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Weil See You Later!: Weil, Gotshal & Manges lost rainmaker Michael Aiello, another big departure for them. But... partners spent the week explaining how they're actually not all that sad to see him go. In Loco Parentis: Brett Kavanaugh, whose confirmation hearings unearthed an account of sexual misconduct at a drunken college dorm party, turned up in a Notre Dame dorm hanging out with a bunch of undergrads. Prompt And Circumstance: ESPN's account of LSU's near-expulsion from the SEC includes Lane Kiffin answering a veteran lawyer's warnings with ChatGPT screenshots... and somehow this all explains AI regulation and the Protect College Sports Ac. Personal Statement: Judge George O'Toole stayed "Question Three," the Merit Hiring Plan prompt asking federal job applicants to identify the Trump executive orders most significant to them. The Happiest Place On Somebody Else's Earth: Illinois disciplinary authorities allege former managing partner Leslie Joy Allred took $348,056.30 from O'Dekirk, Allred & Rhodes over six years, including more than $170,000 in firm credit card charges for Disney World trips, cruises, liquor, and axe throwing. Carousel Of Progress: Chief Judge Albert Diaz got the DOJ's lawyer to concede that the government's theory of Lindsey Halligan's appointment would let a "nefarious, ne'er-do-well executive" run an endless succession of interim U.S. attorneys past both the district court and the Senate. Match Now, Pay Later: Troutman Pepper Locke matched the Milbank scale for first- through fourth-year associates effective January 1, 2027. Co-Counsel Culture: Amy Wax has retained John Eastman -- disbarred in California this year over the 2020 elector scheme -- to help argue that Penn denied her adequate process.

By Above the Law on September 20, 2026 6:10 pm

Weil See You Later!: Weil, Gotshal & Manges lost rainmaker Michael Aiello, another big departure for them. But… partners spent the week explaining how they’re actually not all that sad to see him go… meanwhile, Cravath seems excited to get an injection of his specific mix of clients.

In Loco Parentis: Brett Kavanaugh, whose confirmation hearings unearthed an account of sexual misconduct at a drunken college dorm party, turned up in a Notre Dame dorm hanging out with a bunch of undergrads.

Prompt And Circumstance: ESPN’s account of LSU’s near-expulsion from the SEC includes Lane Kiffin answering a veteran lawyer’s warnings with ChatGPT screenshots… and somehow this all explains AI regulation and the Protect College Sports Ac.

Personal Statement: Judge George O’Toole stayed “Question Three,” the Merit Hiring Plan prompt asking federal job applicants to identify the Trump executive orders most significant to them.

The Happiest Place On Somebody Else’s Earth: Illinois disciplinary authorities allege former managing partner Leslie Joy Allred took $348,056.30 from O’Dekirk, Allred & Rhodes over six years, including more than $170,000 in firm credit card charges for Disney World trips, cruises, liquor, and axe throwing.

Carousel Of Progress: Chief Judge Albert Diaz got the DOJ’s lawyer to concede that the government’s theory of Lindsey Halligan’s appointment would let a “nefarious, ne’er-do-well executive” run an endless succession of interim U.S. attorneys past both the district court and the Senate.

Match Now, Pay Later: Troutman Pepper Locke matched the Milbank scale for first- through fourth-year associates effective January 1, 2027.

Co-Counsel Culture: Amy Wax has retained John Eastman — disbarred in California this year over the 2020 elector scheme — to help argue that Penn denied her adequate process.