* Industry report suggests firms should stop the layoffs and hold off on billing rate increases. Nice try, clients! Thought you could slip one by us. [American Lawyer]
* JP Morgan blames former executive for not keeping them in the loop on the Jeffrey Epstein thing sooner. Presumably they mean because they would’ve stopped doing business with him and not because they wanted in. [Law360]
* Bankman-Fried lawyers suggest possible delay. Hold that pre-trial release to the moon! [Reuters]
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* Senator wants access to exactly WHICH classified documents Trump, Biden, and Pence had, and is threatening to kill 702 until he gets it. Watch as the intelligence community struggle with what they love more: overclassification or warrantless wiretapping. It’s like asking a robot to define love. [NY Times]
* Feds probing Memphis police and specialized police forces across the country generally. Could it be that giving a small unit of cops military grade equipment and functional immunity for whatever they want has led to abuse? [Courthouse News Service]
* Corporations run from their own diversity pledges at the first sign of white blacklash. The times they are a-staying the same. [Bloomberg Law News]