* TikTok hires Noel Francisco to get ban struck down. [Lawyer Monthly]
* Pro se Rudy is the most entertaining Rudy. [Law360]
* Gibson Dunn hires senior SEC enforcement official. Oh no! Did they miss the news that the crypto industry would boycott firms hiring from the SEC? [American Lawyer]
Managing Partners are Navigating the AI Inflection Point.
New executive research from Ari Kaplan explores how law firm leaders are responding to changing client expectations, evolving economics, talent transformation, and AI governance.
* Collusion by algorithm is still, you know, collusion. [Bloomberg Law News]
* Wife convicted of murdering managing partner husband says her son did it. [ABA Journal]
* Former power lawyer Tom Girardi looking at possibility of 14 years. [Reuters]
* New lawyers don’t need to master AI… yet. [LegalCheek]