Justin Smith is an attorney at the boutique firm James Otis Law Group, a Missouri practice started by Trump's U.S. solicitor general, D. John Sauer. https://loom.ly/oBTxvnY

Musk alleges the Exchange Act requirements he's accused of violating, Section 13(d) and Rule 13d-1, violate the First Amendment because they compel content-based disclosures that can't satisfy the strict scrutiny standard they're subject to. https://loom.ly/hlKXo4g

“I generally think that there are a set of people potentially meaningful number of people who lie about their age in order to use our services,” Zuckerberg said. “There’s a distinction between allowed to do something and whether we caught them breaking the rule.” https://loom.ly/Yoomtj4

“This equal-time rule issue is just one of a long pattern of this administration using the FCC to go after content it doesn't like,” said FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez. https://loom.ly/Ai-SLm4

“Because of the FTC’s investigation and CID, the Endocrine Society is currently and will continue to be irreparably harmed absent court intervention,” counsel for the Endocrine Society wrote in their 45-page complaint. https://loom.ly/9ZRHDZk

“The Chief Justice of the United States will literally change the rules of the Supreme Court of the United States instead of divesting in individual stocks," wrote @chrisgeidner.bsky.social in his “Law Dork” newsletter on Substack. https://loom.ly/Xb9Yecs

Judge Paul Niemeyer, writing for the panel, said the court owed great deference to the military’s rationales behind the policy, including that it is more costly to maintain an HIV-infected soldier than one without the infection. https://loom.ly/UwPX72E

The connections between D.C. law firms and West Coast offices are heating up. https://loom.ly/idAfa8c

Even in a worst-case scenario—a Perkins Coie collapse triggered by a Trump blow—Ashurst is unlikely to walk away. The smarter play? Stay the course, scoop up Perkins’ high-billing tech teams, and leave the less profitable lawyers to fend for themselves. https://loom.ly/r2AoyEg

Of the firms ranked in the top 30 of the Am Law rankings, only seven don't have Houston offices—and that number will soon drop to five, when Sullivan & Cromwell and Paul Weiss open their doors. https://loom.ly/zO02B3A

“We thought it would be worth the judge to take a second look at what he had done,” antitrust litigator George G. Gordon said as counsel for the J&J defendants. “It is rare that a judge is willing to reconsider and the motion is successful.” https://loom.ly/S1nJ9NM

The Supreme Court said that it will use the software to "run automated recusal checks" for the justices and is amending its rules to require additional disclosures from parties in their briefs. https://loom.ly/hgRhMw0

“This sort of chaos can’t be good for morale,” antitrust litigator Barry Barnett said Friday in an exclusive interview with Law.com and the National Law Journal. https://loom.ly/h8kHceY

M. Elizabeth “Liz” Magill, who is currently a professor of law at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, will begin her role as the school’s 17th dean on Aug. 1, according to the university’s announcement. https://loom.ly/J4-MbCo

A DEI leader from an Am Law 50 firm, who could only speak under the condition of anonymity, expressed disappointment in how the announcement will continue the narrative “around the dismantling of DEI in Big Law.” https://loom.ly/1oU47GI

The opinion also stated that federal judges may speak publicly about “the need for judicial security and funding sufficient for the courts to carry out their responsibilities.” https://loom.ly/PV6CF38

In a footnote, the Fifth Circuit mentioned U.S. District Judge Xavier Rodriguez’ comments to the Wall Street Journal last month in which he explained how he used AI in an experimental way after deciding a case “involving Texas election law.” https://loom.ly/edSe9i0

The FTC did not provide evidence that the costs and time imposed by the new Hart-Scott-Rodino rules outweighed its benefits, ruled U.S. District Judge Jeremy Kernodle of the Eastern District of Texas. https://loom.ly/wrFMn44

A group of Supreme Court watchers and designers is now using artificial intelligence to generate videos of the justices' avatars reading their opinions aloud as part of a provocative project called "On the Docket." https://loom.ly/WOhOT8A

Within hours of a panel of federal judges on Wednesday exercising its authority to name a new U.S. attorney for a swath of upstate New York, the White House fired him. https://loom.ly/pxsHYIU

The lawsuit alleges that the Magicverse investment constituted an unregistered security under federal and state law and that investors were not informed of material risks or the speculative nature of NFT ventures. https://loom.ly/iLMvi0k

At SMU law school, they always sat at the same table on the northeast side of the library. Mike would throw paper airplanes while Barbara focused on her studies. "She got me to be a better student," Mike said, "but I taught her how to dodge." https://loom.ly/pa3de6I

“His decision to testify aligns with his all-in approach,” Michael Weinstein, a Cole Schotz member, said Thursday of his former American University Washington College of Law classmate Goldstein. “He believes he is his own best advocate.” https://loom.ly/ElmlE4c

“A lot of these people left voluntarily or through buyouts before I arrived at the SEC,” Atkins said. “So, I'm looking at our numbers of employees, and I think we have a very good group of people in enforcement.” https://loom.ly/GdTAQ6E

Arguing for the federal government, DOJ attorney Tyler Lee said the lower court was wrong to say the statute requires the acting attorney to have been the first assistant U.S. Attorney when the vacancy arose. https://loom.ly/BVgEDpg

"On this record, a reasonable jury could conclude that Marks was shot when he neither posed a threat to the officers or the public, nor was he fleeing or ignoring an officer’s commands," Judge Ralph R. Erickson wrote for the majority. https://loom.ly/QQDSA3E

“Her replacement will understand going in that he or she may not have much independence in making decisions on enforcement and that there will be probably pressure from higher up into DOJ,” said Troutman Pepper Locke's Brad Weber. https://loom.ly/S_maysA

The letter marks a significant escalation of the Trump administration's scrutiny of Big Tech curation practices, raising the specter that the agency will bring an enforcement action against Apple. https://loom.ly/4rpK7i0

Firm leaders credited the double-digit financial increases last year to expanding client relationships and seeing a 7% increase in demand for its legal services in focus areas such as government controversies, complex litigation and education. https://loom.ly/JIvk5q4

Josh Krevitt and Stuart Rosenberg, partners at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, said the victory for their client, Uniswap Labs, was significant for the continued development and use of decentralized cryptocurrency exchanges. https://loom.ly/RY3M6QA

"This was a necessary step by LSAC—they had to shut off the superhighway of cheating that was occurring on remote tests,” Dave Killoran, founder and former CEO of PowerScore Test Prep, told Law.com. https://loom.ly/W-LMsJc

Connecticut Attorney General William Tong called the agreement "another major defeat and retreat for the Trump administration," and his office indicated nearly $400 million in federal education assistance for the state was protected. https://loom.ly/trCbsOQ

“By way of explanation and not excuse, we are short-staffed in the Orlando Civil Division, which exacerbates our ability to confront this challenging docket,” the response reads. https://loom.ly/Z9P_8Dk

Jeffrey Apelbaum will focus on regulatory strategy and outreach as Netflix navigates what is shaping up to be one of the most contentious government merger reviews in recent memory. https://loom.ly/FzRE2yY

D.C. firms, overall, saw “minimal” demand growth, seeing just a 0.8% increase in demand for legal services on average last year. However, within the D.C. market, there was a varied performance firm-by-firm. https://loom.ly/k-WeiMI

In Wednesday's testimony, Goldstein said he would pay accounting professionals to help him file taxes. “I do not like accounting,” Goldstein testified. “I do not like dealing with taxes.” https://loom.ly/oi3zsQk

Jesse Panuccio, arguing for the programmers, told the Ninth Circuit that his clients aren’t required to show under the statute that their original code and AI software Copilot-generated code are identical, save the removed copyright management information, or CMI. https://loom.ly/dS5G_MM

Under EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, the agency has rolled back a myriad of rules to protect air and water and is planning a total retreat from regulating carbon dioxide emissions. https://loom.ly/Wj9Jrb4

A small, elite group of attorneys has managed to beat the odds and had remarkable success at getting the court to take its cases, with one Supreme Court litigator approaching a nearly 50% grant rate. https://loom.ly/gkuOgNA

Kirkland, in a release Tuesday, said Nashville is “an ideal environment” for continued, “aggressive” growth, calling the office launch "part of its strategy to attract top legal talent and meet growing client demand." https://loom.ly/MFnGdig

The action, brought by Bursor & Fisher with New York author Arthur Kleiner as lead plaintiff, alleges Adobe secretly downloaded, copied, stored and used datasets containing copyrighted books without permission. https://loom.ly/tdh556Y

President Donald Trump's top Supreme Court lawyer, U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer, told the justices Monday that the dismissal of Bannon's criminal case is "in the interests of justice." https://loom.ly/07K-wy0

If Nexstar's proposed $6.2 billion acquisition goes through, the combined company would own stations that reach more than 80% of American households—far above the Federal Communications Commission’s current 39% limit. www.law.com/nationallawj...

The action marks the FTC's most significant enforcement push to date under the Protecting Americans' Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024. www.law.com/nationallawj...

"We have to follow the law, and right now the law says no," said a member of the Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board. https://loom.ly/z-yBUNM

Three Democratic senators who last year tried to derail President Trump's nomination of Republic Airlines CEO Bryan Bedford to run the FAA now charge that he violated language in his ethics agreement that required him to divest his Republic shares. https://loom.ly/pl6r0cY

Some drug companies have already launched programs to offer drugs directly to consumers and plan to continue those programs through the forthcoming TrumpRx website. https://loom.ly/rM7H8f4

The decision is prompting some to ask if the commission's action will keep workers from seeking redress for workplace harassment. https://loom.ly/CnYsWm4

“I found they were not given due process,” Boasberg said from the bench, reiterating his prior summary judgment ruling in favor of the plaintiffs. “I have not yet ruled on the validity of [Trump’s AEA proclamation].” https://loom.ly/lS6CsQc

The CFTC said it was expanding the definition of “payment stablecoin” to include tokens issued by national trust banks as collateral. https://loom.ly/4-f3STI