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Judge Talwani reviewed the final rule, just like the shadow docket ordered — and found it just as unconstitutional as before.
A Change Of Heart: Matthew Cali says Troutman Pepper Locke told him “the goalposts to make Partner” had moved after he survived a devastating heart attack.
The Best Defense Is Repealing The Offense: The DOJ’s appeal to revive the dismissed Abrego Garcia indictment asks the Sixth Circuit to limit the vindictive prosecution presumption to cases where a prosecutor “ups the ante,” which would retire the doctrine currently being pressed against the administration by James Comey, Letitia James, and the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Penny Wise, Token Foolish: NetDocuments benchmarked what accuracy actually costs and found frontier tier models adding big costs for smaller benefits and that good context can deliver quality for less.
Sometimes The Jam Is The Feature: QWERTY — according to popular legend — exists to keep typists from outrunning the hammers. Agentic workflows raise a similar challenge.
‘One Of The Darkest Days In Our Office’s History’: Andrew Haden, a longtime federal prosecutor who twice served as acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California, was found dead at 48 in a vacant office inside the downtown San Diego federal building.
Clarence Thomas Was “Scary” In Law School: At least according to Samuel Alito. Court watchers still think he’s plenty scary now, too.
SCOTUS Said Come Back With A Final Rule. The States Did. They Won Again (At The District Court): The Postal Service finalized its plan. A fresh wave of lawsuits followed. Judge Talwani hit pause.
Trump Accidentally Trolls His Own Legal Claims: Oopsie! These NYT and IRS suits aren’t mixing well.
Legal Tech Has Hit The Big Time: Things can only continue to go up from here. Until the bubble bursts…
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* Proskauer associates in UK appalled by firm’s approach to maternity leave. ‘Murica! [Roll on Friday]
* According to a lawsuit, which AI model was trained on child porn and why is it you already knew it was Grok? [Ars Technica]
* John Morgan says $30 million & a fully paid-off house is the key to financial security. Tell me about it. [Polymarket via Twitter]
* Deloitte agrees to pay $20 million to settle dubious claims raised by the administration. Surrendering to Trump… not just for law firms anymore! [ESG Today]
* The health system related to the Boomer paradise known as The Villages will pay over half a billion to clear up allegations of fraud. [Bloomberg Law News]
* Massive datacenter accused of breaking the law. If you can’t trust a data center, then who can you even trust? [Guardian]
* Bank of America settling with Epstein victims for $72.5 million. [Reuters]
* Court rejects Defense Department’s “maybe we can ban Anthropic’s fancy autocorrect as a national security threat” argument. [Law360]
He Survived A ‘Widow-Maker’ At The Office. Then, He Says, His Firm Went To Work On Him: A new lawsuit accuses Troutman Pepper Locke of moving the partnership goalposts after an associate’s heart attack — and of a billing scheme he was told to keep quiet.
Biglaw’s Record First Half Comes With A Catch: Biglaw’s six-month numbers look spectacular, until you get to the part about receivables.
The True Cost Of AI: NetDocuments is looking hard at the relationship between AI cost and accuracy.
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