Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 02.13.25

* DOJ says it's going to abandon Humphrey's Executor. [Reuters] * One of those Blue state courts that Musk complains about adopts the anti-judge shopping rule the Fifth Circuit's districts refuse to. [National Law Journal] * The partner lateral market is rough right now. [American Lawyer] * NBC describes the Administrative Procedure Act as "this obscure law." We live in the dumbest timeline. [NBC] * Former Illinois House Speaker guilty in bribery case. Where did he think he worked? The U.S. Supreme Court? [Law360] * Biglaw's FCPA practices reeling from Trump's "what foreign bribery?" order. [Bloomberg Law News] * LeClair Ryan co-founder may escape tax liability. [ABA Journal]

By Above the Law on February 13, 2025 9:04 am

* DOJ says it’s going to abandon Humphrey’s Executor. [Reuters]

* One of those Blue state courts that Musk complains about adopts the anti-judge shopping rule the Fifth Circuit’s districts refuse to. [National Law Journal]

* The partner lateral market is rough right now. [American Lawyer]

* NBC describes the Administrative Procedure Act as “this obscure law.” We live in the dumbest timeline. [NBC]

* Former Illinois House Speaker guilty in bribery case. Where did he think he worked? The U.S. Supreme Court? [Law360]

* Biglaw’s FCPA practices reeling from Trump’s “what foreign bribery?” order. [Bloomberg Law News]

* LeClair Ryan co-founder may escape tax liability. [ABA Journal]