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Clarence Thomas Thinks He Was Practically Forced To Take All That Under The Table Money
If you only made more than the vast majority of Americans, you'd stoop to begging too! - Clarence Thomas, probably. -
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Generative AI In Legal Work — What’s Fact And What’s Fiction?
Zach Warren from the Thomson Reuters Institute discusses the potential and the pitfalls. -
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Special Counsel Ups Ante With SCOTUS Petition In Trump Election Case
You want special treatment, dude? You got it.
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O’Connor & The Court: Breaking The Supreme Court’s Glass Ceiling
O’Connor was notable for much more than her gender — she was quite unique in nuanced ways, some of which went well under the radar. -
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Do I Have To Pay Back This Loan?
A helpful guide for anyone wondering how borrowing works for different people. -
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In-House Challenges And A Word Or Two On Sandra Day O'Connor
Before Ketanji Brown Jackson, Amy Coney Barrett, Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor, and Ruth Bader Ginsberg, there was the first, Sandra Day O’Connor. -
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Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments On Realization Rule That Could Disrupt Current Tax Laws
Some observers have questioned why the Supreme Court even granted review in the first place. - Sponsored
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so… -
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Sandra Day O'Connor, The First Woman To Serve On The Supreme Court, Has Died
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, a trailblazer for women in the legal profession, has passed away. -
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Sam Alito Hates Everyone He Works With So Much He's Letting It Slip Subconsciously
The Supreme Court doesn't seem to be his happy place. -
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Harvard Law School Professor Finds ChatGPT Invents Fake Law Less Than The Supreme Court
ChatGPT can figure out how broken Citizens United was, but then it's not actively on the take. -
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Former Federal Judge Explains Why Supreme Court's Decisions In Dobbs, Bruen Led To Him Stepping Down
Members of the legal community have long wondered why Paul Watford quit the bench at such a young age. Now we know that the Supreme Court played a role in his decision.
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Passing The Oral Argument Torch
Justice Jackson is something like we’ve never seen in oral argument. While she doesn’t significantly diminish the participation of her colleagues, she is by far the most active justice at oral argument. -
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Why Even Bother Trying To Argue Before The Supreme Court These Days?
A candid take on the Supreme Court. -
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Supreme Court Adopts Ethics Code. Who Is Going To Enforce It? WHO KNOWS?!?!?
There is so much more that needs to be done. -
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Stephen Breyer Is Confident Supreme Court Justices Will Figure Out Their Ethics Issues
SCOTUS will get around to doing something about the ethics controversies eventually, says the retired justice. -
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Does The Constitution Let Ron DeSantis Block Me On Twitter? Or Mike Johnson? Or...
The list really does go on. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 10.27.23
* Remember Morgan Lewis partner Sheri Dillon? She’s the one who stood in front of a pile of — for all we know empty — folders and told everyone that they didn’t need to see Donald Trump’s taxes because they were fine. Well, the AG had some questions about that at trial yesterday. [Law360]
* Pillsbury ends merger talks with Stroock as two of the most star-crossed potential merger partners in Biglaw fail to get together. [American Lawyer]
* Today’s the day for Sam Bankman-Fried testimony. [Reuters]
* Bonus season is about a month away and likely to be a 2022 redux. [Bloomberg Law News]
* Attorney for Clarence Thomas denies that the justice’s RV loan was forgiven. Naturally, he refuses to provide any corroboration for this. [The Hill]
* Maryland posthumously admits Black lawyer it denied 166 years ago. [Washington Post]
* Legal tech prices are heading up. [Law.com]