Pentagon Unveils New GenAI Platform, It Immediately Starts Flagging Pete Hegseth’s War Crimes
The Defense Department's new ChatJAG turned out to be better than the human chain of command.
4 Things To Know About The Texas Lawsuit Against Epic
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Epic, alleging the company monopolizes the EHR market and restricts access to medical information. Epic denied the claims.
Morning Docket: 12.15.25
* Lawyer demands IRS recognize pets as dependents. [Forbes]
* How many laws does Santa Clause break in one night. [Legal Cheek]
* Supreme Court lays groundwork for “except for agencies that effect our personal wealth” exception to the novel theory they expounded in the FTC oral argument. The “pets as dependents” argument seems positively well-founded by comparison. [Reuters]
* National Trust sues over Trump’s ballroom plans. [Law360]
* Deregulaion reaching pre-Depression status. [National Law Journal]
* Law professor sues Boeing alleging toxic fumes inhaled during flight. [ABA Journal]
* Australia faces first legal challenge to law banning children under 16 from social media. [NPR]
Tracking Biglaw Bonuses And War Crimes — See Generally
Bonus Tracker Season Officially Begins: Clear your calendars, mute your partners, and keep refreshing — the market has opinions and associates have spreadsheets.
Military’s New GenAI Knows A War Crime When It Sees One: Pete Hegseth’s new toy immediately doubleclicked on why you can’t double tap.
Federal Judge Who Allegedly Ignored Court Orders Now Allegedly Ignoring Court Ethics: Emil Bove remains consistent!
The Time For Persuasion Is Over: Justice Sotomayor had the administration by the throat, but opted to try to convince the majority to see reason when the nation is well past that point.
Global Biglaw Merger Discovers Divorce Is Also An Option: The once-trumpeted international tie-up is quietly preparing to go its separate ways, proving synergy is temporary but regret is forever.
Firm Beats Trump In Court, Loses To Office Attendance Policy: After defeating executive overreach, the firm turned inward and mandated more face time with the copy machine.
Professor Sues After Discovering Free Speech Has Conditions: Retaliation over comments about Charlie Kirk heads to federal court, where irony enjoys strong venue selection.
Since When Can Presidents Do That? — See Also
President Trump Pardons Election Denier For State Crimes: What part of Federalism is this?
See If You Can Catch All Of The Issues With Trump’s AI Executive Order: Who said issue spotters were just a law school thing!
Mega Merger Alert!: Winston & Strawn and Taylor Wessing are in tie-up talks.
At This Firm The Market Is The Floor!: Associates at Axinn are making bank!
Elon Thinks Any Regulation Is Censorship: That’s not at all what the fine for violating the Digital Services Act is doing.
Judge Mandates Breakfast Break During Immigration Hearing: ICE drove someone in custody 7 hours without feeding them.
