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Morning Docket: 02.04.26

* Nonequity partners growing increasingly dissatisfied just because equity partners have invented a new model to derail their colleagues' careers while wringing labor out of them without sharing profit. Weird. [American Lawyer]

* Epstein files include emails accusing Kathy Ruemmler of having an affair with Epstein's personal attorney. [NY Post]

* Elon Musk will face SEC suit over Twitter acquisition actions. [Law360]

* Judge isn't buying Musk's claim that OpenAI stole trade secrets. At least from Musk. [Courthouse News Service]

* NY creates corps of official legal observers to monitor ICE. [Reuters]

* EEOC hired lawyer known for pushing discrimination against men claims [The Intercept]

* Sandra Day O'Connor the matchmaker. [ABA Journal]

See Also

Brad Karp Ducks Out Of ‘Leadership In Uncertain Times’ Talk — See Also

Maybe He’s Just Leading By Example?: His low profile might have something to do with the Epstein files.

Nothing Says ZZZ Like Contempt!: At least one DOJs attorney is suffering from the flood the zone strategy.

Virginia Bar, You’re Up Next: Will they discipline Lindsey Halligan?

Attacking Their Guns Wasn’t The Brightest Idea: Jeanine Pirro got some swift backlash.

Emily Suski Gets Support From Law Professors: Stand up for campus free speech!

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Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 02.03.26

* Clintons agree to congressional testimony about Epstein while the guy who met his wife through Epstein is nowhere to be found. [Reuters]

* King & Spalding accused of undermining former client. [American Lawyer]

* Law opens door to more crypto fraud. [CNN]

* Former Biglaw attorney charges law students for interview tips. [Legal Cheek]

* Gibson Dunn and S&C working on xAI and SpaceX merger. [Law360]

* Eagle Ed has wings clipped. [ABA Journal]

* The government might have deceived judge in Washington Post case. [NY Times]

See Also

Brad Karp Draws Paul Weiss In To The Epstein Universe — See Also

That “Once In A Lifetime” Email Will Live On Forever: Karp and Epstein seemed on pretty good terms.

Judge Rufe Says You Can’t Erase History: In a sane world, this would be obvious.

The Cost Of Wrongful Detainment Just Went Up: If you can’t hit ’em in their morals, hit ’em in their pockets!

DOJ Resorting To Word Of Tweet For Jobs: LinkedIn just not pulling like it used to, huh?

Still Hope For The Rule Of Law: Judge Biery releases a father and son from an immigrant processing center.

Hastings No More, Forever: UC Law San Francisco gets to keep its name! Again!