“Paul Weiss Partners Turned on Brad Karp After Learning Extent of His Epstein Ties; Mr. Karp resigned as chairman of the elite law firm after senior partners met to decide his future”: Jessica Silver-Greenberg, Rob Copeland, Maureen Farrell, and Matthew Goldstein of The New York Times have this report.

And Joshua Chaffin and Erin Mulvaney of The Wall Street Journal have an article headlined “The Lawyer Who Could Fix Anything — Except His Epstein Problem; Brad Karp built Paul Weiss into a giant; Emails with the disgraced financier cost him his top job.”

“Even a Decade of Accidental Shootings Hasn’t Slowed America’s Top Pistol Maker; For years, gun owners have been suing Sig Sauer for alleged design defects in its flagship handgun, the P320; The company’s solution is to ban the lawsuits”: Champe Barton of Bloomberg Businessweek has this report.

“U.S. and N.Y. Prosecutors in ‘Tug-of-War’ to Put Mangione on Trial First; A New York State Supreme Court judge set a trial date of June for Luigi Mangione, who is accused of killing a health care executive”: Hurubie Meko of The New York Times has this report.

Jack Morphet of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Luigi Mangione Makes Outburst in Court After Murder Trial Moved Up; Accused UnitedHealthcare CEO killer claims he is being denied double-jeopardy protections.”

Patricia Hurtado, David Voreacos, and Mikella Schuettler of Bloomberg News report that “Luigi Mangione Faces June 8 Murder Trial in NY State Court.”

And Erik Uebelacker of Courthouse News Service has a report headlined “‘Be ready’: NY judge sets June trial for Luigi Mangione, leapfrogging feds; ‘This is double jeopardy by any commonsense judgment,’ Mangione shouted to the courtroom gallery following Friday’s hearing.”

“Sam Alito’s Publisher Wants You to Buy the Children’s Books He Just Made It Easier to Ban; The author of Mahmoud v. Taylor is writing a book for a publisher that calls the push to ban books with LGBTQ characters an attack on ‘one of the most important foundations of a free society’”: Jay Willis has this post at his “Balls & Strikes” Substack site.

“The Federal Court Snapback: The judiciary, including the Supreme Court, is standing up to the president.” Jack Goldsmith has this post at the “Executive Functions” Substack site.

“Michael Drescher to serve on Vermont Supreme Court after lieutenant governor breaks tie; The contentious vote over Drescher, who recently served as Vermont’s top federal prosecutor, came after senators approved Christina Nolan’s appointment to the court”: Charlotte Oliver of VTDigger has this report.

“Law School Hosts Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson for Dual Events”: Henry Adams of The Graphic of Pepperdine University has this report.