Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 10.16.25

* Law school applications up 33 percent. Or "nearly half" as some lawyers would say. [Reuters] * Supreme Court's voting rights argument reveals justices more than willing to roll back the law to 1950s. [Bloomberg Law News] * Michigan State Title IX investigators may have collaborated with university lawyers. [State News] * The lawyer-to-blacksmith pipeline is alive and well. [CBS News] * Trump DOJ wastes tons of taxpayer money on frivolous cases, but the costs to the accused matter almost as much winning. [NPR] * Billboard lawyer drops a partner "adds new one with familiar sounding name." [Houston Chronicle] * Administration plans to close CFPB in 2-3 months. This comes on the heels of the administration announcing a settlement to drop case over company fleecing our troops. [Law360]

By Above the Law on October 16, 2025 8:59 am

* Law school applications up 33 percent. Or “nearly half” as some lawyers would say. [Reuters]

* Supreme Court’s voting rights argument reveals justices more than willing to roll back the law to 1950s. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Michigan State Title IX investigators may have collaborated with university lawyers. [State News]

* The lawyer-to-blacksmith pipeline is alive and well. [CBS News]

* Trump DOJ wastes tons of taxpayer money on frivolous cases, but the costs to the accused matter almost as much winning. [NPR]

* Billboard lawyer drops a partner “adds new one with familiar sounding name.” [Houston Chronicle]

* Administration plans to close CFPB in 2-3 months. This comes on the heels of the administration announcing a settlement to drop case over company fleecing our troops. [Law360]