Legal Ethics Roundup: Discipline For Judge’s Shooting Threats, AI-Tainted Briefs, Smith Faces Ethics Complaint Over Indictments & More

Ed. note: Please welcome Renee Knake Jefferson back to the pages of Above the Law. Subscribe to her Substack, Legal Ethics Roundup, here. August went too fast! In the time since we were last in touch, I’ve traveled to Chicago to attend my first meeting as a member of the Council for the ABA Section on Legal Education […]

Trump Cabinet Amping Up The Pressure On The Supreme Court

After a recent appellate decision declared Trump’s sweeping tariff regime unconstitutional, the administration is appealing the decision to the Supreme Court. That’s entirely expected, and even the Fourth Circuit kept the tariffs in place until mid-October to give Trump the opportunity to do so. Donald Trump reacted to the appellate court loss with the expected […]

Morning Docket: 09.08.25

* Are lawyers at heightened risk of developing a gambling addiction? I’ve got 2 bills on “no,” who wants in on that action? [ABA Journal] * SEC and CFTC look to crypto regulation, which will come to a halt once they learn what Trumpcoin is. [Law360] * Trump’s handling of federal workers puts him on […]