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* Jeff Sessions assures people that the Justice Department won’t be intimidated by the administration. Trump responds with intimidation effort, blasting Justice for not doing enough about the “other side” and then just lists a bunch of Republicans he doesn’t like. [CNN]

* The White House is crowing over an unsealed Starr investigation report that “fully exonerates” Brett Kavanaugh… as a media leak. The collective delusion over there that being a leak is the worst possible sin, and not, you know sexual harassment issues, continues to astound. [National Law Journal]

* The Trump administration continues its efforts to raise taxes on Americans who didn’t vote for him. [Law360]

* After Debevoise offered a comically cozy report to help Ohio State keep winning football games, it’s worth remembering the school still has another internal investigation going on into sexual abuse claims against the wrestling staff. [Corporate Counsel]

* The Texas lateral market is making a whole lot of money. [Texas Lawyer]

* K&L Gates gets the go ahead on Singapore merger. [International]

* Ady Barkan, an ALS patient who has become an activist for patients, announced a campaign to raise money for Susan Collins’s next opponent if she supports the Kavanaugh nomination. Over the course of 3 days, he’s raised over $130K. [Crowdpac]

* RelativityOne announces Allen & Overy to its list of clients. [PR Newswire]

I mean... how is this guy still employed.?

* Michael Cohen is talking to John Dean because 2018 is the new 1973. [WTOP]

* Shocking no one, John Dowd doesn’t understand basic laws. [Washington Post]

* Andrew Cuomo signed a bill cracking down on bad prosecutors. He’s been in office for 7 years but he finally got around to this because Cynthia Nixon said something about criminal justice reform. [Law360]

* UNC students toppled a confederate statute because the school wasn’t doing anything about it. [Huffington Post]

* Will elite Biglaw firms suffer from mid-tier competition? Probably not, but maybe. [American Lawyer]

* Microsoft identifies more Russian hacking efforts because Microsoft is our default government now. [Courthouse News Service]

* Georgia is trying to kill kids. [AJC]

* FIFA fired its lawyer so if you want a job facilitating international graft on an epic scale, here’s your chance. [NY Times]

Debevoise & Plimpton are on the case.

The university plans to wrap up the investigation in 14 days.

Baylor's former defensive coordinator opens up about what went wrong at the school and all signs point to the people at the top.

* Brett Kavanaugh built up around $200K in debt buying Washington Nationals tickets. This may be the Federalist Society’s biggest vetting failure ever because all real conservative jurists would say they went $200K in debt buying Montreal Expos tickets. [Deadspin]

* Ohio pulls obscure law out of a hat to harass Stormy Daniels for daring to point out that Donald Trump is a scumbag. [NY Times]

* “Jesus never broke immigration law” says Evangelical Trumper whose religion is entirely based on a guy admitting he was an outlaw and getting the death penalty for it. [Vox]

* Just when you were getting used to WestlawNext, WestlawEdge is here to radically change the game. [LegaltechNews]

* Texas professors who don’t want to die will take their case to the Fifth Circuit. [CBS News]

* Lawyer says Shady orchestrated the assault on his ex. [Denver Post]

* Trump pardoned the thugs who put the lives of firefighters in danger and then inspired an armed standoff with federal officers and then Mike Pence’s buddy gave them a private jet home. [Oregon Live]

Most meet and greets with clients aren't this cool.

World Cup fever is upon us, and it's time to revisit our quadrennial tradition...

* The New York American Inn of Court presents, “Fast Times at Ruth Bader Ginsburg High.” You’ll never think of Phoebe Cates the same way again. [New York Law Journal]

* In the wake of decades of sexual abuse, Michigan State turned to former Republican governor John Engler to serve as interim president and steer the school back from this tragedy. His response is to smear the victims. The only shocking thing about this is that anyone expected a different result. [Detroit Free Press]

* Apple is making it harder for law enforcement to crack into your phone. If they can follow this up with a longer lasting battery, we might forgive them for removing the headphone jack. [CNN]

* A reminder that the next shoe in the Supreme Court’s attempt to resuscitate Lochner is about to drop. [Vox]

* United Lex and LeClairRyan’s new deal has the legal technology community buzzing. But banking on law firms to embrace change hasn’t always panned out. [American Lawyer]

* When the revolution comes, they’ll point to our highly developed law of golf balls as proof of our decadence. [Law.com]

* Due process suit brought by journalists on the infamous United States kill list will go forward. [Courthouse News Service]

* “It was a mistake. I swear to God,” remarks Giuliani outlining the excuse for conflicting testimony that works like a charm for every other criminal defendant. [CNN]

* Law professors point out that Trump’s lawyers are bad at their jobs, which isn’t news but will somehow dominate the news cycle and still not sway anyone who isn’t already on board with these facts. [Politico]

* Judge Aaron Perksy — who sentenced rapist Brock Turner to a mere six months — may get recalled today. So it’s a good time to remind everyone of this older post laying out exactly how dangerous and misguided this is. Persky may deserve to lose his job in due course… but embracing the recall mechanism for judges who hand down lenient sentences is a one-way road to needless mass incarceration, usually with a heavy dose of racial bias. [Slate]

* Liverpool player injured in nasty tackle has achieved immortality as the subject of a law school exam question. [BBC]

* The NFL may have a new problem with its disastrous anthem policy — it violates multiple state constitutions… in states with perennial playoff teams too. [Slate]

* Despite the death of the prime suspect, Arizona law firms went ahead and beefed up security in the wake of the recent paralegal murders. [AZ Central]

* The GOP tax bill accidentally put a tax on victims of sexual abuse because that’s what happens when you railroad a bill through both chambers in the middle of the night with a bunch of hand-written amendments in the margins. [Bloomberg]

* Sex workers are taking action against SESTA/FOSTA, the ill-conceived anti-human trafficking law that really just puts legitimate sex workers in danger — almost like that was the politicians’ plan all along. [Gizmodo]

It was only a matter of time before someone realized his name ended in "co."

This is the definitive breakdown of the Supreme Court's gambling decision.

Prestigious background before he worked for the NBA.

Eighteen minutes have never loomed so large.

Trump's taste in lawyers leaves something to be desired.

The powers-that-be in college sports celebrated the FBI crackdown on basketball... but they could have been making their antitrust case a lot worse.

No, this isn't too much to pay these lawyers.

* Good news for Holland & Knight, who successfully escaped a $34.5 million malpractice rap. [American Lawyer]

* Wisconsin passes a law requiring disclosure of litigation financers because juries should be gravely suspicious of anyone who can afford to seek legal redress from a corporation. [National Law Journal]

* Cleary Gottlieb partner loses battle over rent-stabilized penthouse. While that sentence doesn’t make him sound particularly sympathetic, he’s actually the good guy here. [New York Law Journal]

* Executives and board members should be more involved in cybersecurity efforts according to the Department of Obvious Things. [Corporate Counsel]

* Sexual assault defendant pleas down to charge of “seduc[ing] and debauch[ing] any unmarried woman.” That’s offensive on so many levels. [Detroit News]

* Workers comp can’t cover paralegal injured playing for firm softball team. [ABA Journal]

* Law firm conducting use-of-force review simultaneously representing deputy accused of shooting and killing two men while on duty. Foxes, hen houses, etc. [KOB 4]

* Did you know some law schools are now accepting the GRE? Because the Times just figured that out. [New York Times]

* The possibility of Donald Trump turning the Russia case over to Alan Dershowitz is too delicious of a train wreck to imagine. Stop teasing me! [The Hill]

* Andrew McCabe’s GoFundMe has raised over half a million dollars. All you need is a righteous claim and a sophisticated lobbying firm behind you. [Slate]

* LeBron has decided he holds intellectual property rights over barbershops or something. [National Law Journal]

* While DLA Piper is out there swiping lawyers, they’re also earning plaudits for a tech solution designed to retain clients. [American Lawyer]

* Joon Kim returns to Cleary Gottlieb. [Wall Street Journal]

* Jury selection underway in extortion case over Waffle House CEO’s syrup. [Daily Report Online]

* The Supreme Court declared it’s ready, willing, and able to engage in linguistic gymnastics to get out of labor protections. So… we’ve got that going for us. [Law360]