Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 09.07.21

* Biglaw hotspots: New York, Texas and… a desert? [CNN] * It appears ducks can imitate human speech. Prepare yourselves, divorce lawyers.  [The Guardian] * Texas wants Samsung so bad that they’re willing to cut it a huge break. [Reuters] * DOJ is using Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act to save face after SCOTUS showed they don’t care about the rule of law. [ABC News] * Robert E. Lee statue about to go the way of the dodo. Good riddance. [Axios]

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* Biglaw hotspots: New York, Texas and… a desert? [CNN]

* It appears ducks can imitate human speech. Prepare yourselves, divorce lawyers.  [The Guardian]

* Texas wants Samsung so bad that they’re willing to cut it a huge break. [Reuters]

* DOJ is using Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act to save face after SCOTUS showed they don’t care about the rule of law. [ABC News]

* Robert E. Lee statue about to go the way of the dodo. Good riddance. [Axios]


Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord™ in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s. Before that, he wrote columns for an online magazine named The Muse Collaborative under the pen name Knehmo. He endured the great state of Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who cannot swim, a published author on critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at [email protected].