Joe Patrice

3 weeks ago | abovethelaw.com | Joe Patrice

WilmerHale handed the Trump administration another defeat last week, with Judge Richard Leon striking down the retaliatory executive order with extreme prejudice, a bevy of exclamation points, and a gumbo recipe:The Order is akin to a gumbo. Sections 2 through 5 are the meaty ingredients—e.g., the Andouille, the okra, the tomatoes, the crab, the oysters. But it is the roux—here, § 1—which holds everything together.

3 weeks ago | abovethelaw.com | Joe Patrice

Perkins Coie was one of the first firms Donald Trump targeted when he started firing off retaliatory executive orders. It’s hard to separate the order from Perkins boasting a long history representing the Democratic Party and the voting rights work of former Perkins partner Marc Elias… and the court agreed. After Perkins filed a scathing complaint, the court tossed the administration’s executive order as unconstitutional.

3 weeks ago | abovethelaw.com | Joe Patrice

Lawsuit against former Texas SG alleges bizarre cosmic sex fetish. The administration made two significant changes to the judicial nomination process, firing the ABA from its neutral evaluator role and kicking the Federalist Society to the curb. The latter move came with an epic rant declaring Leonard Leo a sleazebag. Broken clocks and all.

3 weeks ago | abovethelaw.com | Joe Patrice

Thomson Reuters just unveiled the next step in the evolution of CoCounsel, and the future is agentic! At least that’s the pitch. Of course it sort of has to be the pitch given the agent conversation dominates the industry zeitgeist and no one can risk being left behind. But while McConaughey cuts commercials about turning over dinner reservations to SkyNet, the question remains just how much do lawyers need or even want an agent?

4 weeks ago | abovethelaw.com | Joe Patrice

Justice might be blind, but the “Big Beautiful Bill” Republicans are pushing through Congress wants to make sure she’s also broke. Tucked among a litany of new immigration ransom fees and some not-subtle environmental litigation jurisdiction stripping is Section 70302. A mere 57 words nestled in an 1100+ page draft — buried deeper than J.D. Vance in a chenille chesterfield — promises to fundamentally upend the legal landscape facing the Trump administration.