{"id":157707,"date":"2026-07-21T16:08:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T00:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/07\/21\/this-judge-is-just-begging-for-a-benchslap-see-also\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T16:08:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T00:08:31","slug":"this-judge-is-just-begging-for-a-benchslap-see-also","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/07\/21\/this-judge-is-just-begging-for-a-benchslap-see-also\/","title":{"rendered":"This Judge Is Just Begging For A Benchslap \u2014 See Also"},"content":{"rendered":"

Judge VanDyke Has Taken To Asking The Supreme Court For Favors:<\/strong> Of the benchslap variety.<\/a><\/p>\n

Full Metal Briefing<\/strong>: Todd Blanche feared DOJ would get \u201cskullfucked\u201d by the courts.<\/a><\/p>\n

The Tortured Logic Of John Yoo<\/strong>: Yoo tells Fox News that the DOJ should probe Zohran Mamdani for thought crime, which is as scary as it is buffonish<\/a>.<\/p>\n

No Merger, No Problem<\/strong>: Linklaters is doing just fine when it comes to revenue, thank you very much<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Process Is The Process<\/strong>: Generative AI is all over the legal industry, but when it comes to discovery, process beats technology<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Congress Has Some Pointed Questions For Skadden:<\/strong> Will they answer? Probably not! But that won\u2019t necessarily make the problem go away.<\/a><\/p>\n

The post This Judge Is Just Begging For A Benchslap \u2014 See Also<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Judge VanDyke Has Taken To Asking The Supreme Court For Favors:<\/strong> Of the benchslap variety.<\/a><\/p>\n

Full Metal Briefing<\/strong>: Todd Blanche feared DOJ would get \u201cskullfucked\u201d by the courts.<\/a><\/p>\n

The Tortured Logic Of John Yoo<\/strong>: Yoo tells Fox News that the DOJ should probe Zohran Mamdani for thought crime, which is as scary as it is buffonish<\/a>.<\/p>\n

No Merger, No Problem<\/strong>: Linklaters is doing just fine when it comes to revenue, thank you very much<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Process Is The Process<\/strong>: Generative AI is all over the legal industry, but when it comes to discovery, process beats technology<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Congress Has Some Pointed Questions For Skadden:<\/strong> Will they answer? Probably not! But that won\u2019t necessarily make the problem go away.<\/a><\/p>\n

The post This Judge Is Just Begging For A Benchslap \u2014 See Also<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Judge VanDyke Has Taken To Asking The Supreme Court For Favors: Of the benchslap variety. Full Metal Briefing: Todd Blanche feared DOJ would get \u201cskullfucked\u201d by the courts. The Tortured Logic Of John Yoo: Yoo tells Fox News that the DOJ should probe Zohran Mamdani for thought crime, which is as scary as it is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":157708,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-157707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xira.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/smack-slap-benchslap-benchslaps-X1qolb.png?fit=720%2C404&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}