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WHAT WE'RE WATCHING

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WISH LIST - Lawyers for Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes are set to ask a federal judge in San Jose, California, this morning to force prosecutors to scour the files of federal agencies for potential evidence that might help her defend against the government's fraud charges. Atop the list of requests from Holmes' lawyers at Williams & Connolly are all the government's communications about Theranos with John Carreyrou, the Wall Street Journal reporter who broke the Theranos story and wrote a best-seller about the blood testing company's downfall.

PUSHBACK - Chief Justice John Roberts is catching sharp criticism for the SCOTUS decision over the 2020 Census citizenship question. As Tony Mauro reports, conservatives are offended, saying that he second-guessed the Trump administration's reasoning for including the question. Roberts and the four liberal justices determined that the rationale behind the action was “contrived.” Matt Schlapp, chairman of the American Conservative Union, has called for impeaching Roberts, while Curt Levey of the conservative Committee for Justice says that Roberts “disappointed conservatives” in the decision “to a degree not seen since he saved ObamaCare in 2012.”

MORNING CLARITY - If after two nights of televised debates, the Democratic candidates on the long, long list of contenders are blurring together for you, check out Karen Sloan's report that shows who the lawyers are in the bunch and where they went to law school.

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EDITOR'S PICKS

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After Decade-Long Legal Fight, Hedge Fund Managers Win $46 Million; Now Comes the Appeal

The Haverford Trust Company Names Top Lawyer

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WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING

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BIGGER IN CHINA - U.K.-based Simmons & Simmons has opened an office in southeastern Chinese city Shenzhen. Rowan Bennett reports that the new office is Simmons' third in China, alongside its operations in Beijing and Shanghai, and will focus on telecommunications, media and technology. Other global law firms, especially those with a strong intellectual practices, have opened offices in Shenzhen. Chicago-based IP shop Brinks Gilson & Lione was the first in 2017, and Fish & Richardson and the hybrid virtual law firm Rimon Law each launched an office there earlier this year.

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WHAT YOU SAID

“It is a sign of our time that the inclusion of a question about citizenship on the census has become a subject of bitter public controversy and has led to today's regrettable decision.”

—  SAMUEL ALITO JR., JUSTICE OF THE U.S. SUPREME COURT, IN THE DISSENT OF THE COURT'S OPINION THAT  REFUSED TO ALLOW THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO PUT A CITIZENSHIP QUESTION ON THE 2020 CENSUS.

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