Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 06.04.24

* Columbia Law Review's board of directors took the whole website offline because the journal published an article from a Palestinian scholar. It's still down. [The Intercept] * Summer associates getting trained in generative AI, which makes a lot of sense for wary firms because they're already taking everything from summers with massive loads of salt. [Bloomberg Law News] * Fake money begets fake tax obligations as FTX and the IRS propose tax settlement for about 10 cents on the dollar. [Law360] * Bob Menendez to launch independent Senate campaign because trials cost gold bars. [Courthouse News Service] * Partner launches age discrimination suit against former Biglaw firm. [ABA Journal] * First day of Hunter Biden trial seems to confirm two things: he committed this crime and we're wasting a lot of time and money on something that could've been dispensed with by the original plea deal. [Reuters] * Elie Mystal details Project 2025 and the prospect of a second Trump DOJ. [The Nation]

By Above the Law on June 04, 2024 9:13 am

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* Columbia Law Review’s board of directors took the whole website offline because the journal published an article from a Palestinian scholar. It’s still down. [The Intercept]

* Summer associates getting trained in generative AI, which makes a lot of sense for wary firms because they’re already taking everything from summers with massive loads of salt. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Fake money begets fake tax obligations as FTX and the IRS propose tax settlement for about 10 cents on the dollar. [Law360]

* Bob Menendez to launch independent Senate campaign because trials cost gold bars. [Courthouse News Service]

* Partner launches age discrimination suit against former Biglaw firm. [ABA Journal]

* First day of Hunter Biden trial seems to confirm two things: he committed this crime and we’re wasting a lot of time and money on something that could’ve been dispensed with by the original plea deal. [Reuters]

* Elie Mystal details Project 2025 and the prospect of a second Trump DOJ. [The Nation]