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Some Law Firms Punish Associates With Tough Assignments

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Morning Docket: 10.17.25

* The government doesn’t keep track of its “Kavanaugh stops.” Pro Publica decided to do it for them. [Pro Publica]

* John Bolton got indicted. So that happened. [National Law Journal]

* Supreme Court’s next assault on voting rights is definitely happening. [The Nation]

* Steve Bannon throws lawyer under the bus in effort to get out of the whole “breaking the law” thing. [Law360]

* Bipartisan judges agree that Trump can’t randomly send troops into Chicago. [Reuters]

* Little League suspension goes to court. [ABA Journal]

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Defense Trade Press Statement On Media Restrictions At The Pentagon

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Morning Docket: 10.16.25

* Law school applications up 33 percent. Or “nearly half” as some lawyers would say. [Reuters]

* Supreme Court’s voting rights argument reveals justices more than willing to roll back the law to 1950s. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Michigan State Title IX investigators may have collaborated with university lawyers. [State News]

* The lawyer-to-blacksmith pipeline is alive and well. [CBS News]

* Trump DOJ wastes tons of taxpayer money on frivolous cases, but the costs to the accused matter almost as much winning. [NPR]

* Billboard lawyer drops a partner “adds new one with familiar sounding name.” [Houston Chronicle]

* Administration plans to close CFPB in 2-3 months. This comes on the heels of the administration announcing a settlement to drop case over company fleecing our troops. [Law360]