* Todd Blanche officially nominated as Attorney General and all it will cost him is, eventually, his license to practice law. [Reuters]
* Lockstep is on its way out. [American Lawyer]
* OpenAI follows Anthropic in filing IPO docs. [Law360]
* Gibson Dunn won charity raffle with million dollar bid, earning courtside seats to watch an exhibition of the worst basketball officiating in the world. [Bloomberg Law News]
* Federal judge strikes down Trump’s $100K H-1B fee as an illegal tax on businesses without congressional approval. [AP News]
* Lawyer quits practice to help open restaurant. [ABA Journal]
* Ken Paxton’s own lawyer endorses his opponent. [NOTUS]
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