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Morning Docket: 04.25.24

* Understanding this morning's oral argument over presidential immunity before Sam Alito just makes up something instead. [Dorf on Law] * Over in the UK, a former judge proposes holding court in pubs to restore faith in the system. Clarence Thomas is down as long as one of the parties is buying! [LegalCheek] * Chamber of Commerce sues over FTC's ban on non-compete agreements because why should there be a "free" market? [Law360] * Breaking down the synergies of a Troutman-Locke merger. The best of which is obviously this dish. [American Lawyer] * McKinsey staring down a criminal probe over its opioid work. Who'd have thought a business built on encouraging rich people to do whatever they want to make money might have created a moral catastrophe? [Reuters] * Biglaw talks a lot about generative AI, but this firm actually seems to have a strategy. [Bloomberg Law News] * Attorney makes the jump to the comedy club circuit. [ABA Journal]

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* Understanding this morning’s oral argument over presidential immunity before Sam Alito just makes up something instead. [

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* Over in the UK, a former judge proposes holding court in pubs to restore faith in the system. Clarence Thomas is down as long as one of the parties is buying! [LegalCheek]

* Chamber of Commerce sues over FTC’s ban on non-compete agreements because why should there be a “free” market? [Law360]

* Breaking down the synergies of a Troutman-Locke merger. The best of which is obviously this dish. [American Lawyer]

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* McKinsey staring down a criminal probe over its opioid work. Who’d have thought a business built on encouraging rich people to do whatever they want to make money might have created a moral catastrophe? [Reuters]

* Biglaw talks a lot about generative AI, but this firm actually seems to have a strategy. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Attorney makes the jump to the comedy club circuit. [ABA Journal]