*
Trump
administration
halts
the
entire
DOJ
civil
rights
division,
freezing
all
pending
cases
pending
inevitable
about
face
as
“reverse
discrimination
division.”
[
*
Elephants
denied
right
to
sue
to
get
out
of
the
zoo.
They’ll
remember
this.
[Reuters]
*
Am
Law
100
firm
leans
into
generative
AI.
[American
Lawyer]
*
Lateral
hiring
off
to
a
slow
start
in
2025.
[Bloomberg
Law
News]
*
January
6
judge
explains
that
pardons
end
the
cases
against
a
mob
of
violent
cop
assaulting
defendants
but
won’t
erase
the
historical
record.
A
marked
contrast
to
the
Hunter
Biden
judge
throwing
a
temper
tantrum
that
a
pardon
meant
he
couldn’t
sentence
“non-violent
guy
who
used
to
take
drugs.”
[Law360]
*
Well,
that’s
a
headline:
“Justin
Baldoni’s
Lawyer
Once
Sued
Him
for
Allegedly
Stealing
a
Script
From
a
Man
With
Cystic
Fibrosis”
[Hollywood
Reporter]
*
Trump
administration
threatens
consequences
for
federal
employees
who
don’t
snitch
on
DEI
initiatives.
[Politico]