Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 02.19.25

* KPMG says the era of the Big Four displacing American law firm work is just beginning. [Bloomberg Law News] * Judge says DOJ got some 'splainin' to do about this Adams dismissal. [Law360] * Serial lateral moves aren't the dealbreaker they once were. [American Lawyer] * Musk's lawyers trying to change Delaware law to authorize his pay proposal to pocket roughly half of the company's assets as compensation for himself. [CNBC] * Ethics officials resigning in protest can't be good. [Reuters] * Remember when the government made 3-year-olds defend themselves in legal hearings? It's back! [CBS] * Atlanta continues its rise as a Biglaw hotspot. [Daily Report]

By Above the Law on February 19, 2025 9:29 am

* KPMG says the era of the Big Four displacing American law firm work is just beginning. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Judge says DOJ got some ‘splainin’ to do about this Adams dismissal. [Law360]

* Serial lateral moves aren’t the dealbreaker they once were. [American Lawyer]

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* Musk’s lawyers trying to change Delaware law to authorize his pay proposal to pocket roughly half of the company’s assets as compensation for himself. [CNBC]

* Ethics officials resigning in protest can’t be good. [Reuters]

* Remember when the government made 3-year-olds defend themselves in legal hearings? It’s back! [CBS]

* Atlanta continues its rise as a Biglaw hotspot. [Daily Report]