*
Republican
county
judge
blocks
Virginia’s
redistricting
effort.
The
same
judge
already
tried
to
block
it
before
and
keeps
getting
swatted
down
by
the
state
supreme
court.
[Reuters]
*
SBF
says
he
wrote
his
own
brief…
with
help
from
his
parents.
Which
must
thrill
the
judge.
[Law360]
*
Interesting
paper
breaking
down
the
rise
in
pro
se
court
filings
and
AI’s
role.
[Github]
*
FBI
reportedly
probed
a
NY
Times
reporter
after
she
wrote
about
Kash
Patel
using
bureau
resources
to
chauffeur
his
girlfriend
to
get
her
hair
done.
[NY
Times]
*
House
Oversight
Committee
Republicans
split
over
whether
to
pardon
Ghislaine
Maxwell.
Except
the
Constitution
doesn’t
care
what
a
House
member
thinks
about
a
pardon,
and
they’ll
all
enthusiastically
support
it
if
Trump
does
it.
[Politico]
*
Wilson
Sonsini
brings
in
new
COO
from
Baker
McKenzie.
[American
Lawyer]
*
Remember.
the
insurance
fraud
case
where
someone
dressed
up
as
a
bear?
Well,
it’s
sentencing
time.
[Lowering
the
Bar]