AI-Brained AUSA Falls On His Sword… I Wonder If That Was Also ChatGPT’s Advice: Federal prosecutor who filed AI-hallucinations — and then made misleading statements about how they got there — resigned rather than force a judge to decide whether his entire office should share the sanctions.
DOJ Argues Biglaw Cowardice Proves Its Orders Are Legal: After briefly pretending it would stop defending Trump’s Biglaw executive orders, DOJ is back in appellate court and arguing that the orders are legal because so many other law firms did NOT challenge the orders.
Ninth Circuit Judges Beg Colleague To Act Like A Grown-Up: Judge Lawrence VanDyke opted for crude trolling in a trans discrimination dissent, prompting colleagues to issue judicial plea for the unqualified judge to display basic professionalism.
Sidley Joins The ‘Partner, But Not Like That’ Club: Another firm adopts an income partner tier, as old guard attorneys continue building moats around their equity.
Law Student’s ‘End Political Violence’ Flyers Earn Discipline… Earning Law School A Legal Threat: A Campbell Law student put up Charlie Kirk flyers with the message “End Political Violence,” and the school pulled them down with a warning. Now they’ve got some explaining to do before ending up in court.
UNM Law Hits The Scholarship Jackpot: A $4.5 million donation from alumni Eric and Dana Marie Knapp will fund full-ride scholarships for ten UNM law students over 30 years, up from one every three years.
DLA Piper Makes A Verein Important Decision: The massive law firm is ditching its Swiss verein structure in favor of a unified profit pool.
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