Harlan Crow

* Harlan Crow got a tax break for designating his superyacht as a profit-seeking venture. Though it seems like its voyages were limited to shuttling around his buddies like BFF Clarence Thomas. [Pro Publica]

* California Supreme Court rules that U.S. Supreme Court can’t boss it around. [SF Chronicle]

* Trump’s legal team heads to Judge Cannon’s courtroom today to give us another peak at how wacky this case will be. [Reuters]

* AI is often touted for access to justice, but without care it might make things worse. [Financial Times]

* USC Law appoints first Black dean. [Law.com]

* College athletes can earn money now, which means they can be scammed now. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Criminal division of the Department of Justice losing its boss to private practice. [Law360]

Crow's lawyers at Gibson Dunn have done the first half and are really hoping the Senate doesn't initiate the 'and find out' part.

* Department of Justice likely to get involved in PGA/LIV merger. Weird how spending major Biglaw dollars calling one of them a monopoly might backfire when you try to merge with them. [Law360]

* After inviting thorough mocking of their legal acumen, Harlan Crow’s lawyers at Gibson Dunn back away from original “let’s just do contempt” offer and suggest a meeting with Senate staffers. [NBC News]

* Speaking of… comparing Clarence Thomas to the “lowliest” federal worker is a stark reminder that John Roberts is running a cesspool of ethical compromise. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Batman defeats Italian designer in trademark dispute. Not that it matters… that guy will break out of Arkham and be designing clothes again within a couple months. [Reuters]

* “There Is One Group the Roberts Court Really Doesn’t Like.” Take a guess! It’s fun because there’s at least three or four groups it could be! [New York Times]

* Move over law firms, legal technology vendors poised to become next fashionable cyber target. [Legaltech News]

* A dive into K-Pop and contracts. [LegalCheek]

And the Supreme Court's ethical problems just won't go away.

These are a lot of bad legal arguments just to say, 'we don't think you have the votes.'

The Senate Finance Chair would really like to know the full extent of the gifts Harlan Crow gave to his favorite Supreme Court justice.

* Senate Democrats ask Harlan Crow for details on all gifts granted to Clarence Thomas… or any other justice. A request that he’ll ignore and the Democrats won’t do anything about. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Donald Trump allowed limited access to evidence against him in criminal trial, only in the presence of his attorneys in a bid to prevent the defendant from causing a social media firestorm. Aw… after this many years, folks still think Trump listens to his lawyers? [Law360]

* Disney’s superior attorneys are just going to keep updating this complaint every time Ron DeSantis digs himself a little deeper. [Deadline]

* Sam Bankman-Fried asks judge to dismiss 10 of 13 charges against him because if anyone knows a worthless claim when he sees one it’s Sam Bankman-Fried. [Reuters]

* Despite doom and gloom from firms cutting headcount, the industry overall is in recovery… but Biglaw and Small Law are taking different paths back to the summit. [American Lawyer]

* An interview with Steven Thomas, a former Sullivan & Cromwell partner who started his own practice focusing on litigating against Big 4 audit firms for failing to detect fraud at their clients. [Oh My Fraud]

You can really only use 'I didn't know' as an excuse one time.

Make your own card and play along at home.

The latest Clarence Thomas ethics scandal.

So, is Clarence Thomas a bad faith actor or just not very good at this interpreting the law thing?

With the way Harlan Crow is funding efforts to immortalize Clarence Thomas, Justi Tom Tom is going to end up making cameos in Marvel films.

Although the ethical obligations of Supreme Court Justices are notoriously lax and ill-defined, disclosure of gifts at the level Harlan Crow has bestowed on Clarence Thomas would seemingly be the bare minimum.

We should expect 'Supreme' Jurists to have 'Supreme' Ethics. Is that really too much to ask?

How *not* to respond to an ethics crisis.

You can train crows to bring presents. Did Crow train Justice Thomas with his?