Six tech titans, one president, zero proofreaders.

Starting with the one who allegedly suggested saying 'f*ck you.'

The sheer, brazen shamelessness of it shocked me.

The cameras are not going away.

Rep. Jim Himes, the top Democrat on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, sent a Sept. 28 letter to a defense trade group warning of a "likely" probe into the project.

* Lindsay Clancy lawyer questions if she even killed the kids. [NPR] * The Biglaw model is in disarray and it's not because of AI. [The Economist] * Trump's former DOJ antitrust chief lands at White & Case. [Bloomberg Law News] * Supreme Court allows administration to get back to human trafficking migrants to war zones. [Reuters] * Billable hour needs to go. [Bloomberg Law News] * Connecting with clients in the AI age. [ABA Journal] * Suit alleges OpenAI knew its agents were going on the attack. [Law360] * Trump administration went after immigration lawyers, and they managed to weather the storm. [Mother Jones]

In a marriage of two alternative legal services providers, Repario, a company with a focus on e-discovery and managed review, has acquired UnitedLex, a global company that provides a broader range of...

The law school Trump Bump is on its second Trump administration.

Pentagon CTO Emil Michael crowed “The hammer of justice has smashed AnthropicAI[’s] arguments.” The AI titan hinted at an appeal — but they may not be allowed one.

* Alito finally recuses from the climate case where we always knew he had a conflict. [Law360] * Sullivan & Cromwell partnership with OpenAI develops contract analyzer. [Bloomberg Law News] * Touching: Father and son both get disbarred. [ABA Journal] * Probe into illegal voting by immigrants turns up empty. [Stateline] * Jack Smith prepares for hearings claiming he abused his power by investigating crime. [Reuters] * Lawyer fined for joining hearing from train. [Legal Cheek] * What's up with SCOTUSBlog? [Slate] * Harvey starts making its own commercials. [Artificial Lawyer]

AI and technology are just another challenge we as a profession must step up to. It’s a challenge we can’t walk away from.

Her former attorneys say her stunning declaration is 'bought-and-paid-for.'

White House insists its recycled Trump campaign ad is not a campaign ad.

Adoption is up, but digging into DISCO's Legal AI Report reveals the industry isn't giving it the most worrying work.

Stop it. You’re embarrassing yourself.

As AI technology in healthcare becomes more deeply involved in the complex, high-stakes tasks of diagnosis and treatment planning, traditional lines of accountability will become less clear. Where does the buck stop for AI-supported medical care? 

* Clients want Biglaw to start handing out AI discounts, managing to display ignorance of how both AI and lawyers operate. [NY Times] * Chicago federal prosecutor's retirement letter lays into Trump administration boss for setting her up with botched prosecution. [ABC News] * Trump goes on tirade after Supreme Court rejects Missouri gerrymander for the third time. [The Hill] * But, the Supreme Court also said Trump can do a little arbitrary voter disenfranchisement as a treat. [Courthouse News Service] * McClatchy is gutting its newsrooms, eviscerating local court coverage. [Court Watch] * Law firms training AI to act human. AI now capable of waiting until they're allowed to expense dinner before doing real work. [Reuters] * Law school grades prove excellent predictor of bar passage says Department of Obvious study. [ABA Journal] * Patent verdict takes $5.7 billion bite out of Apple. [Law360] * FBI removes counterintelligence officers for not moving fast enough on alleged threats received by Stephen Miller's wife. [Bloomberg Law News]

Nothing To Fear But Quinn Itself: BTI's annual survey of the firms clients least want to see across the "v." is out, and Quinn Emanuel, Kirkland & Ellis, Skadden, and Gibson Dunn are once again the Fearsome Foursome. Weird how two of those firms were too chicken to even defend themselves against an illegal executive order. Show Me The Precedent: The Eighth Circuit revived Missouri's Republican gerrymander even though the Supreme Court had already blocked it (and has since blocked it AGAIN), which raised the question of what, exactly, a judge has to do to earn articles of impeachment these days. Weil Be Back: After a year of watching partners head for Cravath, Simpson Thacher, Sullivan & Cromwell, and seemingly every other firm with a lobby, Weil is welcoming some folks back. Bed, Bath & Billable: A Legal Cheek survey of trainees and junior lawyers puts Paul, Weiss at the top of the long-day rankings, averaging nearly 13 hours in the office, with Goodwin, Milbank, Fried Frank, and Cleary not far behind. The Call Is Coming From Inside The Help Desk: Seyfarth Shaw says a hacker posing as IT support talked an employee into sending client documents containing names and Social Security numbers to an unauthorized account. Bare Arms And The Law: A Bexar County judge told a San Antonio defense lawyer her sleeveless dress was inappropriate, and when the lawyer took the fight online, the judge expanded the indictment to include her tennis shoes and backpack.

Goodbye AUSA, hello star witness!

Traveling to a lawyer's office is usually a waste of time.

The origins of the Court are distinctly political.

Let’s hope this is the match that gets the Biglaw bonus ball rolling.

The week in appellate news.

Two hundred fifty years ago, people were willing to fight a war over less than what Tribe described on CNN last night.

From the the-slappiest-president-ever dept.

The billable hour isn't the number that eats your life.

Commercial space monitoring firms are concerned SpaceX's ability to use the best DoD data could threaten the market, sources tell Breaking Defense.

* The Department of Justice is surging its election monitor efforts. Fun! [CNN] * The Trump administration hopes the Supreme Court will sign off on its third-country deportations. [ABC News] * Justice Jackson is truly fed up with the Supreme Court's abuse of the shadow docket. [Politico] * The ABA's law school accreditation function gets a stay of execution. [Bloomberg Law News] * Judge questions the antitrust settlement between state Attorneys General and Paramount. [Forbes] * Sure, a judge has restored access for the news organizations Trump banned from the White House briefing room, but that doesn't mean they won't try again. [NPR] * Arkansas law firm gets private equity cash and a new MSO structure. [Reuters]

When you have the time and energy, pick up a book again. You don't need a plan. Just read the next page.

A fake IT help desk request exposed sensitive client information.

These firms are home to the most cutthroat litigators out there.

“From this point forward, all of United States documents, and hopefully the world, will be changed to use the much more accurate term ‘super,’ as opposed to ‘artificial,'" President Donald Trump said.

* Siri, define the 5th Circuit: "5th Circuit tells lawyers to verify citations—and cites wrong rule in doing so." [ABA Journal] * Tom Goldstein loses effort to get out of jail. [Reuters] * Judge decides that freedom of the press continues to exist. [Washington Post] * Biglaw hiring is very different than it used to be . [Bloomberg Law News] * Epstein lawyer and accountant under investigation because we're going to pursue everyone except the people sending the guy porn birthday cards. [NY Times] * Trump loses lawsuit against pollster for reporting survey suggesting he might lose election. [NBC]

Even rivals stood by the banned media outlets.

The same tools that assist in eDiscovery can supercharge journalists trying to piece together a story.

The move seems to suggest that the Trump administration still wants to use tax records to enforce immigration law.

The judge agreed to treatment and testing to resolve his judicial misconduct case.

* Brett Kavanaugh testily demands answers in the Missouri gerrymander case he's killed twice already. [NY Times] * "Judge dismisses suit claiming James Cameron misappropriated likeness of actress for 'Avatar.'" I'll say it, he hasn't made a good movie since Terminator 2. [ABA Journal] * Seyfarth admits social security numbers involved in hack. [Law360] * At some point, Trump can't just pretend every illegal act is "to protect us from drones" right? [Bloomberg Law News] * Supreme Court rules in favor of parents after surrogate fled to Texas to birth potentially fatally ill baby. [Texas Tribune] * The good folks at ProPublica found the photographic evidence that Russian oligarchs paid for a Trump wedding. This is what CBS used to do before it became a Trump outlet. [ProPublica]

The firm is now facing two proposed class actions over its data breach.

Yesterday, OpenAI released Astra for Law, a GPT-6 model tailored for legal work, as I reported here. The announcement included news of 26 new ChatGPT plugins from legal tech vendors, but it mentioned...

Just what you want to hear about the leader of the free world.

The admissions process is looking more and more like the Biglaw partnership race.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. named eight new members to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force this week, completing the 16-seat panel amid ongoing tension over its leadership.