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Morning Docket: 09.18.25

* Rudy Giuliani owes lawyers roughly $1.3 million. [NY Times]

* Late night host Jimmy Kimmel pulled off the air after FCC threatened ABC broadcast license. So go ahead and set that First Amendment crisis clock to midnight. [Variety]

* Cadwalader losing talent, but not engaged in merger talks… yet. [American Lawyer]

* Go “anti-woke,” go broke, and then sue blaming Winston & Strawn. [Law360]

* The IPO oligopoly. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Morgan & Morgan sues Disney to use Steamboat Willie in test of public domain status. [AP News]

* Immigration judge orders Mahmoud Khalil deportation as part of crackdown on Israel criticism. [Reuters]

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Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 09.17.25

* Utah seeking death penalty in Charlie Kirk case. [Courthouse News Service]

* Legislators raise concerns over the proposal to force JAG officers to serve as immigration judges. Because it’s stupid. [AP]

* DOJ just removed a report confirming that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism.” [404 Media]

* Harvard Law School’s incoming class includes more Black students after last year’s decline. So prepare for the White House to slash more Harvard funding. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Judges looking beyond monetary fines to police AI hallucinations. [Reuters]

* A&O Shearman losing more partners. [Law.com International]

* Fun exercise: what are the most overused words in law firm press releases? [ABA Journal]

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