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The One Thing Nobody Has Ever Called Cravath… ‘A Smaller Platform’: Until Weil, which just lost its corporate chair to the firm, gave it a shot.

Hear Me Out: Should we really care that a federal court opinion reads like Gen Z slang?

We Sure Could Use More Human Rights Lawyers These Days: So now is a great time to discuss the top schools for human rights law.

Say Bye-Bye To Another Trump Ally: Joe diGenova just resigned and stomped off in a huff.

How To Create Authority Pages That Beat Competitors On Google And ChatGPT

Your law firm’s ‘authority’ pages are there to showcase your expertise and establish your practice as a source of reliable information.

Lawyers Should Abandon Some Outdated Practices

Meaningless traditions can consume a surprising amount of resources.

The Future Of Legal AI Isn’t About AI

It's about understanding how legal work actually gets done.

When Clients Ask About AI, How Should Firms Respond?

Lessons from elementary school.

This Law Professor’s Mission Is Giving Voice To The Voiceless

Closing the legal accountability gap.

Judge Demands Answers From DOJ For Refusing To Dismiss Reflecting Pool Case With Prejudice

From the hi-we're-from-the-'how-high'-department dept

How Appealing Weekly Roundup

The week in appellate news.

Morning Docket: 09.11.26

* Weil corporate chair bolts for Cravath. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Sam Bankman-Fried asks Supreme Court for help getting out of jail. [Law360]

* Harvard moves up recruiting timeline to allow interviewing in 1L September. [Harvard Crimson]

* Joseph diGenova resigns from role probing Trump’s enemies, acknowledging that, after years flogging conspiracy theories, there really isn’t any evidence backing it up. [Reuters]

* David Lat interviews Google GC Halimah DeLaine on legal AI. [Original Jurisdiction]

* Court refuses to prosecute deep fake political ad, claiming the parody was too “ridiculous” to be real. It is certainly ridiculous, but anyone deluding themselves into thinking it’s not believable needs to watch some of Ken Paxton’s actual political ads. [Volokh Conspiracy]

* City files lawsuit to bar federal shock troops from polling places. One of those headlines that would have set off the “black helicopter, new world order” conspiracy theorists 20 years ago, but now those people are on the government’s side. [Courthouse News Service]

* In the same vein, a new lawsuit focuses on government surveillance and harassment of civilian observers. [NPR]

* Harvey raises more money, because what’s another half billion among friends? [ABA Journal]

Even This Supreme Court Wouldn’t Bail Out The Missouri GOP — See Also

Show Me State Got Shown: The U.S. Supreme Court yet again told Missouri Republicans that they need to stop trying to make their illegal map happen.

Say Howdy To The New Biggest Firm In Texas: The richest firm in America takes the crown in the Lone Star State.

So Rigged You Wouldn’t Even Notice: The DOJ claims Berkeley’s admissions impermissibly favor Black students even though the school only has a handful of Black students.

What Hatch Act?: Todd Blanche spoke about the Justice Department’s work at a Republican midterm rally last night, which is illegal but nobody cares anymore.

Once The Second-Biggest Firm In America, Then The First To Blow Up

It rewrote the rules of Biglaw, got rich, and became a cautionary tale for the ages.

Trump Is Considering A Pardon For Michael Cohen, The Lawyer Who Helped Convict Him

The president appreciates his former attorney’s very late change of tune.

Supreme Court To Missouri Republicans: Shut Up

Missouri Republicans tried to gerrymander their maps in violation of state law. The U.S. Supreme Court refused to be a party to it.

DOJ Says Berkeley Law Rigged Its Admissions To Favor Black Students. There Are 51 Of Them.

If the school is putting a thumb on the scale for Black applicants, it's doing a remarkably bad job of it.

AI Has Entered The Courthouse…Are You Ready For It?

How should we read and evaluate opinions that may have been AI-assisted?