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  • Morning Docket: 07.24.23
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 07.24.23

    * Come August, The Wisconsin Supreme Court will be a majority Democrat. Liberals in the state have big plans — particularly on abortion and voting rights. [Huffington Post]

    * The DOJ and FTC have released new merger guidelines. They want to bring antitrust enforcement back to its roots. [Law360]

    * Want a corporate board seat? Now’s your moment! Thanks to increased regulations everyone wants an attorney on their board. [Bloomberg Law]

    * Sam Bankman-Fried will finally shut up. The talkative founder of crypto exchange FTX has accepted a gag order in the criminal case against him, though his attorney contest that his previous interviews with reporters amounts to witness tampering. [Reuters]

    * Biglaw “caste system”? Sounds pretty accurate to me. [Law.com]

    * With more legal threat closing in, Donald Trump is only getting Trump-ier. Thankfully, that’s unlikely to work in court. [Salon]

  • Morning Docket: 07.14.23
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 07.14.23

    * Here we go again! Biden uses another avenue to issue some of the student debt relief blocked by Republicans in the Super Legislature. [Reuters] * After the Supreme Court opened the floodgates to foreign knockoffs, IP lawyers are left “questioning” what’s left. [Bloomberg Law News] * Fake money leads to real federal fraud charges. […]

  • Morning Docket: 07.13.23
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 07.13.23

    * The FTC is appealing its case against the Microsoft-Activision merger. There’s a lot of talk about the FTC “failing” but even in losing they forced Microsoft to publicly claim it wouldn’t make key franchises XBox exclusives and… that’s a victory in itself. Successful litigation doesn’t have to end in a win to have been a smart case to bring. [Law360]

    * But, because everything is stupid now, the FTC is going to get grilled in a congressional hearing. [Reuters]

    * Gun ban in state parks upheld because the law has never been enforced and may never be… haven’t these people heard of 303 Creative? You don’t need any of that anymore. [Hartford Courant]

    * Allen & Overy’s managing partner has stepped down in the midst of the Shearman merger negotiations. [Bloomberg Law News]

    * The Titanic sub disaster underscores the need for robust anti-SLAPP laws. [Daily Beast]

    * NCBE unveils its nextgen bar exam questions. They are not much better than the existing questions. [Law.com]

    * A new wrinkle in the hybrid office reality: small firms sharing office space. A new ethics opinion deals with this issue and hopefully settles who gets to decide if the toilet paper is overhanded or underhanded. [ABA Journal]

  • Morning Docket: 07.12.23
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 07.12.23

    * In bothsideism push, conservatives are hyping that Sotomayor’s book tour makes hosts purchase copies. Putting aside that this is how book tours work everywhere, the complaint underscores that Alito and Thomas defenders think the problem is “justices making money” as opposed to “justices getting paid by parties trying to influence the judges.” [AP]

    * Lawsuit brought against Idaho’s abortion travel ban. [Law.com]

    * It’s not just law firms forcing people back to in-person work just because old partners feel lonely. Judges are willing to let the wheels of justice grind if it gives them some playmates throughout the day. [New York Law Journal]

    * “Judges Confused by Supreme Court’s Historical Test for Gun Laws.” It can be confusing if you get tripped up on the “historical” part. But it’s really easy once you ignore all the actual history and only use the gun manufacturer fan fiction account in Bruen. [Bloomberg Law News]

    * Mainstream media asking snide questions about antitrust law after Microsoft ruling. [NY Times]

    * Judge Newman’s battle with the rest of the Federal Circuit now has a mediator. [Law360]

  • Morning Docket: 07.06.23
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 07.06.23

    * Employers are finally stepping up and suing health insurers for continually screwing over employees in case you’re looking for a lawsuit with the least sympathetic defendants imaginable. [Bloomberg Law News]

    * It’s arraigning men… or at least one man as Walt Nauta heads to the courthouse today. [Reuters]

    * AI won’t disrupt the legal world for a good while yet. [LegalCheek]

    * Cop shows never read the second half of Miranda and it shows. [ProPublica]

    * Did you know not to use a Sharpie for redactions? I thought everyone did, but apparently not. [Legaltech News]

    * JetBlue won’t appeal antitrust loss in bid to secure larger market share a different way. [Law360]

  • Morning Docket: 06.29.23
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 06.29.23

    * While Sam Alito rewrote laws to help oil and gas exploit more land, his wife was… making land deals with oil and gas companies. But I guess that’s okay because his wife’s money isn’t “adjacent” to him because the couple is not physically “continuously connected.” [The Intercept]

    * Law professor who feels persecuted because law schools hire other professors to teach classes about racism is going after a law school for having a “students of color” outreach program. By the end of the week, he’s probably going to have the Supreme Court’s backing on that one. [NY Post]

    * So many of the problems facing Ron DeSantis could be solved by taking 10 minutes to read the Constitution. [CBS News]

    * California’s ban on using public funds to travel to states with pro-bigotry laws on the books has hurt Black academics who can’t travel to conferences in those states. Which was the obvious outcome. Unless California plans to put resources behind bidding on and hosting all of these national conferences, the policy is always going to turn out this way. [Los Angeles Times]

    * The FTC plans to file a sweeping antitrust suit against Amazon in a few weeks. It took a lot longer to deliver than a Prime package, but it’s worth the wait. [Bloomberg Law News]

    * UK law firms worried that ChatGPT might be writing job applications. Oh no! How will firms survive once AI learns to write “I think my greatest weakness is that I care too much about the work.” [Law.com International]

    * “Privacy Suit Says AI Could ‘Decide To Eliminate The Species.'” Or worse: cover letters. [Law360]