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* You can’t litigate your way into the Kentucky Derby. Sure but can you get in with a sweet legal concept for a name? [ABA Journal]
* Steven Calabresi is back banging out bizarre legal theories faster than Kendrick posts diss tracks. His latest suggests that hush money can’t be a crime because of the First Amendment which, as an actual expert explains here, is not true. [Election Law Blog]

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* Congress can’t take bribes… that’s just for the Supreme Court, you fool! [Law360]
* Davis Polk planning to poke rivals in the eye as it leans into lateral recruiting. [Bloomberg Law News]
* Trump attorneys citing breakdown in client relationship told they still can’t leave the case without more. [CNBC]
* RNC chief counsel gig is open. Again. [NBC News]

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* Lawyer’s license suspended after six-figures of client funds disappear. [Yahoo]