# Alienating Our Affections

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Podcast: [Above the Law - Thinking Like a Lawyer](https://stenobird.com/podcast/above-the-law-thinking-like-a-lawyer-872228)
Published: 2026-01-21T16:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/thinking-like-a-lawyer/2026/01/alienating-our-affections
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Duration seconds: 1813

## Resource

Supreme Court hacking and the end of a Biglaw era. ------ The Biglaw world continues to watch single-tier partnerships slip away with Sullivan & Cromwell joining the income partner trend. Will the industry have any single-tier firms left by the end of the year? Also former Senator and current Hogan Lovells lawyer Kyrsten Sinema tagged with an alienation of affection tort from her former bodyguard's soon-to-be ex-wife. Come for the bad soap opera plot, stay for the MDMA-inspired psychedelic trip allegations. Finally, the Supreme Court got hacked, but federal law enforcement managed, a couple years after the fact, to track down the culprit whose social media handle was "ihackedthegovernment." Cracker jack work all around.

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