Biglaw Attorneys Shot Outside Courthouse After Contentious Hearing
A disturbing shooting is rattling the legal community.
The DOJ Purge’s Latest Target: Prosecutors Who Enforced Federal Abortion Clinic Protections
The DOJ that's been recruiting loyalists on social media has made its hiring -- and firing -- criteria unmistakably clear.
Takeda Vows Appeal Of $885M Jury Verdict In ‘Pay-For-Delay’ Antitrust Case
Pharmacies and wholesalers claimed Takeda Pharmaceutical delayed generic competition from entering the market, forcing them to overpay for a gastrointestinal drug.
Morning Docket: 05.26.26
* Judge tosses Kilmar Abrego Garcia charges as result of vindictive prosecution. [Reuters]
* Hogan Lovells and Cadwalader clearing final hurdles before merger. [American Lawyer]
* Former U.S. Attorney arrested for hit-and-run. [ABA Journal]
* In-house counsel are getting paid more… but actual authority remains a bigger gap. [Corporate Counsel]
* Authorities warning of “anti-tech extremism” because of AI backlash. [WIRED]
* Former prosecutor launches another suit over Trump’s January 6 slush fund. [Law360]
* Law schools need to teach AI faster, but it’s hard to build a curriculum around something that’s changed a thousand times in the last three years. [Bloomberg Law News]
Biglaw Firm Slapped Over ‘Culture Of Lawyering That Is Deeply Disturbing’ — See Generally
Write Your Own Detention Slip: Judge Edward Chen hit Quinn Emanuel with nearly $3 million in sanctions and ordered three of its attorneys to complete an eight-hour ethics course that the firm itself must design.
Devil’s Food, Not Bundt Cake: The DOJ indicted a former federal prosecutor for emailing herself the still-secret volume of the Jack Smith report under the file name “Bundt_Cake_Recipe.pdf.” Because the administration REALLY doesn’t want that report going public.
Stand Down And Stand By Reaches Its Payday: Todd Blanche testifies that he’s not ruling out taxpayer funds flowing to pardoned J6 rioter — one convicted of molesting two children and reportedly promising victims “Trump bucks” for their silence out of $1.776 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund.”
Litigation Department Is Fine, Says Litigation Department On Fire: Paul, Weiss has lost even more litigators.
An Improper, Warrantless Breakfast: Judge suppressed evidence in the Luigi Mangione case after finding that Altoona police conducted an improper, warrantless search of his backpack at a McDonald’s — a ruling the press framed as the court “throwing him a bone” rather than the Fourth Amendment doing exactly what it is supposed to do.
Todd Blanche’s ‘Trump’s Personal Lawyer’ Shirt Has People Asking A Lot Of Questions Already Answered By His Shirt: Pressed by Senator Van Hollen on his conflict of interest, Blanche responded by yelling that the press should stop calling him Trump’s former personal lawyer despite being entirely accurate.
Arraignment Proceeds Without The Defendant — Or Her Dignity: A 33-year-old woman gave birth on a bench in a Brooklyn arraignment courtroom after being held more than 30 hours on low-level charges, and the system, rather than pausing for the arrival of a human being, simply ran the arraignment without her.
The Looksmaxxer Got Out-Looksmaxxed: Looksmaxxing influencer “Clavicular” took a plea deal for shooting a dead alligator on livestream, but the internet ignored the charge entirely and instead declared that Miami-Dade Judge Marcus Bach-Armas had decisively “mogged” the 20-year-old in his own courtroom.
Smiling Through The Pain — See Also
Paul, Weiss Loses Two More Litigation Partners: They insist everything is still alright.
Sure, Just Let AI Do The Hiring Now I Guess: Revolut’s “disruptive” tech adoption is getting ridiculed.
Expensive Internet? Blame The Migrants!: Trump wants to pin broadband cost increases on immigrant fraud.
Biglaw Firm Announces Partner Bonus Pool: Debevoise & Plimpton is swimming in the money!
Another Free Speech Social Media Arrest: This time, Texas police show they don’t care about the First Amendment.