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Morning Docket: 04.18.24
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 04.18.24

* Professor believes that the lawyers in danger of being replaced by ChatGPT and similar tech are the partners. In fairness, they're saying, "I know there's a case that says..." and what's more hallucinatory than that? [Bloomberg Law News]

* Sentencing Commission finally takes steps against judges using acquitted conduct in sentencing. [Law360]

* Columbia student who was suspended for attacking Gaza war protesters with a chemical spray has sued the school arguing that the chemical was non-toxic so... it's OK to shoot at people who's speech he doesn't like? [Columbia Daily Spectator]

* Former state and federal prosecutor with long history of benchslaps and wrongful convictions to be disbarred for her actions... now that she's retired. For more on her history, check out this wild thread from Michael Harriot [Kansas Public Radio]

* Colorado moves to make brain waves protected "sensitive information." [Legaltech News]

* "A waste of taxpayer resources and time," says the office of Gov. Sarah Sanders. Curiously, she's not describing the $19,000 lectern she bought, but the investigation into it. [ABC News]

* SpaceX effort to keep NLRB fight in Texas for forum shopping reasons fails on launchpad. [Reuters]

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Morning Docket: 04.17.24
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Morning Docket: 04.17.24

* Profiles of the first seven jurors in the Trump case. Y'all sure you want that many lawyers on the jury? [CNN]

* Bob Menendez appears to be planning to throw his wife under the bus. "Alexa, play 'Getaway Car' by Taylor Swift."[Law360]

* Winston & Strawn settles claim that it violated copyright by filing brief copying text from a co-defendant's brief. At least we know the settlement agreement isn't copied since literally no one has ever brought such a stupid claim before. [Reuters]

* NY Court of Appeals questions whether it's unconstitutional to require religious entities to actually be religious to get exemptions to health insurance regulations requiring abortion care coverage. Yes, can't "collecting tax free money" be religious enough? [Bloomberg Law News]

* Law schools considering changes ahead of NextGen bar exam. [ABA Journal]

* Eric Adams looking to bring back Giuliani administration alums for his administration, starting in the legal department. The man definitely has his finger on the pulse of what New Yorkers want in 2024! [NY Times]

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