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So Long And Thanks For All The DEI — See Also

Kirkland Boots Their DEI Staff: Surprise surprise, everyone.

If It Looks Like An Arrest And Smells Like An Arrest: Call it something else! Then the Marines can do whatever they want!

Elon Musk Still Blames Collusion For Advertisers Wanting Nothing To Do With Twitter: Who wouldn't want their advertisement being ran next to footage of a sieg-heiling CEO?!

Mikie Sherrill Wins NJ Democratic Primary For Governor: Congratulations to the Georgetown Law grad!

This Week On Thinking Like A Lawyer: Dunn Isaacson Rhee are farming Paul Weiss for talent and the Harvard Law Review snitch is working with Stephen Miller.

Hey, Third Amendment! Are You Ready For The Spotlight?! — See Also

How Much Longer Will The National Guard Sleep On The Floor?: And will hotels have to rely on the Third Amendment?

Business Insider Draws Attention On Bob Giuffra: We know the pro bono payola was bad business, but was it an ethical misstep to boot?

Scary Time To Be Innocent In Public: ICE crackdowns are stressing out citizens too.

Brad Bondi Broadcasted His Bruised Ego On LinkedIn: "Was this 9:1 loss my fault? No, it must be the voters that are wrong!"

A Picture Perfect Lawsuit: Getty's IP suit against AI company could change how both companies operate.

A Change Of Scenery. A Change In Talent: Axinn's new Rockefeller office should attract some talented attorneys!

Another One Bites The Salaried Partner Tier — See Also

Times Are Changing At Debevoise: If there's a partner on your case, make sure to clarify which kind they are.

Paul Weiss Is Bleeding Talent Over Kneeling To Trump: Dunn Isaacson Rhee is making the most of it!

Low Approval Runs In The Family: Brad Bondi loses D.C. race by an order of magnitude.

Pete Hegseth Targets RBG And Thurgood Marshall's Legacies: File this in "Not Surprising But Still Newsworthy".

Law Review Grapples With Future Of AI-Influenced Legal Scholarship: The good news is that writing will still suck enough for it to net you prestige.

Harvard Receives Overwhelming Support As It Sues For Federal Funding: Cornell and Columbia were not among the ranks.

We’re In The Folk Music Stage Of The #Resistance — See Also

WilmerHale Got A Musical Shout-Out For The Firm's Hard Work: As did Perkins Coie, Jenner & Block, and Susman Godfrey!

Did A Human CALI The Course?: AI is getting really good at answering law school exams.

Do You Know The Big 10?: These law firms have the biggest head counts!

It's A Description, Not An Insult: Judge allows for "Kafkaesque" conditions of Venezuelan deportees to continue.

Is Your Problem Marketing Or Intake?: Annette Choti clears up the confusion for you.

Another Biglaw Firm Adopts 4-Day In-Person Requirement — See Also

Add Another Day To Your Commute!: Hogan Lovells moves to a 4-day policy.

Director Of Skadden's Fellowship Program Resigns Over Firm's Deal With Trump: Susan Plum was hired as the interim Executive Director.

Even Perkins Coie's Diversity Groups Are Open To Diversity!: All of their affinity groups are open to everyone. Very strategic.

The Number Of Admitted Law Students That Took The GRE Is Growing: The LSAT is still King, but other options are growing in popularity.

Here's The Strategy On Strategic Law Firm Growth: Leadership and culture go a long way!

Standing Up For The Rule Of Law Is An Easy Way To Get Popular! — See Also

Rise And Resist Gains A Bunch Of Support: Cheers for fighting the good fight!

Here's Your Preview Of The NextGen Bar Exam: Less time and less hassle!

Will The Real IP Infringer Please Lawyer Up: Meta in legal trouble after allegedly using hundreds of Eminem songs without permission.

I Beg Your Million-Dollar Pardon?: Trump is making the most out of his pardon power.

This Week On Thinking Like A Lawyer: Consent-violating asteroids, Leonard Leo disses, and more!

Welcome To The Boston Market! — See Also

Crowell & Moring Are On The Yahd: Congrats to Crowell & Moring and Faber Daeufer & Itrato on teaming together.

The DOJ Is Harassing Harvard For Alleged Discrimination Against White People: FASORP called, they want their shtick back.

Newark Mayor Sues Alina Habba Over His PR Arrest: Let's hope she represents herself!

H. Lee Godfrey Has Passed Away: He left behind a great legacy.

The Numbers Are Getting Even Better: More test takers will pass the February 2025 California bar after a score modification.

Top 10 Biglaw Firm Considers Salaried Partner Tier — See Also

Eventually Everyone Gets Roped Into Trends: Ropes & Gray considers nonequity partnerships.

The American Bar Isn't The Only One You Have To Worry About: The German Bar Association sends a warning to lawyers working for the Yellow-Bellied Nine.

Someone Has To Pay The Court-Appointed Defenders!: Poor budgeting is hitting them in their pockets.

A New Megafirm Is Here!: Say hello to HSF Kramer!

Is The Agent In The Room With Us?: Will lawyers event want to work with 'Agentic' AI?

Trump Turns On The Federalist Society — See Generally

You Either Die A MAGA Hero Or Live Long Enough For Donald Trump To Call You A "Sleazebag": White House burns Federalist Society in social media rant as courtroom losses mount.

Ex-Law School Dean Unintentionally Embarks On Career Training Jailhouse Lawyers: For the next 8 years anyway.

Qualified Judges? Sounds Pretty Woke To Me, Says DOJ: DOJ figures out the ABA can't point out that nominees lack qualifications if they don't let the ABA look into their qualifications.

Kash Patel Converts FBI Into The Meme Police: The Director tells Fox News that he's pulling agents off terrorism and child predator cases to chase down people making 8647 memes. Priorities!

Former Texas Solicitor General Lawsuit Reads Like A Satirical Horror Film: You'd think a pro-slur office policy would be the most shocking allegation, but you would be way way off.

Skadden Sets Up Showdown: Will its pro bono settlement with survive taking on the administration over immigration?

Hot Mic Sums Up The Administration's Last Couple Months: "Jesus, he tore these people a new asshole. Good grief."

Judge Handcuffed Sleeping Teen In Courtroom Because He Thought He Was Filming “Scared Straight 2”: Now he might actually face consequences for traumatizing a child.

Judge Drops 27 Exclamation Points In Blasting Trump's Biglaw Executive Order: WilmerHale continues the winning ways of law firms standing up to Trump.

And For My Last Trick — See Also

Magic Circle Firms Are Trying To Pull A Disappearing Act: Will they pull off transmuting "Magic Circle" for "Global Elite"?

Shots Fired At Leonard Leo!: Trump calls the mastermind behind the FedSoc judicial takeover a sleazebag.

Florida Wants To Bypass The Constitution To Own The Immigrants: Guess PR stunts matter more than the Supremacy Clause.

Big Beautiful Bill A Sly Attempt To Nerf The Judiciary: Don't be fooled -- federal injunctions are under attack.

Why Chase Down Sexual Predators When You Could Be Protecting The President’s Ego? — See Also

This Is What The FBI Has Come To: Read about the agency's interesting triage of societal ills.

If You Choose Your Firm, Which Firms Win Out?: Check out where associates would like to work!

Being Qualified Is Too Woke Now: The DOJ breaks up with the ABA's judicial ratings.

Trump Won't Be The End Of Diversity: DWT's Yusuf Zakir advises on how to keep doing the good work.

Firms Are Snatching Up MAGA-Associated Lawyers: Akin Grump and Morrison Cohen are snagging up pro-Trumpers.

Multiple Mergers May Manifest Momentarily — See Also

Competition Could Be Pushing Competitors Together In New York: Which Biglaw firms will be the next to merge?

Is Skadden Trying To Change Its Placement On The Biglaw Spine Index?: The firm recently decided to represent a Mexican woman who was denied a visa.

ChatGPT -- A Tool For Peace?: Law student uses ChatGPT and AI imaging to create children's book on peace negotiations.

Bask In Nature To Own The Alt-Right: Enjoy national parks, monuments, and historic sites before this administration defunds them!

On This Week Of Thinking Like A Lawyer: The Supreme Court has been coasting on vibes for so long, you could write a book about it!

Former Law School Dean Sentenced To 8 Years Behind Bars — See Also

The Worst Part Is What He Did After The Theft Scandal: Edward Rene will have a lot of time to mull over his mistakes.

DLA Piper Is Recruiting The Big Names: Lord David Cameron would be quite the co-worker!

This Biglaw Firm Can't Be That Committed To AI: They tried to quietly delete their post giving attorneys the go-ahead to use AI to supplement their work product.

Why Is The Supreme Court Doing Re-Run Episodes?: The Dobbs leak is back in headlines.

That's Not What A Judge Typically Does, Sir: Turns out handcuffing students to prove a point might not fall under judicial immunity!

Morning Docket: 05.27.25

* While the firms continue to deny that they gave the Trump authority to dictate what matters they take on, Trump and his allies... are discussing what matters to make the firms take on. [NY Times]

* Texas legislators focus on new plan to cost taxpayers massive legal fees. [Texas Tribune]

* Ed Martin considering pardons for wingnuts who tried to kidnap Gretchen Whitmer. [WBPN]

* Northern District of Texas judges teaching "Originalism" in law school. Hey students, I'll save you a class... just read the contemporary GOP platform and say, "eh, James Madison probably said something similar." [Bloomberg Law News]

* Trump administration ordered to facilitate return of wrongfully deported man because the government has been so diligent in following the same order about other people. [Reuters]

* Federal Circuit opens door to more patent damage fights. [Law360]

* No ethics charges based on COVID-related delirium. [Daily Business Review]