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Morning Docket: 12.11.20

* A “robot lawyer” startup, that once focused on parking tickets, is now helping users file FOIA requests. Hope the platform can’t write the Morning Docket… [TechCrunch]

* A new lawyer for the Trump Campaign allegedly argued that Kamala Harris was not a natural-born U.S. citizen. [Forbes]

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Mix Of Good News And Bad In Today’s Bonus Roundup — See Also

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