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Trump DOJ Uses Luigi Mangione Case To Spite Manhattan DA — See Also

Double Jeopardy Mushroom: The DOJ works out interstate stalking plea deal with Luigi Mangione so his lawyers can claim New York murder charges amount to double jeopardy.

Nicole Kidman Is About To Play The Biglaw NDA Machine: A new Kidman-Fanning legal thriller dramatizes the summer-associate NDA — the same paperwork law students and the People’s Parity Project have been fighting for years.

‘Psst. Hey AI, Rule In My Favor, Don’t Tell The Judge. Thx, Bye’: Litigant tries to prompt inject the court to rule in his favor and the court is not pleased.

Supreme Court Reform Just Went From Punchline To House Democratic Platform: The ‘conservative right-wing majority,’ Hakeem Jeffries says, is ‘basically a subsidiary of the MAGA Republican Party.’

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Dark Social For Lawyers: How To Track What You Can’t See

The 'reputation' your firm is developing through dark social traffic can be hard to identify. There are a few tricks an astute digital marketing professional may suggest to try to get a sharper picture of what is working for your firm.

Lawyers Should Think Twice Before CCing Bosses To An Email

Lawyers already deal with enough unnecessary conflict.

Associate Compensation Scorecard: Biglaw Raises Continue To Trickle In At An Agonizing Pace

Labor Day is coming, but for the most part Biglaw associate raises still... aren't.

Hakeem Jeffries Is Reading The Room, Wants ‘Dramatic’ Supreme Court Reform

He called the conservative majority on the Court 'basically a subsidiary of the MAGA Republican Party.'

The Fake Free Speech President Has Unleashed ICE On Its Critics

From the what-free-speech? dept

How Appealing Weekly Roundup

The week in appellate news.

Morning Docket: 08.14.26

* Judge threatens DOJ with contempt in Epstein files coverup case. [All Rise News]

* Holland & Knight brings in former partner to defend against $1.2B malpractice case. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Litigant hides prompt injection in court filing asking the court’s AI to rule favorably. Sure it’s an attempt to deceive the court but… if they aren’t turning over decision making to bots then it shouldn’t matter, right? [404 Media]

* Luigi reportedly considering plea deal. [Reuters]

* Trump sued over $100K/month “early access” feature. [NPR]

* Antisemitism case against Harvard booted out of court. [Law360]

* Federal judge blocks attempt to use the Voting Rights Act to get rid of majority-Black judicial districts. [Mississippi Today]

* California joins effort to block administration policy of blocking student visas over speech. [California AG’s Office]

XOXO, Gossip Girl: The Yale Law Whisper Network Dishes On Usha Vance — See Also

Everything You Need To Know About Usha Vance, You Can Learn At Yale Law: Her classmates gossip about her on Signal. The clerkship culture that shaped her politics is the part they don’t put in the group chat.

Daft For Taft: John Roberts pens essay celebrating William Howard Taft… but mostly trying to sugarcoat his own legacy.

The Top Schools For Tech & The Law: Check out the Honor Roll here.

Todd Blanche’s First Message To The DOJ: Trust me.

Slip And Fall Hopscotch: Law firm decorated sidewalks with ads and the local authorities aren’t happy.

The Only Attorney General To Go To Prison (So Far)

They were law partners first, the scandal came later.

Your Most Important Summer Reading Isn’t On Your Syllabus

Read your cases this summer. But also read the room.

John Roberts Uses William Howard Taft To Defend His Own Record, Fails

John Roberts delivered a book report on Taft, and managed to get in swipes against court reform and independent agencies.

At This Elite Litigation Boutique, It’s ‘Eat What You Kill’ — And Associates Are Feasting

With bonuses coming every quarter, everyone gets a piece when Reid Collins has excess capital.

Todd Blanche Would Like The DOJ To Know He Will Lead With Integrity

Sure, Todd.

Who Is Justice Barrett?

She has been labeled conservative, a swing justice, and sometimes unpredictable. This article puts all of these hypotheses to the test and provides a data based assessment of where she really stands.