Morning Docket: 10.10.23

* Treat your significant other the way you'd want to be treated if they're called to testify against you in a multi-billion dollar fraud trial. [Reuters] * Chevron doctrine on the chopping block. Because what this country needs is every mundane detail of government in the hands of the laser-focused geniuses in the House of Representatives. [Bloomberg Law News] * Drew Magary calls for an end to the Supreme Court's soft dictatorship. [SF Gate] * A thorough analysis of Ken Chesebro's effort to overturn the 2020 election concludes that it doesn't seem like that's legal. [Just Security] * In bid to keep his law license, John Eastman testifies that there's been "200 years of dispute" over whether the vice president can unilaterally overturn elections. [Law360] * Biglaw firms weather economic jitters by showing up in midmarket deals. [American Lawyer] * Documentary profiles the attorneys who held Nazi groups accountable. [Daily Beast]

By Above the Law on October 10, 2023 8:58 am

Sam Bankman-Fried (Photo by Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

* Treat your significant other the way you’d want to be treated if they’re called to testify against you in a multi-billion dollar fraud trial. [Reuters]

Keeping Law School Accessible When Federal Loans Fall Short

As federal borrowing caps tighten financing options for law students, one organization is stepping in to negotiate the terms they can't secure alone.

By Leah Young, Student Success Resource Lead, Juno

* Chevron doctrine on the chopping block. Because what this country needs is every mundane detail of government in the hands of the laser-focused geniuses in the House of Representatives. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Drew Magary calls for an end to the Supreme Court’s soft dictatorship. [SF Gate]

* A thorough analysis of Ken Chesebro’s effort to overturn the 2020 election concludes that it doesn’t seem like that’s legal. [Just Security]

* In bid to keep his law license, John Eastman testifies that there’s been “200 years of dispute” over whether the vice president can unilaterally overturn elections. [Law360]

AI Is Reshaping Legal Practice—But Tools Aren’t The Real Differentiator.

Explore the mindset, cultural shifts, and training strategies that define the AI‑savvy lawyer, revealing why human judgment, standardized competence, and integrated learning—not technology alone—will shape the future of the profession.

By Barbri

* Biglaw firms weather economic jitters by showing up in midmarket deals. [American Lawyer]

* Documentary profiles the attorneys who held Nazi groups accountable. [Daily Beast]