“Don Verrilli Receives 2026 Rex Lee Advocacy Award”: Munger, Tolles & Olson issued this news release today.

“Justice Thomas Bemoans Incivility as Security Prompts Cancellation of In-Person Speech; The justice participated remotely in a closed-door session of a legal conference, a reminder of the heightened threats facing jurists in recent years”: Ann E. Marimow of The New York Times has this report.

“Goldstein Still Has Cards to Play Even After Guilty Verdict”: You can access today’s new episode of the “On The Merits” podcast from Bloomberg Law via this link.

“2026 Supreme Court Fellows Program Annual Lecture to Feature U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett”: Robert Brammer has this post at the “In Custodia Legis: Law Librarians of Congress” blog.

The event will be live-streamed on YouTube.

“Goldstein Faces Daunting Path to Overturn Tax Fraud Conviction”: Professor Todd Haugh has this essay online at Bloomberg Law.

“The Situation: What Federal Judges Are Saying; Selected quotations from recent federal court orders.” Katherine Pompilio and Benjamin Wittes have this post at the “Lawfare” blog.

“Trump Ally Expands Inquiry of Former Officials Who Investigated the President; The office of a prosecutor based in Miami has issued new subpoenas in a wide-ranging inquiry aimed at President Trump’s perceived foes”: Charlie Savage of The New York Times has this report.

“Everyone has something to say at the Supreme Court. Why the tariffs ruling had more than 160 pages.” Joan Biskupic of CNN has this news analysis.

“Elon Musk-Led Overhaul of Delaware Business Law Upheld by State Court”: Sabrina Willmer and Jef Feeley of Bloomberg News has this report.

And Tom Hals of Reuters reports that “Top Delaware court upholds recent corporate law overhaul.”

You can access today’s unanimous decision of the Supreme Court of Delaware at this link.

“Amy Coney Barrett at the Lensic: How will Santa Fe receive her?” Cormac Dodd of The Santa Fe New Mexican has this report.

“‘Stunning Fall From Grace’: Prosecutors Seek Tom Goldstein’s Detention Pending Sentencing; ‘His exposure is certainly federal prison in addition to significant restitution, fines and things of that nature,’ a Cole Schotz member and white-collar criminal defense lawyer said of SCOTUSblog founder Tom Goldstein after a Maryland federal trial jury found Goldstein guilty of 12 white-collar criminal felonies”: Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman of The National Law Journal has this news analysis.

And Neil Vigdor of The New York Times reports that “Supreme Court Lawyer Who Moonlighted in High-Stakes Poker Is Convicted of Tax Fraud; The lawyer Thomas C. Goldstein, who co-founded the SCOTUSblog website, hid millions in gambling income from the government, federal prosecutors said.”

“Judge Vows to End Trump Administration’s Noncompliance ‘One Way or Another’; The federal judge identified 210 orders issued in 143 cases in Minnesota in which he said Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials had not complied with court orders”: Mitch Smith, Ernesto Londoño, and Mattathias Schwartz of The New York Times have this report.

Today, the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota issued this supplemental order with two attachments (one and two).

“Bonus 212: The Supreme Court is Not ‘Reining in’ Executive Power; The Court’s defenders claim the tariffs ruling is part of a trend in which the justices are reining in President Trump and (re-)empowering Congress; The full dataset is overwhelmingly to the contrary.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“Trump’s next tariff fight: Keeping the money; After Trump’s Supreme Court tariff defeat, administration officials are devising legal strategies that would let the president keep some — or maybe even most — of the revenue, five people familiar with the conversations told POLITICO.” Megan Messerly and Daniel Desrochers of Politico have this report.

“Limbo on Filling Souter Seat Invites Conflict; Criticism of Sotomayor’s intellect ignites anger and infighting”: Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

“Testimony Offers New Details on Justice Dept. Role in Abrego Garcia Prosecution”: Alan Feuer of The New York Times has this report.

“Full house to big house? Poker-playing Supreme Court litigator convicted of tax fraud.” Marc Ramirez of USA Today has this report.

“You Guys Look Miserable: The Supreme Court’s silliest tradition is sending a handful of justices to sit through a two-hour State of the Union without changing their facial expressions.” Jay Willis has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“Phila. Developer Can’t Escape Liability for Nearly $40M Award Following Construction Worker’s Death, Pa. Appeals Court Rules; OCF had challenged the Philadelphia court’s decision denying its request for post-trial relief following a $68.5 million jury verdict in favor of the decedent’s estate, where the jury found the developer had acted as general contractor and was therefore liable for 50% of the unsafe conditions that led to the fall”: Riley Brennan of The Legal Intelligencer has this report.

You can access yesterday’s unanimous, unpublished, non-precedential decision of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania at this link.

“Appeals court clears way for Texas drag ban to take effect in March; The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday reaffirmed a November ruling removing a block on Senate Bill 12 and denied a request by plaintiffs for a rehearing”: Alex Nguyen of The Texas Tribune has this report on a decision that a two-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued yesterday.

“The Emergency Docket — Georgetown Federalist Society Chapter”: Josh Blackman has posted this video on YouTube.

“Justice Gorsuch’s Tariffs Warning; Granting a president new power is easy, he said; But taking it back is almost impossible”: Adam Liptak has this new installment of his “The Docket” newsletter online at The New York Times.

“Goldstein’s Mixed Verdict Destined for Post-Conviction Attacks”: Holly Barker of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Mr. Goldstein’s Memorandum in Support of Remaining on Release with Conditions Pending Sentencing”: Thomas C. Goldstein’s attorneys filed this document today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.

“Tom Goldstein Goes Bust; Poker hobby ends with conviction”: Joe Patrice has this post at “Above the Law.”

“Bush-Era Judges’ Retirement Decisions Hands Trump New Seats”: Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Prominent Lawyer Thomas Goldstein Convicted of Tax Evasion and Mortgage Fraud”: The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland issued this news release today.

“Supreme Court litigator convicted of tax evasion over income from high-stakes poker”: Michael Kunzelman of The Associated Press has this report.

“Prosecutors Seek to Jail Tom Goldstein While Awaiting Sentencing”: Holly Barker of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Tom Goldstein Just Lost the Case of His Life”: Matt Stieb has this post at the “Intelligencer” blog of New York magazine.

“Former Star Supreme Court Lawyer Convicted of Tax Violations; Prosecutors alleged Thomas Goldstein, co-founder of SCOTUSblog, evaded taxes from his double life in high-stakes poker”: C. Ryan Barber of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Trump unlikely to win bid to shut down consumer financial watchdog; ‘Why can’t Humpty Dumpty be put back together?’ U.S. Circuit Judge Robert Wilkins asked the employee union’s counsel, who warned there would be no adequate replacement for years”: Ryan Knappenberger of Courthouse News Service has this report.

You can access the audio of yesterday’s D.C. Circuit en banc oral argument at this link.

“We’re About To Find Out Whether Trump’s Judicial Confirmation Machine Is Going Boom or Bust; As the 2026 midterms approach, three conservative appeals court judges just decided to give Trump and this GOP-controlled Senate the chance to confirm their successors”: JP Collins has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“Prominent Washington lawyer Tom Goldstein convicted at tax trial”: Mike Scarcella of Reuters has this report.

Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman of The National Law Journal reports that “Jury Convicts SCOTUSblog Founder Tom Goldstein in Criminal Tax Fraud Trial; Tom Goldstein, 55, faces a potential years-long prison sentence after a jury returned a verdict finding him guilty on 12 of the 16 counts in the operative indictment.”

And Connor Richards of PokerNews reports that “Tom Goldstein Found Guilty on 12 Counts in Poker-Related Tax Trial.”

“Goldstein Convicted on 12 of 16 Criminal Counts in Jury Trial”: Holly Barker of Bloomberg Law has this report.