Lane Kiffin Is EXACTLY The Guy Who Uses ChatGPT For Legal Advice
The SEC and the frontier AI labs are running the same broken playbook.
Morning Docket: 09.02.26
* When Scalia died, John Roberts decided to change the rules to keep the justices’ papers locked away for decades after they die. [NY Times]
* House Republicans begin inquiry into the Eleventh Circuit’s probe of Judge Eleanor Ross. [Bloomberg Law News]
* Lawyer arrested for terroristic threat against teen relative. [ABA Journal]
* Recording artists sue Suno, claiming the AI provider is stealing their identities. [Rolling Stone]
* The revolving door between Jones Day and the Trump administration continues to spin. [Law360]
* Second Circuit rules public school district can ban teachers from hanging Pride flags. [Bloomberg Law]
* Former Google engineer sentenced to 12 months for stealing AI secrets. So if some cut-rate model starts giving really bad internet search summaries, you know the culprit! [Courthouse News Service]
* A&O Sherman hires judge who dominated patent cases as part of the less-socially-destructive-but-still-bad consequence of Texas federal court judge shopping. [Reuters]
It’s Not Illegal If Nobody Has Standing To Say So — See Also
Nice Office You Got There: Let’s tear down the Supreme Court building! After all, the Court says no one can stop a president from unilaterally destroying a historic building.
‘A Whorehouse And Las Vegas’: Ty Cobb reviews Trump’s ballroom.
Legal Tech Love-In: Everyone in legal tech is hopping into bed with each other. Figuratively (we hope). The big rundown on last week’s ILTACON and how it relates to swinging.
Fools For Clients: Wall Street banks want Biglaw to cut its bills because they can get answers from AI. These are not serious people.
Pangram Perils: Law professors up in arms about AI have put their faith in AI tools to detect AI. That’s a dangerous proposition.
Erin Piacenti, Fordham Law ’21 And Bank Of America VP, Killed In Times Square Attack: The 32-year-old had celebrated her second wedding anniversary three weeks earlier.
The Star Witness Swore He Saw It In The Moonlight — Big Mistake
The case was won with the help of an almanac.
The White House Is In Its Whorehouse Era
The former Trump White House lawyer went on CNN to mourn the aesthetic direction of the People's House.
Wall Street Banks Demand Law Firms Slash Rates And Just Trust AI… No Way This Could Backfire!
Banks want more AI legal work. It's all fun and games until they come asking for a bailout.