White
House
Cracks
Down
On
DOJ
Lawyers
Calling
January
6
A
‘Riot’:
Two
suspended
for
declining
to
refer
to
it
as
“enthusiastic
tourism.”
Hot
Dog!:
An
IRS
attorney
sidelined
by
the
shutdown
has
opened
a
hot
dog
stand.
You’d
better
believe
he’s
deducting
that.
Biglaw
Still
Believes
In
Working
From
Home…
That’s
What
Saturdays
Are
For:
Another
firm
announces
a
four-day
in-office
mandate
starting
in
2026.
Government
Lawyers
Just
Accept
The
Premise
That
Trump
Will
Serve
A
Third
Term:
Oral
argument
casually
tosses
out
that
Trump
will
leave
office
in
‘three
years
or
in
seven
years.”
Comey
Asks
To
Get
Case
Against
Him
Tossed
Because
It’s
Very
Stupid:
The
former
FBI
director
gives
judge
multiple
reasons
to
end
this
nonsense.
Public
Service
Legal
Work
Too
Woke
For
Loan
Forgiveness:
New
Department
of
Education
rule
doesn’t
explicitly
target
public
interest
lawyers,
but
it’s
hard
to
see
how
their
work
survives
the
new
language
in
the
loan
program
crackdown.
The
Billable
Hour,
The
Clock
Tolls
For
Thee::
The
rumors
of
the
billable
hour’s
demise
have
historically
been
exaggerated,
but
AI
presents
problems
that
aren’t
easily
avoided.