Above the Law

Sam Alito Still Has His Job — See Also

Reports Of Samuel Alito’s Retirement Have Been Greatly Exaggerated: A lil’ oopsie from NPR.

Small firms, big money: Raises and bonuses going around.

No Holds Barred Take On Attorney General Nominee Todd Blanche: Sheldon Whitehouse is *not* a fan.

Citations At The Root Of AI Hallucinations? When lawyers can’t easily track down a case cite, AI runs wild.

Second Circuit Judge Gets Disciplined: Again.

3 Questions For A Law Student Turned Conference Host (Part II)

A big takeaway is that many parties are interested in raising the level of discourse around litigation finance.

‘Adventures In Legal Tech’: An Apt Analogy For Lawyer AI Use

Teo Doremus, CEO and co-founder of Advocacy, joins host Jared Correia to discuss lawyer pay in an AI world.

Second Circuit Judge Sarah Merriam Disciplined Again, This Time for Creating A ‘Tense And Challenging’ Work Environment

We cannot just wait for the next judge to make news. We need to take action now.

At 3rd Circuit, Judges Press ROSS And Thomson Reuters On Fair Use, AI Training, And Market Harm

ROSS argued that its technology was an early example of the same broader AI transformation now reshaping legal research.

Elite Boutiques Continue To Leave Biglaw In The Dust: Another Milbank Match Is Here

The boutiques aren't wasting any time matching the market, but plenty of Biglaw firms are still keeping associates in suspense.

The Midyear Career And Brand Audit You Should Be Doing Right Now

Your network is not something you occasionally dust off only when you need it.

Saks Exits Bankruptcy

This is just one of the stories making headlines in fashion.

Morning Docket: 06.30.26

* Hogan Lovells Cadwalader makes its premiere tomorrow, with plans for growth on the horizon. [Bloomberg Law News]

* A little lost in the Supreme Court shell game yesterday, the Court quietly snuffed out Trump’s bid to get out of the E. Jean Carroll case. [NY Times]

* More NBA players indicted over gambling scheme. [ESPN]

* Man detained for playing Darth Vader’s march at National Guard troops occupying Washington secures settlement after ACLU steps in. [Washington Post]

* White-collar defense attorney: “It is general knowledge in our practice that for $2 million, you can have a pardon.” [The Atlantic]

* Justice Sotomayor discloses that Bad Bunny gave her tickets to his show, which is sort of like accepting free luxury vacations from parties with direct interests before the Court and then trying to conceal it, except in the way that it’s not like that at all. [CNN]

* Texas Supreme Court halts Houston area program providing legal services to low income individuals accused of immigration violations, claiming it’s unconstitutional to give public funds to anyone without a “legitimate public end.” Texas does, in fact, have a lottery. [ABC13]

The NRA Sees A Lot Of Targets — See Also

Stop Hitting Your (Former) Self: The NRA will be suing the 1791 Foundation in three courts!

John Roberts Is Not As Clever As He Thinks He Is: Releasing two contradictory opinions at the same time is what happens when hubris meets madness meets being a shameless hack.

SCOTUS Justices Take Shots At A Free Press: Guess who? Hint — it isn’t Sotomayor or Jackson.

An Ounce Of Prevention…: The NY Bar calls for clearer emergency protocol.

Hope You’re Ready For The PACER Shakedown: Your favorite court records site is bumping up the costs.

Legal AI Is Getting Better: Unfortunately, the progress is a little difficult to put into words.

Bringing Out The A-Team!: These firms are at the top of client service.

Supreme Court Justice’s Side Hustle As An Author Is A Pretty Lucrative Gig

Nice job if you can get it.

An Entirely Innocent Question About Artificial Intelligence

Are the systems the U.S. government uses to protect its classified documents so inferior to the systems used by other countries that Mythos can crack our systems, but not theirs?

The Side Hustle Myth Lawyers Need To Stop Believing

Most people are improvising. Some are simply more honest about it.

Supreme Court Slaughters FTC, Lets Federal Reserve Cook

The Supreme Court executes Humphrey's, blowing up FTC's independence in Slaughter while saving the Federal Reserve's in Cook.

Building A Judicial Legacy

Plus a look at the realities of running for the bench.