* Memos reveal the origins of the Supreme Court’s radical and previously unheard of embrace of the shadow docket. Short version: John Roberts cares a lot more about oil stocks than precedent or protocol. [NY Times]
* Legal AI tools cost money, and law firms need capital to pay for it. And private equity waits at the door. [American Lawyer]
* Private practice lawyer Joe DiGenova brought on to run effort to prosecute Trump’s political grudges. I’m old enough to remember when Republicans ranted and raved that this sort of special counsel arrangement was totally illegal. Because I’m older than six months. [ABC News]
* Dunn Isaacson Rhee lures a pair of former White House counsel from Latham. [Law360]
* Witnesses paint a chaotic scene inside Kash Patel’s FBI. [The Atlantic]
* Multiple Biglaw firms accused of conflicts of interest. [Corporate Counsel]
* Penn & Teller amicus brief schools Supreme Court on hypnosis. [ABA Journal]
* Clarence Thomas v. basic American history. [The New Republic]
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