– U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito defended his failure to disclose taking a luxury fishing trip to Alaska in a private jet provided by a billionaire hedge fund manager whose business interests have come before the court.
– In the wake of the Tom Girardi scandal, the California Supreme Court adopted a so-called “snitch rule” requiring lawyers to report professional misconduct by fellow attorneys.
– John Eastman, a former personal lawyer for Donald Trump, is fighting to keep his law license after being accused by the State Bar of California of misleading courts and making false public statements about voter fraud in the 2020 election.