Who would have guessed that Donna Adelson’s decision to be represented by the same lead counsel who represented her now-convicted son for the same murder might be problematic? Jeff Burlew of The Tallahassee Democrat has an article headlined “‘Foolish to plunge forward’: How the Donna Adelson murder trial was derailed.”

And Kendall Brandt, Channing Frampton, and Alexa Denagall of Tallahassee’s WXTL-TV report that “Trial of Donna Adelson delayed as her attorney resigns; Donna Adelson is Dan Markel’s former mother-in-law.”

“Are the Justices’ Opinions Emotionally Charged and Does it Matter?” Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“Sam Bankman-Fried claims trial judge botched rulings on advice-of-counsel defense”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Reuters has this post.

You can view the brief for appellant filed last Friday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.

“Two US judges cleared of misconduct over Columbia clerk boycott”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

“Judge Rejects Exxon Mobil’s Challenge to $725M Benzene Verdict, Adds $91M in Delay Damages; Judge Carmella Jacquinto of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas’ Sept. 13 rulings rejected a multipronged effort from Exxon Mobil to challenge the verdict handed up in May in Gill v. Exxon Mobil”: Aleeza Furman of The Legal Intelligencer has this report.

“J&J gets $260 million talc verdict overturned in Oregon, new trial ordered”: Brendan Pierson of Reuters has this report.

“TikTok faces skeptical judges in court fight over looming national ban; Justice Department cites national security, Chinese-owned app stresses First Amendment in hearing on future of a platform both presidential campaigns are embracing”: Drew Harwell and Eva Dou of The Washington Post have this report.

You can access the audio of yesterday’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit via this link.

“First He Went After Anita Hill. Now He’s Coming for Clarence Thomas. As a young conservative, David Brock smeared Hill, who accused the Supreme Court justice of sexual harassment. Now, in a new book, Brock is denouncing Thomas and the court’s rightward tilt — and contending with his own complicated past.” Jennifer Szalai of The New York Times has this report.

“Memphis’ U.S. Attorney Kevin Ritz confirmed as federal appeals judge in party-line vote”: Evan Mealins and Lucas Finton of The Memphis Commercial Appeal have this report.