“Vegas parties, celebrities and boozy lunches: How legal titan Tom Girardi seduced the State Bar.” Harriet Ryan and Matt Hamilton of The Los Angeles Times have this report, along with a related article headlined “‘Real Housewives’ attorney Tom Girardi used cash and clout to forge powerful political connections.”

“A Closer Look At The Unanimous First Opinion Tradition; It isn’t so clear that a Justice’s first assigned opinion has been unanimous”: Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“Lessons from the Impeachment Trials of President Donald J. Trump”: Michael J. Gerhardt has this post at the “Just Security” blog.

“In Bump Stock Case, Tenth Circuit Dismisses Grant of Rehearing En Banc As Improvidently Granted; The En Banc Court Split 6-5 to vacate the prior grant of rehearing en banc; This case may present a cert-worthy Chevron vehicle”: Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“Amicus Briefs Inundate Supreme Court; Friend-of-the-court filings reach records and draw renewed scrutiny”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report.