Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 03.01.24

* Lawyer fired after complaining about kittens. [Roll on Friday] * REAGAN judge shuts down Texas border law as a reminder that conservative jurists used to understand the Constitution. Don't worry, the inevitable Fifth Circuit appeal will return our opinion of judges to normalcy. [Law360] * Law firms discover natural light. Not the beverage, the architectural design element. [ABA Journal] * Regional markets are all the rage in Biglaw. [American Lawyer] * Trump seeks trial delay arguing that he can't answer why he stole all those highly classified documents while he's busy phoning in a presidential campaign. [Reuters] * Elon Musk sues Sam Altman for hanging out with Microsoft too much. I presume someone from Irell has looked into Rule 11, right? Because that's a good first step before getting into a case for Elon. [Bloomberg Law News] * Yale Law School's Heather Gerken explains how delightfully welcomed she is as a leader in academia in an interview kicking off Women's History Month. Liz Magill and Claudine Gay both unavailable for comment. [Law.com]

By Above the Law on March 01, 2024

01-stick-em-up-kitty-kitten-cat-gun-e1286641024121* Lawyer fired after complaining about kittens. [Roll on Friday]

* REAGAN judge shuts down Texas border law as a reminder that conservative jurists used to understand the Constitution. Don’t worry, the inevitable Fifth Circuit appeal will return our opinion of judges to normalcy. [Law360]

* Law firms discover natural light. Not the beverage, the architectural design element. [ABA Journal]

* Regional markets are all the rage in Biglaw. [American Lawyer]

* Trump seeks trial delay arguing that he can’t answer why he stole all those highly classified documents while he’s busy phoning in a presidential campaign. [Reuters]

* Elon Musk sues Sam Altman for hanging out with Microsoft too much. I presume someone from Irell has looked into Rule 11, right? Because that’s a good first step before getting into a case for Elon. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Yale Law School’s Heather Gerken explains how delightfully welcomed she is as a leader in academia in an interview kicking off Women’s History Month. Liz Magill and Claudine Gay both unavailable for comment. [Law.com]