Chief Judge Diane P. Wood
* The allegations about Marc Kasowitz’s drinking problem might be salacious, but the issue of alcohol abuse by lawyers is serious. [Law.com]
* Fun for legal nerds everywhere: Chief Judge Diane Wood benchslaps parties for shoddy jurisdictional statements! [On the Case / Alison Frankel via How Appealing]
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* And more fodder for #appellatetwitter types: Adam Feldman ranks the most-cited justices of the last Supreme Court Term. [Empirical SCOTUS]
* Chris Geidner wonders whether another shoe will drop concerning the emails of Donald Trump Jr. [BuzzFeed]
* The trial judge in this defamation case ought to read this analysis by Professor Eugene Volokh — or at least watch The Big Lebwoski (“For your information, the Supreme Court has roundly rejected prior restraint.”). [Volokh Conspiracy / Washington Post]
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* Professor Paul Horwitz comes to the defense of the latest controversial comments by the artist formerly known as Judge Richard Posner. [PrawfsBlawg]
David Lat is the founder and managing editor of Above the Law and the author of Supreme Ambitions: A Novel. He previously worked as a federal prosecutor in Newark, New Jersey; a litigation associate at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; and a law clerk to Judge Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. You can connect with David on Twitter (@DavidLat), LinkedIn, and Facebook, and you can reach him by email at [email protected].