Morning Docket: 06.13.24

* House approves contempt measure against Merrick Garland for not giving them the original audio to go with the transcripts they have of Biden's interviews with the special counsel Robert Hur's "He Didn't Commit Any Crimes, But Damn He Old" report. [ABA Journal] * Georgia Supreme Court jumps the line to intervene to halt the YSL contempt punishment for Brian Steel. [11 Alive News] * FedSoc thought it was using Donald Trump. He was using them. [Balls and Strikes] * Biglaw partner increased billing rate by 50 percent. Bankruptcy judge seems less than receptive. [Bloomberg Law News] * SpaceX workers objected to the hostile work environment. So Elon Musk just fired them. So that's a lawsuit. [Law360] * Now that Disney has successfully broken Ron DeSantis, they're moving ahead with a rubberstamped multi-billion dollar expansion plan. It will not include a prison. [Reuters] * Skadden hires Chief People Officer, presumably to negotiate on Skaddenmanity's behalf when the AI goes rogue. [American Lawyer]

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* House approves contempt measure against Merrick Garland for not giving them the original audio to go with the transcripts they have of Biden’s interviews with the special counsel Robert Hur’s “He Didn’t Commit Any Crimes, But Damn He Old” report. [

ABA Journal]

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* Georgia Supreme Court jumps the line to intervene to halt the YSL contempt punishment for Brian Steel. [11 Alive News]

* FedSoc thought it was using Donald Trump. He was using them. [Balls and Strikes]

* Biglaw partner increased billing rate by 50 percent. Bankruptcy judge seems less than receptive. [Bloomberg Law News]

* SpaceX workers objected to the hostile work environment. So Elon Musk just fired them. So that’s a lawsuit. [Law360]

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* Now that Disney has successfully broken Ron DeSantis, they’re moving ahead with a rubberstamped multi-billion dollar expansion plan. It will not include a prison. [Reuters]

* Skadden hires Chief People Officer, presumably to negotiate on Skaddenmanity’s behalf when the AI goes rogue. [American Lawyer]