* More partners join the $40 million club. All the more reason for firms to embrace associate raises! [ABA Journal]
* DOJ tells court “enough is enough!” And what they’ve had “enough” of is a rule that immigrant children seized by ICE be held in “safe and sanitary” conditions. [National Law Journal]
* January 6 slush fund plan goes private. Keep an eye on taxpayer funds to see how those inevitably get indirectly funneled into this. [New York Times]
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* Prosecutors want 8 years for Tom Goldstein. [Bloomberg Law News]
* Republicans advance constitutional amendment to ban Supreme Court expansion. [Reuters]
* Superseding indictment in case against Southern Poverty Law Center as DOJ keeps trying to find a case. [CBS News]
* Suit accuses Pillsbury of conspiring in fraud scheme. [New York Law Journal]
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* Trump strips federal workers of remaining job protections. [Law360]