* Associates growing increasingly suspicious as Biglaw firms balk at joining the Milbank summer bonus train. [American Lawyer]
* America’s terminally online nature makes it harder and harder to control what a jury learns. [Legal Intelligencer]
* Prosecutors pursuing cases based upon racial animus remains a problem in America. Unfortunately this is a story about Trump claiming Black prosecutors are racist against him. [Washington Post]
* Jack Smith delivered a scorcher to the Eleventh Circuit, taking Judge Aileen Cannon to task for failing to grasp “precedent and history.” [Law360]
* Trump campaign claims it’s a conflict of interest that Harris is getting debate prep from Karen Dunn because the latter represents Google in the DOJ’s case against the tech giant. That’s not really how conflicts of interest work but the campaign suggests it shows Harris is in the pocket of Big Tech as opposed to the Peter Thiel, Larry Ellison, Elon Musk backed Trump. [Fox News]
* As Biglaw firms continue to grow, one firm shakes off the prospect of a merger. [Bloomberg Law News]
* Election suits begin early with Democrats challenging new Georgia election laws pushed by Republicans to allow local level officials (where election denialists can thrive) to deny vote certification. [Reuters]
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