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* Alito and Trump had a chat before Trump asked Supreme Court to have his state law convictions thrown out. [CBS News]

* Florida lawyer allegedly soaked legal documents in synthetic marijuana to distribute to inmates. And you thought PACER was expensive. [NY Post]

* Paralegal barred from future work in the industry after trying to cover up missed emails. [LegalCheek]

* Justice Department not releasing the full special counsel report into Trump’s classified document collection. Technically, the Supreme Court says it can’t be illegal of Biden orders it released himself… just sayin’. [Reuters]

* The Corporate Transparency Act might be the least intrusive anti-money laundering check ever devised… but Republican judges are working overtime to kill it on behalf of their wealthy fan club. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Delaware awards $176M legal fee in Musk compensation case. Which is not the $5B they asked for after saving shareholders over $50B, but that’s sort of a testament to how bonkers Musk’s request was in the first place. [Law360]

* In-house counsel getting flack for paying higher billing rates when lawyers matched the inflation everyone else did. [Corporate Counsel]