Morning Docket: 10.21.26

* Judge Ada Brown saga gets more bizarre as she emails sealed court papers to 140 people. [Bloomberg Law News]

* The fight over the Hastings name ends, as Supreme Court refuses to take up challenge to law school’s name change. [Reuters]

* Court imposes bounty system to stop AI hallucinations — attorney fined $38,877 payable to opposing counsel who found the errors. [National Law Review]

* D.C. Circuit revives churches’ challenge to ICE using houses of worship to hunt people. Neomi Rao dissented, as conservatives continue anti-religious turn now that Jesus is inconvenient to policy goals. [Courthouse News Service]

* Court finds that DOGE illegally accessed OPM data, with Judge Cote observing, “The defendants barely defend its legality.” [Bloomberg Law News]

* Since we’re talking about clerkship bonuses, Robins Kaplan upped the stakes to $150K and $175K. [Robins Kaplan]

* Law firm receptionist allegedly convinced clients to pay her instead of the firm. [ABA Journal]

* Ric Grenell — whose non-profit Katie Zacharia claimed to be the GC of — “allegedly outlined a stunning pay-for-influence offer to a Turkish billionaire last year.” Maybe he should’ve checked with his non-lawyer first. [Axios]

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