Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 04.19.24

* The Trump jury is picked. The search for more alternates continues today. No rest for the very, very sleepy! [Washington Post] * This story about the Dominion case and Clare Locke losing a lot of its talent to MWPP is... wild. [NY Times] * Advice for Biglaw firms: when you tell a client "to avoid disclosure" and "try to do so in a way that looks legitimate," you're gonna have a bad time. [Roll on Friday] * Ron DeSantis continues to throw taxpayer money on a heaping bonfire of avoidable litigation. This time it's a law to allow public school chaplains. [USA Today] * Another assessment of Judge Ho's recent forum shopping speech concludes that his bombastic response only ended up making the case for reform that he set out to debunk. [Balls and Strikes] * Democrats propose inspector general role for the judiciary. But we already have ProPublica, don't we? [Law360] * Gun manufacturers beg Supreme Court to bail them out on the bedrock principle that no one should be allowed to question them. [Reuters]

By Above the Law on April 19, 2024 9:22 am

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* The Trump jury is picked. The search for more alternates continues today. No rest for the very, very sleepy! [Washington Post]

* This story about the Dominion case and Clare Locke losing a lot of its talent to MWPP is… wild. [NY Times]

* Advice for Biglaw firms: when you tell a client “to avoid disclosure” and “try to do so in a way that looks legitimate,” you’re gonna have a bad time. [Roll on Friday]

* Ron DeSantis continues to throw taxpayer money on a heaping bonfire of avoidable litigation. This time it’s a law to allow public school chaplains. [USA Today]

* Another assessment of Judge Ho’s recent forum shopping speech concludes that his bombastic response only ended up making the case for reform that he set out to debunk. [Balls and Strikes]

* Democrats propose inspector general role for the judiciary. But we already have ProPublica, don’t we? [Law360]

* Gun manufacturers beg Supreme Court to bail them out on the bedrock principle that no one should be allowed to question them. [Reuters]