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Morning Docket: 08.22.25

* Judge rules that Florida must abandon publicity stunt prison known as "Alligator Alcatraz." [Washington Post]

* In Only Fans litigation, AI imagines cases like viewers imagine the cam girl is really in love with them. [National Law Journal]

* Chandra Levy prosecutor sanctioned. [Reuters]

* Military judge named head of SEC enforcement because of all those deep securities law issues tackled in the USMJ. [Corporate Counsel]

* AI mergers feed business to top Biglaw firms. Yet again, everyone's making money off AI except the AI companies. [Bloomberg Law News]

* First time bar passage is up! [ABA Journal]

* Lawyers sit down to discuss "our teacher and unparalleled trial lawyer Gerry Spence." [YouTube]

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