UNUSUAL DAYS - The DOJ is expected to file a response today in an 11th-hour claim of new evidence in the suit challenging the addition of a citizenship question on the 2020 census. The ACLU alerted the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to the emergence of new evidence suggesting, in the eyes of the challengers, that Trump administration officials misrepresented the reasons they wanted to add the citizenship question in the first place. Marcia Coyle and Tony Mauro report that claims at this juncture of a SCOTUS case—after arguments but before a ruling—are uncommon. The new evidence, supporting the plaintiffs’ argument that Trump officials are using the citizenship question as a partisan tactic, could present the court with a dilemma: whether to delay its decision by calling for more briefing, remand the case back to the New York district court, or go forward with a final decision.
CULTURE CLUB - Major law firms, in-house counsel and lawyer groups including the ABA are increasingly promoting initiatives to support attorney mental health, but as Lizzy McLellan reports, meaningful change will require industry leaders to do more than sign pledges. At the heart of the issue is the culture of lawyering. Yes, it will require a paradigm shift in how firm leaders and individual lawyers view success. And yes, firms can do it while remaining profitable.
