Above the Law

* The Trump jury is picked. The search for more alternates continues today. No rest for the very, very sleepy! [Washington Post]

* This story about the Dominion case and Clare Locke losing a lot of its talent to MWPP is... wild. [NY Times]

* Advice for Biglaw firms: when you tell a client "to avoid disclosure" and "try to do so in a way that looks legitimate," you're gonna have a bad time. [Roll on Friday]

* Ron DeSantis continues to throw taxpayer money on a heaping bonfire of avoidable litigation. This time it's a law to allow public school chaplains. [USA Today]

* Another assessment of Judge Ho's recent forum shopping speech concludes that his bombastic response only ended up making the case for reform that he set out to debunk. [Balls and Strikes]

* Democrats propose inspector general role for the judiciary. But we already have ProPublica, don't we? [Law360]

* Gun manufacturers beg Supreme Court to bail them out on the bedrock principle that no one should be allowed to question them. [Reuters]

Former President And Lawsuit Loser Fails To Face The Jury: Already getting on their bad side.

Locke-ing Lord In: Troutman Pepper and Locke Lord are talking merger.

Did Judge Ho Do The Reading?: Looks like most of his arguments against the Judicial Conference could be disproven by a 1L.

America Isn't The Only One After Apple: Japan's antitrust lawyers have a big target in their sights.

Disobedient Citation: Quoting someone doesn't really make it much less of a gag order violation.