Morning Docket: 12.09.24

* Tony Buzbee has sued Quinn Emanuel alleging a harassment scheme to stop him from representing Diddy accusers. [Canadian Lawyer Magazine] * Also, Buzbee has brought Jay-Z into the case with new rape allegations. [CBS News] * Last round of rate hikes fell upon the cheapest professionals at their firms. Which is somehow being treated like a surprise that a firm would prefer to bump all the paralegals up 50 bucks an hour than try to get the client to pay another 1000 an hour for someone at the top. [American Lawyer] * Former Biglaw lawyer jailed for stalking her neighbors. [LegalCheek] * Dentons maintains a thorough Trump transition tracker in case you're wondering what Fox News personality or reality TV star will end up running the Air Force or whatever. [Dentons] * A look at Elon Musk's insertion into the Alex Jones bankruptcy to push the principle that he is the sole owner of everyone's Twitter accounts. [Bloomberg Legal News] * DC Circuit upholds looming TikTok ban. [Law360] * Investigation finds one law firm partner at the center of a lot of elders missing money from their accounts. [BBC] * OpenAI moves to consolidate the copyright suits into MDL. Proof that they're lawyers aren't doing their research on ChatGPT. [The Recorder]