Above the Law

‘A Profound Moral Failure’ — See Also

Mother Gives Birth On Courtroom Bench: Rather than rescheduled, the arraignment went ahead without her being there.

Three Cheers For Due Process: Judge keeps fruit of warrantless search from becoming evidence in Mangione trial.

The New Song And Dance: The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit’s musical number is incredibly tone deaf.

Minnesota Or New Hampshire, What’s The Difference?!: These DOJ attorneys could do with a geography primer.

Interested In Public Interest?: These are the school with the best placement numbers!

Your Name As An Adjective

There's an upside to all this technology.

The Gap Is Closing: Why AI Is Breaking The Billable Hour Model

For Legal Operations professionals, the question is no longer whether AI will change the billable hour model, but whether your department is ready to manage that change.

The Autonomy Mapping Framework: Why Lawyers Must Map AI Agent Control Before Drafting Liability

AI agents are becoming more capable and more integrated into business processes.

The CLOC Global Institute: For The Legal Ops Adults In The Room

The Global Institute is for serious legal ops professionals who want to learn and talk about the issues most relevant to their teams.

Bringing Integrity And Expertise To Congress

There’s no better reason to run for office than to correct an injustice you personally experienced.

The 3% Club: How Corporate Legal Departments And Law Firms Are Building The Future Of Legal AI

Only 3% of corporate legal departments describe a collaborative approach to AI with their outside counsel. This CLE webinar features one of them.

Legal Ethics Roundup: Court Skeptical Of Biglaw Orders, NJ Prosecutors Lack Rep For Ethics Charges, Blanche Recusal & More

Your tour of all things related to lawyer and judicial ethics, with University of Houston law professor Renee Knake Jefferson.

Woman Gives Birth In Courtroom — Her Arraignment Goes Ahead Without Her

Maybe push the arraignment until the defendant has been able to cut the cord?

Could Cigna Exiting The Individual Market Be An Indictment Of ICHRA?

Cigna's exit from the ACA individual market is causing one healthcare expert to question the long-term potential of ICHRA.

Morning Docket: 05.18.26

* California moving closer to adopting NextGen UBE, coming full circle back to the same dumb arrangement that ran them into the red the first time. [ABA Journal]

* Former CFTC leaders worry the agency can’t handle regulating crypto and prediction markets, but they’re missing the trick: taking jurisdiction over those industries and then doing nothing is easy! [Bloomberg Law News]

* Supreme Court rejects Virginia’s bid to use a Trump administration argument to overturn their own state supreme court’s comically reasoned decision. [NY Times]

* Proposed class action accuses Amazon of foregoing tariff refunds to make Trump happy. [Law360]

* Applicants who don’t go to ABA-accredited law schools are less likely to pass bar exam, more likely to be disciplined. Well, it’s a good thing a bunch of states are making high-profile breaks from the ABA, huh? [Law.com]

* Harvey Weinstein rape trial ends in mistrial. [Reuters]

* DOJ eyes AI to analyze price-fixing and collusion, hopefully allowing antitrust officials identify companies to settle with in exchange for a Trump Organization kickback. [Corporate Counsel]

Trump’s Ballroom Case Gets Loopy — See Generally

They Didn’t Cover “Trump” In Legal Writing: The ballroom case briefs continue to sound like a dementia patient wrote them.

Admit It, You’ve Ordered A “6-3 Decision” This Week: Matt Damon brought his Brett Kavanaugh impersonation back to SNL and brought us an iconic legal drink order.

Insider Trading Case Update: This week, we learned the identity of the Wachtell insider.

James Comey Does The Don Draper Meme : The former FBI Director doesn’t think about Todd Blanche at all.

Trust The Associates: Judge applauds Susman Godfrey for giving key argument to junior lawyer.

All Partners Are Equal, But Some Are More Equal Than Others: Another firm looks to the non-equity partner model.

John Roberts Pulls The Racial Discrimination Panic Button: The Chief thought Alabama’s proposed maps were too racist a few years ago. But that was before Republicans faced grim Midterm prospects.

DOJ Launches Attack On Ethics: Government sues D.C. Bar for trying to enforce ethical rules.

Selective Viewing — See Also

Ken Paxton Sets His Sights On Suing Netflix: Less to do with consumer protections and more with handling Trump’s enemies.

Davis Polk Is Committed To California: They’re looking to build out a full-service office in Southern California!

Practicing Without Competency: Another poorly written DOJ brief looks like Trump penned it.

Context Matters: NetDocuments’ new cross-referencing feature makes it much easier to organize and work on projects.

On Exam Day, Bring Your Bible: Utah’s new religious freedom law looks like it will be difficult to implement in law exams.

This Firm’s Bonuses Are The Stuff Of Biglaw Mythology

One elite firm’s compensation reputation continues to tower over the competition.

Is Private Equity’s Involvement In Beauty Stifling Brand Individuality?

Growth capital can accelerate success, but it can also compromise the identity that made a brand worth investing in to begin with.