or criminally punishable -- business flop. [Bloomberg Law News]

* A third of Brits would quit their jobs to become lawyers proving that society has failed to properly convey the life of a lawyer. [LegalCheek]

* Law firm was told two years ago to disclose that its partner was sleeping with a bankruptcy judge while still taking cases into that courtroom. [Reuters]

Judge Denies Law Student's Cross-Examination Request: Can't customize everything.

Who Sent You?: Be careful with who you refer.

Texas Lawyer Finds Fun Way To Get Fired: What else did he expect from talking down to a judge using his firm's name?

More Money, New Record!: Top 20 firm hits 10th year of record revenue.

Not Sure He Understands Law Or Sports: Lawyer compares bank robber to football stars.

He crashes into more stuff than a self-driving Tesla.