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WHAT WE'RE WATCHING

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UNUSUAL DAYS - The DOJ is expected to file a response today in an 11th-hour claim of new evidence in the suit challenging the addition of a citizenship question on the 2020 census. The ACLU alerted the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to the emergence of new evidence suggesting, in the eyes of the challengers, that Trump administration officials misrepresented the reasons they wanted to add the citizenship question in the first place. Marcia Coyle and Tony Mauro report that claims at this juncture of a SCOTUS case—after arguments but before a ruling—are uncommon. The new evidence, supporting the plaintiffs' argument that Trump officials are using the citizenship question as a partisan tactic, could present the court with a dilemma: whether to delay its decision by calling for more briefing, remand the case back to the New York district court, or go forward with a final decision.

CULTURE CLUB - Major law firms, in-house counsel and lawyer groups including the ABA are increasingly promoting initiatives to support attorney mental health, but as Lizzy McLellan reports, meaningful change will require industry leaders to do more than sign pledges. At the heart of the issue is the culture of lawyering. Yes, it will require a paradigm shift in how firm leaders and individual lawyers view success. And yes, firms can do it while remaining profitable.

WINDING WEINSTEIN - Lawyers in The Weinstein Co.'s Chapter 11 bankruptcy case are expected to meet next week in Delaware to argue a motion to liquidate the company's estate. Tom McParland reports that the hearing, scheduled for June 4 in a Wilmington courtroom, comes in response to the debtor's request that a bankruptcy judge convert the proceedings to a Chapter 7 case in an effort to bring more than 14 months of bankruptcy litigation to a close. The hearing will follow a week in which settlement talks over the alleged sexual misconduct by the disgraced movie mogul appeared to gain momentum, only to draw fire from some high-profile plaintiffs lawyers.

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EDITOR'S PICKS

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Judge Disappointed Over Sanctions in Alleged Apple iPhone Throttling Case

Former Shutterfly Lawyer Joins ClearDATA As First Chief Legal Officer

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WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING

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SCAMMED - DLA Piper has become the latest law firm to be targeted in the U.K. by cyber criminals, following a wave of email scams to hit several top firms this year. Hannah Roberts reports that according to a statement by the England and Wales ethics body, emails falsely claiming to have come from two DLA Piper lawyers were sent out. Other recent targets include Linklaters, Clifford Chance, Addleshaw Goddard, Macfarlanes, Clyde & Co, Herbert Smith Freehills, Simmons & Simmons and Penningtons Manches.

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WHAT YOU SAID

“This kind of power-through culture is killing the legal industry. It's literally killing humans as well.”

— JARRETT GREEN, CO-FOUNDER OF MINDFULNESS, STRESS MANAGEMENT AND PEAK PERFORMANCE PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW, ON MEANINGFUL CHANGES NEEDED TO IMPROVE MENTAL HEALTH IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION.

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