* Shocking no one, a federal judge ruled that, yes, Congress can issue subpoenas. [Courthouse News Service]
* CKR says its rapid growth isn’t the reason it’s struggling to pay its lawyers. What is the story? It was a bank error, then it was underperforming partners… were people paid last week? [American Lawyer]
* After play acting as a defender of the rule of law for the press… Don McGahn’s rediscovered his Trump administration bona fides. [Reuters]

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* Too attractive for law… or too much lip for law? It’s a whole thing. [Legal Cheek]
* Professor Epps takes a deep dive into the assault on the Constitution. [The Atlantic]
* Steven Hammond, the former Biglaw partner accused of masturbating in a gym sauna always maintained that the story was a fabrication and is now going after the gym for defamation. [Law 360]

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* Don’t murder animals, sure. But is this really a necessary exercise of professional resources in a world with a glaring justice gap and thieving attorneys? [ABA Journal]