Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 11.13.25

* To keep the government's extrajudicial boat killing policy running full steam ahead, the DOJ prepares an opinion to absolve anyone involved. [Reuters] * A woman has married an AI bot in Japan. They're going to have so many fights over whose turn it is to take out the trash. [The Independent] * Judge set to decide if Tom Goldstein's hiring of alleged mistresses amounted to tax fraud. [ABA Journal] * Will AI libel become the industry's next legal headache? [The Economist] * Self-taught jailhouse lawyer running for Court Clerk in New Orleans. [NY Times] * German court rules that AI is stealing lyrics from musicians. [Courthouse News Service] * "Andrew Cuomo Photographed Kissing and Grabbing Lawyer Who Defended Him From Sexual Harassment Accusations" enters the "Not The Onion" hall of fame. [Mediaite]

By Joe Patrice on November 13, 2025 9:21 am

* To keep the government’s extrajudicial boat killing policy running full steam ahead, the DOJ prepares an opinion to absolve anyone involved. [Reuters]

* A woman has married an AI bot in Japan. They’re going to have so many fights over whose turn it is to take out the trash. [The Independent]

* Judge set to decide if Tom Goldstein’s hiring of alleged mistresses amounted to tax fraud. [ABA Journal]

* Will AI libel become the industry’s next legal headache? [The Economist]

* Self-taught jailhouse lawyer running for Court Clerk in New Orleans. [NY Times]

* German court rules that AI is stealing lyrics from musicians. [Courthouse News Service]

* “Andrew Cuomo Photographed Kissing and Grabbing Lawyer Who Defended Him From Sexual Harassment Accusations” enters the “Not The Onion” hall of fame. [Mediaite]