* Now that she announced that she would leave the state to get the abortion to save her life, the Texas Supreme Court felt comfortable ruling that she wasn't entitled to an abortion in Texas. But make no mistake, these cowards were trying to delay this so they didn't have to put life and death stakes on their own misogyny. [Bloomberg Law News]

* "Kirkland & Ellis: is it party over for the world’s most profitable law firm?" Fascinating deep dive. [Financial Times]

* Some Shearman partners slashed their own pensions up to 50 percent to make the merger happen in case you were wondering how thirsty they were for a merger. [American Lawyer]

* Judge bans family separation policies for 8 years. That should hold until roughly January 2025. [ABA Journal]

* Epic beats Google. [Reuters]

* Big 4 firm getting out of law in Hong Kong. [Law.com International]

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* Texas Supreme Court issues stay on emergency abortion procedure. [Reuters]

* WilmerHale under fire for prepping congressional testimony of several university presidents described by the Times as “dodging questions about their policies.” Technically, they accurately answered those questions but there's a reason why NY Times Pitchbot is such a popular account. [NY Times]

* Boies Schiller names Matthew Schwartz as its new chair after David Boies announced his plan to step out of the role next year. [Law360]

* About a quarter of law schools plan to use the JD-Next admissions exam. [Law.com]

* California admits youngest lawyer. [USA Today]

* Murdaugh case spawns legal battle between lawyers over TikTok ethics charges. Bless this case for getting even stupider. [Daily Beast]

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* Meanwhile, the Wall Street Journal literally used the phrase "slower economy" after a quarter with 5 percent growth. You really have to appreciate the commitment to the bit. [Wall Street Journal]

* ASS Law gets non-compliance notice? What an absolute shock to absolutely no one. [ABA Journal]

* Canadian firm wins libel suit over bad review. [Law.com International]

* Republican judges recast "incompetence" as "pattern of eliminating white males." [Reuters]

* Woman in Texas granted right to abort non-viable fetus threatening her, but the state sure tried to stop her. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Of all the conspiracies that Fox News imagined, it may turn out that Hunter Biden is really just bad at taxes. [Law360]

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* Cocaine's a hell of a drug. [ABA Journal]

* Wolf assures public that sheep are safe if the Supreme Court eliminates wolf repellent. [Law360]

* Hunter Biden says he's only going to testify in a public hearing, irritating House leadership who really want something they can twist later. [NPR]

* After firing cancer patient over marijuana test, company had the opportunity to show basic humanity. Guess what it did instead. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Spencer Fane moves into Salt Lake City market after merging with Snow Christensen & Martineau. [Reuters]

* Proskauer chief steps down. [American Lawyer]

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* While Joshua Wright files more ill-advised lawsuits, the judge tossed his first $108M suit until he can allege some actually defamatory statements. [MLex]

* Sam Alito wants to help his buddy defund the United States. It's not working out for him. [Slate]

* Wisconsin's radical anti-union law could soon meet its match. [The Nation]

* NY case considers whether 401k plans should be barred from making investment decisions that make politicians unhappy. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Professor Jim Park discusses the history of securities fraud in the United States and it's as bad as you'd think. [Oh My Fraud]

* A pair of mid-sized firms pair up to create a firm that should make the next Am Law 200. [Law360]

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* Court struggles to determine if Second Amendment covers switchblades. Time to scour the work of 18th century greasers to see what they thought. [Courthouse News Service]

* Supreme Court looks into legality of shield protecting Sackler family from opioid settlement. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Meanwhile, The Onion has coverage of how Clarence Thomas is approaching this case. [The Onion]

* DeSantis cronies on new board governing Disney property accuse the company of controlling the old board. Which it acknowledges wasn't illegal. These people really can't get any dumber. [Reuters]

* Golden Gate is done, but the challenges for students are just getting started after ABA nixes school’s teachout plan. [ABA Journal]

* Former Biglaw attorney begins second murder trial. [Law360]

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* Supreme Court eyes blowing up tax law while it’s at it. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Judge characterizes Google’s tactics as deeply troubling. If these shenanigans offend him, don't let him see what's going on in any of the Trump cases. [Law360]

* Trump's legal team suggests delaying trial until Trump leaves office after the hypothetical next term because... reasons. [Washington Post]

* Federal judiciary asks for less money this year but still warns of shortfall. Congress shouldn't even pay the heating bills until the Supreme Court adopts ethics rules with teeth. [Reuters]

* The Fifth Circuit does a lot of stupid stuff, but its new AI regulation is a low-key contender for its dumbest [Law.com]

* Amazon’s approach to unionizing workers was unsurprisingly illegal [CNBC]

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* Study confirms that there aren't enough legal aid lawyers. [ABA Journal]

* Giving the judges a Nazi salute seems like it should be worth a lot more than a 250 quid fine. [RollonFriday]

* Google takes aim at Microsoft with UK antitrust regulators. [Reuters]

* Another Biglaw firm yanks an offer over public statements supporting Palestinians. This one's headed to the EEOC. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Biglaw associate approved for admission to Maryland bar despite cheating issues. [Law.com]

* In resounding triumph for free speech, Montanans can watch stupid videos again. [Law360]

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* But at least the Court began from the premise that the Fifth Circuit is probably crazy. [Dorf on Law]

* CFPB warns that AI vests too much power to a handful of tech CEOs. Yeah... but that won't last long. I've seen Ex Machina. [Law360]

* Until the robot uprising though, several state insurance authorities are probing carriers using AI to make "discriminatory garbage in, discriminatory garbage out" coverage decisions. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Preet Bharara wants the Justice Department to stop ghosting targets. Amazing how the perspective changes when you're representing folks on the other side of the table. [Reuters]

* IPOs coming back. Time for firms that laid off all their corporate folks to wildly flail about. [Corporate Counsel]

* Crowell enters the Eric Adams imbroglio. [Gothamist]

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* Trump judge tells lawyer that no case in "history" supports the position that the government consider asylum requests from seekers denied access to U.S. soil. Probably because there until the Trump administration everyone realized that was illegal so it never came up. [Law360]

* Amazon orders pro-union materials torn down because why follow federal law? [Bloomberg Law News]

* Biglaw’s coming for the emerging markets, but it's not just to capture new business. [American Lawyer]

* Lawyers used to worry about hallucinations, but a new concern is emerging when it comes to generative AI. [Legaltech News]

* Alex Murdaugh gets another 27 years but who's even counting at this point? [Reuters]

* Charlie Munger, founder of Munger Tolles & Olson dies at age 99. [Daily Journal]

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