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When Samuel Alito Is The One Calling You ‘Scary,’ You Know There’s A Problem — See Also

Clarence Thomas Was “Scary” In Law School: At least according to Samuel Alito. Court watchers still think he’s plenty scary now, too.

SCOTUS Said Come Back With A Final Rule. The States Did. They Won Again (At The District Court): The Postal Service finalized its plan. A fresh wave of lawsuits followed. Judge Talwani hit pause.

Trump Accidentally Trolls His Own Legal Claims: Oopsie! These NYT and IRS suits aren’t mixing well.

Legal Tech Has Hit The Big Time: Things can only continue to go up from here. Until the bubble bursts…

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Morning Docket: 08.28.26

* Proskauer associates in UK appalled by firm’s approach to maternity leave. ‘Murica! [Roll on Friday]

* According to a lawsuit, which AI model was trained on child porn and why is it you already knew it was Grok? [Ars Technica]

* John Morgan says $30 million & a fully paid-off house is the key to financial security. Tell me about it. [Polymarket via Twitter]

* Deloitte agrees to pay $20 million to settle dubious claims raised by the administration. Surrendering to Trump… not just for law firms anymore! [ESG Today]

* The health system related to the Boomer paradise known as The Villages will pay over half a billion to clear up allegations of fraud. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Massive datacenter accused of breaking the law. If you can’t trust a data center, then who can you even trust? [Guardian]

* Bank of America settling with Epstein victims for $72.5 million. [Reuters]

* Court rejects Defense Department’s “maybe we can ban Anthropic’s fancy autocorrect as a national security threat” argument. [Law360]

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A Heart Attack, A Billing Scheme, And $3,000 For The ‘Cabinets’: Inside One Associate’s Suit Against Troutman Pepper — See Also

He Survived A ‘Widow-Maker’ At The Office. Then, He Says, His Firm Went To Work On Him: A new lawsuit accuses Troutman Pepper Locke of moving the partnership goalposts after an associate’s heart attack — and of a billing scheme he was told to keep quiet.

Biglaw’s Record First Half Comes With A Catch: Biglaw’s six-month numbers look spectacular, until you get to the part about receivables.

The True Cost Of AI: NetDocuments is looking hard at the relationship between AI cost and accuracy.

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