Clarence Thomas Keeps Getting Caught With Mega Donors? Let’s Hit Him In His Pockets.
Funny that the ‘small government’ Koch brothers are so very close with government employees.
Morning Docket: 09.22.23
* Somehow they've managed to find even more undisclosed private air travel. This time taking Clarence Thomas to a Koch brothers event in a level of impropriety that a former W. Bush judge said, "takes my breath away, frankly." [ProPublica] * Clifford Chance opts for permanent hybrid work model while other firms choose alienation and extortion. [RollonFriday] * Second Circuit decides Sam Bankman-Fried can wait in jail. [Law360] * North Carolina Supreme Court justice Anita Earls spoke publicly about implicit bias in the legal system. After the judiciary commission ordered her to pre-clear future statements with them, she sued over the prior restraint and the federal judge chastised her for making the justice system look bad by talking about bias out loud. [Balls and Strikes] * Having toppled admissions, right-wingers take aim at scholarships that might possibly help non-white people go to school. [Reuters] * Judge upholds the right of private investors to put their money toward companies that match their environmental and social goals. [Bloomberg Law News] * Profiling the folks chronicling the opaque Google antitrust case. [Wired]
Opus 2 Steps Up Its AI Game With Acquisition Of A Legal Tech Startup
With the addition of Uncover’s technology, the litigation software is delivering rapid innovation.
We’ve Entered The ‘Hopes And Wishes’ Phase Of SCOTUS Accountability
A judge loses their wig each time we get one of these half-baked commitments to change.
Amy Coney Barrett Wants Her Cake And To Enact Sweeping Constitutional Rewrites Too
Also, how to create a culture that welcomes Biglaw vacations.
Democrats Unimpressed With Clarence Thomas’s Feeble Attempt At Transparency
The senator does not hold back.
Morning Docket: 09.01.23
* Clarence Thomas brings on Elliot Berke to represent him in his ethical quagmire, marking the first sign Thomas is starting to take his scandals seriously. [Bloomberg Law News] * Mitch McConnell froze again. Cornell Law professor Michael Dorf examines the constitutional gaps for dealing with the issue. [Dorf on Law] * DOJ moves to stop upcoming Titanic expedition because... obviously. [CNN] * Lawyer tried to sub in a fake client during an arraignment. Gotta admit, that's a new one! [ABA Journal] * Judge in Sam Bankman-Fried case wants all postponement requests filed immediately because he's tired of vague claims about what might happen in the future based on nothing, which if you think about it is how this case got here in the first place. [Fortune] * Not a great week for the Proud Boys. [Reuters]
AI Is Reshaping Legal Practice—But Tools Aren’t The Real Differentiator.
Explore the mindset, cultural shifts, and training strategies that define the AI‑savvy lawyer, revealing why human judgment, standardized competence, and integrated learning—not technology alone—will shape the future of the profession.
Judge Gets In Trouble For Name Calling Over A Parked Car. Now Let’s Talk About SCOTUS.
The bar is so low for everyone who isn't at the top.
Clarence Thomas Clerks Defend Boss With Worst Letter This Side Of Your Middle School Poetry
Put aside the substance, this letter is just hilariously bad.
Well, The Jerk Store Called…
And they're running out of a bunch of lawyers.
Filevine’s New Legal AI Platform LOIS Turns AI Into A True Legal Coworker
Legal work isn’t slowing down, and the firms that win won’t be the ones working harder — they’ll be the ones working smarter.
Clarence Thomas Has More Billionaire Friends That Lavish Him With Expensive Gifts Than We Previously Thought
And he's disclosed none of it!
Morning Docket: 08.10.23
* Another day, another several hundred grand worth of unethical and undisclosed gifts for Clarence Thomas. [ProPublica] * ABA encouraging law firms to redouble efforts to expand diversity... before the Supreme Court makes it illegal. [Bloomberg Law News] * Lawsuit alleges private attorney took on upwards of 600 indigent client criminal cases, collecting huge sums from the city, and then not doing any work. That's not totally true... the lawsuit alleges that the lawyer was quite diligent about filing motions for fees. [ABA Journal] * Treasury announcing regulations to curb money laundering through real estate. Maybe Manhattan will be affordable again in 15 years! [Reuters] * A Wisconsin police department refuses to divulge the name of officers who shoot people citing victim's rights laws and arguing that if they shot someone they must have felt threatened and therefore are the real victims. [Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel] * Don't use AI to write your firm's web content reports the department of obvious things. [Search Engine Journal] * Ninth Circuit says text spam is not covered by the TCPA. Great! Just in time for generative AI to remove almost every entry barrier to mass text spamming. [Law360]
Clarence Thomas RV Financed By Rich Health Care Executive In Least Shocking Development Ever
Clarence Thomas uses his RV to bolster his everyman status. As long as 'every man' has a buddy willing to personally finance it.
Gunners Gonna Gun — Even On Their Wedding Day
Sure, you may be proud of your class rank but this is a bridge too far.
Clarence Thomas Has Been Getting Financed Since Before He Joined The Court
Not that anyone thought he was a grass roots appointee to begin with.