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Good morning. Let's kick off with a story about a furloughed D.C. lawyer's career pivot during the government shutdown. Plus, the Senate is expected to vote on confirmation for two of President Trump's judicial nominees; and law firm Gordon Rees apologized for a filing with AI citation errors. We've circled back to Monday. Here are some odd photos to ease the pain. Let's dive in. |
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Isaac Stein makes his living as an attorney for the Internal Revenue Service, working mostly on his own, writing retirement plan regulations in a Washington office building. Since the federal government shut down early this month, his typical day could not be more different: He runs a hot dog cart. The hot dog cart - the slogan for which is: "The Only Honest Ripoff in D.C." - is the realization of a childhood dream for the 31-year-old Stein. Read more about his pivot here. |
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- The 5th Circuit will hear arguments from five residents of Tarrant County, Texas, challenging a redistricting plan that they claim will impede their ability to vote in the November 2026 commissioners court election. In September, the district court denied their motion for preliminary injunction. Read that order here.
- The 6th Circuit will hear arguments in an appeal brought by Gun Owners of America against the DOJ in an APA suit challenging the ATF's advisory that Michigan's concealed pistol license was no longer a sufficient alternative to a federal background check. Read the ATF brief here and the GOA brief here.
- The U.S. Senate is expected to vote on whether to confirm Rebecca Taibleson to a seat on the 7th Circuit. She had testified in 2018 in support of her former boss Brett Kavanaugh being confirmed to a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court. The Senate will also vote on the confirmation of Alabama Supreme Court Justice Bill Lewis to a seat on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.
- President Trump's personal lawyers face a deadline today to file an amended appeal of his criminal conviction last year on New York state charges of falsifying business records to cover up hush money paid to a porn star.
- A telephonic initial court hearing will be held in a Jeffrey Epstein accuser's lawsuits against Bank of America and the Bank of New York Mellon.
- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is scheduled to speak at Springfield Symphony Hall in Massachusetts.
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Court calendars are subject to last-minute docket changes. |
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- The California Supreme Court has rejected a proposal that would have erased records of disciplinary actions against lawyers in the state from public view if they occurred more than eight years ago. Read more here.
- Law firm Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani said that it is "profoundly embarrassed" after one of its lawyers submitted a court filing with inaccurate and non-existent citations that were generated by artificial intelligence. Read more.
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That's how much Google said it agreed to pay in legal fees to private law firms representing Texas as part of a $1.375 billion consumer privacy settlement with the state. Texas' legal team from Norton Rose Fulbright included Joseph Graham Jr, a litigation leader in the firm's Houston office. Two smaller law firms, Crenshaw, Dupree & Milam and Cotton Bledsoe Tighe & Dawson, also represented Texas. Read more here. |
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- New York Attorney General Letitia James pleaded not guilty in federal court to charges related to allegedly lying on mortgage documents. Read more here.
- A group of civic and civil rights advocacy groups sued the DOJ seeking to block it from closing an office known as "America's peacemaker." Read more.
- Aeromexico asked the 11th Circuit to halt a Trump administration order that forces it to unwind a joint venture with Delta Air Lines by January 1, which allows the carriers to coordinate scheduling, pricing and capacity decisions for U.S.–Mexico flights. Read more.
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Spotlight: Crypto clemency |
Last week, President Trump pardoned Changpeng Zhao, the convicted founder of the giant Binance cryptocurrency exchange. The move was the latest in a series of clemency grants for crypto executives and is another example of Trump's friendly stance toward the crypto sector. Trump had previously pardoned the three co-founders of crypto exchange BitMEX and underground online marketplace Silk Road founder Ross Ulbrichtv, a popular figure within the crypto community. Roger Ver, an early cryptocurrency investor dubbed the "Bitcoin Jesus," agreed to pay up to $49.9 million to resolve charges he evaded tens of millions of dollars in taxes. While Trump did not pardon Ver, the deal Ver reached with the administration ensures he can avoid prison time if convicted at a future trial. Earlier this month, Trump nominated Travis Hill, the acting chair of the FDIC, to lead the banking regulator permanently. If confirmed by the Senate, Hill is widely expected to maintain a lighter enforcement stance, seek adjustments to bank capital requirements, and allow greater involvement of U.S. banks in crypto-related services. |
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Samuel DiPietro of Spencer Fane examines the unique estate planning challenges of business owners of the Baby Boom generation. Read today's Attorney Analysis. |
Additional writing by Shruthi Krishnamurthy. |
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