* Attorney General Pam Bondi spent the day on Capitol Hill making snide remarks and trying to deflect from her boss’s appearances in the Epstein files and Tom Homan’s missing $50,000. [CNN]
* Chinese hackers target major law firm. [NY Times]
* The government is required to pay furloughed employees back pay after a shutdown… so the OMB just deleted all mention of that law. [Government Executive]
* Supreme Court kickoff suggests the justices will strike down laws against conversion therapy as “viewpoint discrimination.” Because child abuse is technically a viewpoint. [Bloomberg Law News]
* Speaking of the Supreme Court, here’s a preview. As Clubber Lang put it: “My prediction? Pain.” [The Nation]
* SEC Chair hopes to deregulate quickly to prevent future administrations from undoing the financial meltdown he’s preparing to cause. [Law360]
* EvenUp announces $150 million funding round. [Law.com]
* Tom Girardi’s son-in-law sentenced. [LA Times]