* A look at John Morgan's personal injury practice empire. [Forbes]

* California bar examiners will consider participation in protests as part of character and fitness process. [California Courts Newsroom]

* After a past retreat on reform, Washington state launches another pilot program to allow some legal services to be performed by trained non-lawyers. [Reuters]

* McKinsey to pay $123 million over bribery scheme, but they hope to make that back immediately by telling more incredibly gullible people that they've invented garbage cans. [Law360]

* Firm growth opens door to new stumbling blocks, which partners will notice after they stop rolling around naked on a large pile of cash. [American Lawyer]

* The ranking of best law firm offices in the UK won't be out for a while but here's a sneak peak at what the survey is turning up. [Roll on Friday]

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* Federal judge in Texas -- naturally -- has issued a nationwide injunction on anti-money laundering law. Time to fire up that fentanyl business! [Reuters]

* Law firms are going to continue clawing back equity. [American Lawyer]

* Joe Biden worked wonders for law firm financials. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Justice Gorsuch recused himself from a case because of his tight relationship with amicus brief author. Justices Alito and Thomas presumably very confused. [Law360]

* Which is interesting as this news comes out the same week we learn that it was Gorsuch who was "especially vocal" in keeping the Supreme Court ethics rules toothless.

* Another senior Boeing lawyer sucked out of the proverbial door hatch to new gig. [Corporate Counsel]

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* Elon Musk and his supporters blast the Delaware courts after losing his bid to raid Tesla shareholders of $56 billion in value calling it "absolute corruption." For the record, Delaware upheld its famously long-standing corporate law to the letter and Elon has rewritten the terms of service for X users to make sure they can only sue him in front of a Tesla investor. [Bloomberg Law News]

* While firms continue to backslide on hybrid work, Arent Fox downsizes LA office in recognition of the new model. [The Recorder]

* Ninth Circuit upholds most of Idaho's abortion ban, striking down only the prison term for telling minors about the option of leaving the state as protected speech. [ABA Journal]

* Trump claims presidential immunity extends to local prosecutions for crimes that took place entirely while not being president. It turns out he really could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue. [Law360]

* Maybe we shouldn't be giving 17-year-olds Doogie Howser law licenses? [The Hill]

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* Mitch McConnell propounds new standard that federal judges lose their life tenure once they even consider retirement. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Lawyer forfeits license over whole "tampering with a corpse" thing. [ABA Journal]

* CFPB proposes stricter rules for data brokers as though it's even going to exist by this time next year. [Law360]

* The Hunter Biden pardon addressed one unjust prosecution... why hasn't Joe Biden addressed more of them? [Slate]

* UK lawyers unlikely to face discipline for refusing fossil fuel work. [LegalCheek]

* Study suggests the legal industry's embrace of generative AI will continue to grow. [Legaltech News]

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* Supreme Court doesn't have time for death penalty appeals from likely innocents, but it is more than ready to consider the rights of vapers to buy flavored products. Which seems like a betrayal of the tobacco farming Framers but "history and tradition" are elusive concepts. [Reuters]

* Attorney blames his rage over racism after mailing poop to judges and politicians. [ABA Journal]

* Energy practices gear up for AI to suck up more of the world's power. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Companies ask full Federal Circuit to set tighter rules on what juries are allowed to award in patent cases. And by "full" Federal Circuit, they mean "not-the-full" Federal Circuit as Judge Pauline Newman remains "pocket impeached" by her colleagues. [Law360]

* Partner classes are still shrinking. [American Lawyer]

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* The effort to expand the federal judiciary to deal with court clog has struggled to get through Congress, but now that it could give Trump an opportunity to appoint more FedSoc kids straight off their clerkships, there's suddenly a lot more interest. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Biglaw settles with partner over alleged age discrimination. [ABA Journal]

* A breakdown of the recent Federalist Society convention beyond just the unhinged Judge Jones tirade. [Defector]

* Government lawyers eyeing the exits. [Reuters]

* Could Trump's selection of Linda McMahon for the Department of Education undermine higher education diversity initiatives? (Much like professional wrestling... we already know how this is going to end) [American Lawyer]

* A decade ago, no one questioned the Fourteenth Amendment's citizenship language. Now prominent conservative voices are proposing loopholes to the ironclad language. This creeping acceptance opens the door to a lot of mischief. [Mother Jones]

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* Jury deliberations begin in YSL trial. [Fox 5]

* Should aspiring lawyer disclose 18 month porn career on applications? [LegalCheek]

* Lawyer thrived using fake name for half a century. [ABA Journal]

* Plan to use military to engage in mass deportations expected to succeed in court despite statutory bar for the same reason boneless wings can have bones in them. [Reuters]

* Between Elon, Vivek, and now Russ Vought, the new administration signals its commitment to slashes civil service jobs. Which historically tends to INCREASE costs because those tasks don't disappear, they just get outsourced to private sector firms that then charge a premium to make a profit. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Damian Williams will avoid the fate that befell Preet Bharara and step down before the inauguration. Ed Kim will take over in the interim. [Law360]

* Those Weil departures took a couple of their top 10 producers off the board. [American Lawyer]

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* Trump's sentencing for state crimes committed entirely outside the presidency delayed indefinitely after winning election. Next stop: Ocean's 11 style heist! [New York Law Journal]

* Supreme Court changes Facebook status to "Dismissed as improvidently granted." [Law360]

* Law students are more diverse and more in debt than they were 20 years ago. And in another 20 years, due to the Supreme Court, they'll be less diverse but still very much more in debt. [ABA Journal]

* "RFK Jr. as Health Chief Excites Mass Tort Lawyers Eager to Sue." [Bloomberg Law News]

* King & Spalding practice chief just horsing around. [Daily Report]

* Akerman expanding to Charlotte. [Charlotte Business Journal]

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* Pam Bondi becomes new AG nominee. [CNN]

* Partners put "difficult" client on emails. [Roll on Friday]

* Democrats give up circuit court nominees in exchange for less important district court seats... apparently to break a record? Seems like a great reason. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Gensler stepping down from SEC in the transition. [Law360]

* As Article II clearly states... winning a presidential election means all crimes committed before the election are legal. Or something. [Slate]

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* Babe, wake up -- new contracts hypo just dropped: "Cheating husband sues wife for house after mother-in-law died watching them fight" [Hindustan Times]

* Firms merging to form "Antitrust Powerhouse" in most ironic news of the day. [Daily Business Review]

* DLA Piper faces lawsuit alleging the firm had a "fake lawyer" in Argentina doing work for them. [Texas Lawyer]

* Thou Shalt Not Violate The First Amendment. Block on Louisiana Ten Commandments law upheld. [PBS]

* CFPB preparing to take on supervisory role over digital payment apps. [Law360]

* Judges say judges aren't the problem. That's an evergreen headline, but in this case it's about workplace harassment. [Reuters]

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