* Justice Department launching criminal investigation of E. Jean Carroll, in case you were wondering how the whole “weaponization of the DOJ against the president’s enemies” is going. [BBC News]
* Kirkland & Ellis plans to spend half a billion to build their own AI technology, which in about 18 months will almost assuredly be worse than Claude. [Financial Times]
* CFTC overturning penalties secured by career attorneys against Trump donors. [CNBC]
* Fenwick paying $54 million to settle case over its FTX representation. [American Lawyer]
* Chancery slams WWE from the top rope. [Delaware Business Court Insider]
* Trump’s executive order purporting to ban mail-in ballots stands… for now. [NPR]
* Want to know how to get $9 million as an AI-native law firm? Here’s how Moritz did it. [Business Insider]