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Another Day, Another Firm Bumping Up The In-Person Quota — See Also

This Time It’s Duane Morris: Which Biglaw firm will be the next to hop on the trend?

Never A Bad Time To Call Out Stupidity: Marc Randazza wrote a response to a cease and desist you can only dream of sending out.

About Harvard’s Negotiations With Trump: They scrubbed diversity mentions from several of their undergrad websites.

Midsize Firms Have Prestige Rankings Too!: Check out the best of the best by region here!

Is This A Pulpit Or A Political Rally?: If the Johnson Amendment isn’t being enforced, what’s the difference?

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Building A Successful CLE: Consider An Ethics Component

Crafting an effective Ethics CLE is about addressing profound challenges lawyers face.

AI Strategy Reality Check: Are You Prioritizing Platform Over Performance?

Until CoPilot evolves, organizations need to allow for integration with more advanced, configurable chat agents that deliver better performance, a more seamless experience, and faster results.

On LawNext: How LexisNexis And Harvey Are Partnering To Reshape Legal AI, With LexisNexis CEO Sean Fitzpatrick

LexisNexis will integrate its primary law content, Shepard’s citations, and AI technology directly into Harvey’s platform.

The Trend Continues: Another Biglaw Firm Ups Its In-Office Requirement

More firms want to see your face four days a week.

Samsung Deepens Healthcare Bet With Xealth Acquisition

Samsung announced plans to acquire Xealth, a startup that helps hospitals integrate digital tools into clinical workflows, as part of its broader push into U.S. healthcare. The deal reflects growing provider demand for tech solutions and comes amid newfound optimism in the digital health exit market.

Morning Docket: 07.10.25

* Supreme Court keeps ban on Florida’s immigration law. Which seems like a win until you realize they’re just trying to stop a normal state from passing protections by holding the line on preemption. [Law360]

* Lawmakers declare EEOC attacks on Biglaw a “shakedown.” [Reuters]

* DOJ asks Texas to eliminate congressional seats held by Black and Latino Democrats. [Politico]

* It’s that fun time of the cycle where we learn how much partners make from the financial disclosure forms they’ve disclosed to become Trump officials. [National Law Journal]

* We’re watching in real time as the right-wing balance of power shifts from FedSoc to Vermeule. [Verfassungsblog]

* Biglaw wary of getting involved in the New York mayoral race after realizing every political instinct they have is wrong. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Kasowitz departures raise questions about the future. [American Lawyer]

Gotta Bump Those Attendance Numbers Up — See Also

Biglaw Firm Adopts Four-Day, In-Person Mandate: At least you get to stay home on Fridays!

Not Saying You Did Anything Wrong, But It Does Look Weird: A foreign fund wants Weil to produce documents.

Don’t Call The Back-Down A Retreat!: The ABA President has an interesting characterization of their DEI efforts.

Justice Jackson Pens A Shadow Docket Dissent: Unlike the most of her colleagues, she thought about the law before she decided the government was “likely to succeed.”

On This Week’s Episode Of Thinking Like A Lawyer: A judge made a ruling based on a fake case!

When Being A Judge Isn’t A Big Enough Accomplishment…

This judge knows what he's writing about!

Freshfields Claims They ‘Met’ Diversity Goals After Scrubbing DEI Information From Their Site

Not like anyone can check them!

Midsize Texas Law Firm Mourns Loss Of CGO’s Daughter To Raging Floodwaters At Camp Mystic

Our sincere condolences go out to the family during this incredibly difficult time.

The Hallucinations Are Winning

Law firm mergers and John Roberts brags for the crowd.

Forget It Ketanji, It’s Chinatown

Justice Jackson stood alone against the shadow docket ruling opening the door to Trump gutting the federal workforce.

Judge Demands Explanation After El Salvador Dropkicks Trump Lies About CECOT Detainees

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