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Morning Docket: 10.20.25

* Federal judiciary begins shuttering some operations as funds dry up. [National Law Journal]

* George Santos has sentence commuted. [Reuters]

* What does a future associate even look like? [Law.com]

* USPTO director taking direct control of patent reviews. There’s no way this ends in a series of gifts bestowed on an elected official in exchange for greased wheels on patent review, right? [Law360]

* DOJ lawyer fired over Abrego Garcia case speaks to 60 Minutes. [CBS News]

* Tracing the Supreme Court’s journey toward immunizing federal goon squad tactics. [Vox]

* Goodwin Procter brings home massive M&A and litigation haul. [Bloomberg Law News]

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San Francisco DA Reminds National Guard That Excessive Force Is Still A Crime: Holding law enforcement accountable is still part of law and order.

Legal Analyst Begins Process Of Normalizing Presidential Juntas: Speaking of National Guard troops performing illegal law enforcement tasks, conservative analysts have started laying the preemptive groundwork.

FASORP Drops Bullying Suit Because Even It Got Bored: The anti-DEI crusaders packed up their nonsense lawsuit after realizing outrage barely covers filing fees.

Biglaw Lost In Translation: Another global firm shutters its Japan outpost.

Donald Trump Prosecutes John Bolton For Doing Less Confidential Document Mishandling Than Him: The mustachioed hawk of yesteryear finally found a misadventure he can’t bomb his way out of.

Lawyer Caught Up In Young Republicans Racist Texts Scandal Shocked To Find Consequences Are Still A Thing: The political operative went from whisper campaign to unemployment line in record time.

Clio Announces Plan To Be Everything, Everywhere, All At Once: The legal tech giant expands its offerings and its client base and looks poised to begin competing with… just about everyone in the space.

Brace Yourself For Law School Admissions Hunger Games: Applications are spiking again.

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Innovation Matters!: Is your law school one of the most innovative?

Washington Litigation Group Is Ready To Fight: The nonprofit is taking on cases core to the rule of law.

Now That’s What I Call A Lot Of Law Students!: The boost in applications means easy pickings for law schools.

Clio Wants To Be A One Stop Shop: How will they scale up from small law?

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