“The Supreme Court Should Take Up the USAA Case to Bring Clarity to the Esoteric ‘Abstract Ideas’ Doctrine of Alice”: Gene Quinn has this post at IPWatchdog.

And at the “Patently-O” blog, Dennis Crouch has a post titled “USAA Petitions SCOTUS: Is Mobile Check Deposit Just an ‘Abstract Idea’?”

You can access the cert. petition at this link.

“Judge rips into ICE but backs off demand for agency head to appear in court; ‘ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence,’ Chief Judge Patrick Schiltz wrote”: Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein of Politico have this report.

And Erik Larson of Bloomberg News reports that “ICE Blasted by Minneapolis Judge for Violating Scores of Orders.”

You can access today’s order of the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota at this link.

“Actor Tobey Maguire testifies at US lawyer’s tax evasion trial”: Mike Scarcella of Reuters has this report.

And Holly Barker of Bloomberg Law reports that “Tobey Maguire Takes Stand at Tom Goldstein’s Criminal Tax Trial.”

“Government’s Opposition to The New York Times’ Motion to Quash Subpoenas ad Testificandum“: The prosecution filed this response today in the United States v. Thomas C. Goldstein case.

And counsel for the defendant today submitted this related filing.

“Manhattan DA Pushes for Mangione Trial in July, Before DOJ Case”: Patricia Hurtado and David Voreacos of Bloomberg News have this report.

“If a Tree Falls: The trial of the Sycamore Gap killers.” Rosa Lyster has this article in the January 2026 issue of Harper’s Magazine.

“Tom Goldstein’s Poker Coach Takes The Stand In High-Stakes Tax Trial; Alec Torelli Talks Poker Coaches And The Whales Who Hire Them”: Michael Kaplan of Card Player has this report.

“Ayotte taps Superior Court judge, Daniel Will, to join NH’s highest court”: Josh Rogers of New Hampshire Public Radio has this report.

And Ethan DeWitt of New Hampshire Bulletin reports that “Ayotte’s Supreme Court nominee faces conservative opposition.”

“Will 2 new justices speed up Supreme Court rulings? Utah Legislature moves to find out. The Utah Senate passed a bill to expand Utah’s high court from five to seven justices. It now goes to the House for approval.” Robert Gehrke of The Salt Lake Tribune has this report.

“Where is the Supreme Court’s decision on Trump’s tariffs?” Joan Biskupic of CNN has this news analysis.

“Texas sues Delaware nurse practitioner accused of mailing abortion pills; Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) filed suit against Debra Lynch, who runs Delaware-based Her Safe Harbor, which remotely prescribes and mails abortion pills”: Praveena Somasundaram of The Washington Post has this report.

Aidan Johnstone of Texas Tribune reports that “AG Ken Paxton sues another out-of-state provider accused of illegally sending abortion-inducing pills to Texans; In 2024, Texas also sued a New York provider accused of prescribing abortion pills, but her state’s law has shielded her from prosecution.”

And Christina van Waasbergen of Courthouse News Service reports that “Paxton sues Delaware nurse for sending abortion pills to Texas; Attorney General Ken Paxton previously went after a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a woman in Texas, but New York has refused Paxton’s bid to enforce the judgment.”

“I worked for Justice Alito. What I saw up close shatters the media smear. As a clerk on the Supreme Court, I experienced myriad examples of Justice Alito’s decent character.” Louisiana Solicitor General Ben Aguiñaga has this essay online at Fox News.

“Paul Clement’s Cook Argument Is a Master Class in Oral Advocacy”: David Lat has this new installment of his “Exclusive Jurisdiction” column online at Bloomberg Law.