* Justice Alito went public with vague plan to retire in the near future, which is surely genuine and not at all an instance of a deeply cynical actor making a last ditch bid to rally Republican midterm hopes. [Law360]
* Supreme Court opens its new Term. Here’s a preview. [NPR]
* Seattle U.S. Attorney fight thrown back into limbo by temporary appellate stay.[Reuters]
* Thomson Reuters sued over Casetext acquisition. [ABA Journal]
* Another preventable death caused by Texas abortion laws. [Balls and Strikes]
* Conservatives embark on internecine fight over Fifth Circuit seat, arguing that staunch conservative is too liberal because he hasn’t replaced his copy of the Constitution with The Art of the Deal yet. [Volokh Conspiracy]
* The chair of the ABA Legal Education council died late last week. [ABA Journal]
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