*
Deal
lawyers
earning
some
vacation
time
next
week
as
they
billed
like
crazy
to
get
mergers
filed
by
today
to
avoid
new
rules.
[Reuters]
*
Despite
court
orders,
the
federal
hiring
freeze
hangs
over
everything
and
agencies
are
halting
law
school
recruiting.
[Bloomberg
Law
News]
*
Supreme
Court
refuses
Trump
request
to
halt
pending
environmental
cases
because,
unlike
Trump,
they
understand
that
they
can
do
a
lot
more
damage
to
environmental
law
by
issuing
decisions.
[National
Law
Journal]
*
Reagan
judge
has
harsh
words
for
Trump
administration’s
birthright
citizenship
stunt.
[Law360]
*
That
case
is
one
many
sparked
by
Trump’s
executive
order
push.
If
you’re
looking
for
a
resource
to
compile
all
those
dockets
in
one
place…
this
is
your
answer.
[Courtwatch]
*
Using
firm
credit
card
to
get
wine
delivered
to
the
house
seems
like
a
wellness
expense,
no?
[Roll
on
Friday]
*
If
you
had
any
doubts
about
the
lawlessness
of
the
Federal
Circuit’s
approach
to
Judge
Newman,
remember
they’re
refusing
to
release
documents
about
their
decision
even
though
Newman
is
the
one
asking
for
the
release.
[National
Law
Journal]