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* Supreme Court will delve into whether lawmakers can probe Trump’s hotel deal with the government. We’ll see how Harlan Crow weighs in on this. [Politico]

* It’s becoming a mantra but, “Disney’s lawyers are smarter than Ron DeSantis’s lawyers.” [New York Times]

* Legislators press Navy to move faster on Camp Lejeune claims… so we know they’ve been watching late-night TV too. [Bloomberg Law News]

* On the one hand, sleeping with your client while repping her in a divorce is an ethical violation, it did create a new ground for divorce so… getting closer to the finish line! [Law.com]

* Chief legal officers are getting more compensation in the form of bonuses… which just so happens to consistently favor male attorneys because it’s all a game of discriminatory whack-a-mole. [Corporate Counsel]

* Federal Circuit tussle over Judge Pauline Newman’s competency continues, with a special committee asking the judge to respond to a request that she undergo psych evaluations. Imagine if the courts dealt with, I don’t know, taking hundreds of thousands in donor gifts and under-the-table compensation with the same alacrity. [Law360]

* Holograms testifying at trial? It’s like living in the future but just with the frivolous parts. [Reuters]

* Senate Democrats ask Harlan Crow for details on all gifts granted to Clarence Thomas… or any other justice. A request that he’ll ignore and the Democrats won’t do anything about. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Donald Trump allowed limited access to evidence against him in criminal trial, only in the presence of his attorneys in a bid to prevent the defendant from causing a social media firestorm. Aw… after this many years, folks still think Trump listens to his lawyers? [Law360]

* Disney’s superior attorneys are just going to keep updating this complaint every time Ron DeSantis digs himself a little deeper. [Deadline]

* Sam Bankman-Fried asks judge to dismiss 10 of 13 charges against him because if anyone knows a worthless claim when he sees one it’s Sam Bankman-Fried. [Reuters]

* Despite doom and gloom from firms cutting headcount, the industry overall is in recovery… but Biglaw and Small Law are taking different paths back to the summit. [American Lawyer]

* An interview with Steven Thomas, a former Sullivan & Cromwell partner who started his own practice focusing on litigating against Big 4 audit firms for failing to detect fraud at their clients. [Oh My Fraud]

* Harlan Crow paid for Clarence Thomas to send his kid to private school?!?! Honestly, I’m starting to think ProPublica brilliantly slow-played all these stories to give the Wall Street Journal and Fox maximum opportunity to embarrass themselves by going all in on “personal hospitality exception” before dropping this. [ProPublica]

* Now Trump says he will probably attend his own rape trial. But his legal team has yet to amend its prior position that it would not call any witnesses so he’s just planning to hang out. [Reuters]

* CFTC Inspector General suspended pending investigation into squelching whistleblower complaints. [Law360]

* DeSantis selling merchandise designed to invoke the Disney trademark because he hasn’t given them enough to sue him over. [Bloomberg Law News]

* And because no one in Florida government understands that admitting to abusing public office is a problem for its legal claims, the legislature is passing bills to crackdown on the Disney Monorail. [Forbes]

* Lewis Brisbois chair steps down following mass exodus. [The Recorder]

* McDonald’s franchise caught employing 10-year-olds. [NPR]