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Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 09.06.23

* If Senator Whitehouse thinks John Roberts will take action after Sam Alito straight up admitted to breaching ethics rules, then he doesn't know John Roberts! [Law360] * Oregon Supreme Court voting on whether to become the first state in the modern era to offer a full apprenticeship path to the bar. [Reuters] * GPT-4 wins a lawyering contest featuring various AI options, but still isn't as good as humans. Kinda supercharges why states might want to find licensing pathways that don't involve an algorithm gaming a test, huh? [New Scientist] * Nationwide says it is not on your side if you're accused of aiding in an abduction. [Law.com] * John Eastman has failed to get out of his disciplinary proceeding on Fifth Amendment grounds. That was the obvious outcome, but if John Eastman accepted the obvious dictates of the law he wouldn't be in this mess in the first place. [Bloomberg Law News] * An interview with super agent Leigh Steinberg. [ABA Journal] * CiteRight and Jurisage to merge as Canadian legal tech providers eye expansion. [Law.com International]

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Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 07.13.23

* The FTC is appealing its case against the Microsoft-Activision merger. There's a lot of talk about the FTC "failing" but even in losing they forced Microsoft to publicly claim it wouldn't make key franchises XBox exclusives and... that's a victory in itself. Successful litigation doesn't have to end in a win to have been a smart case to bring. [Law360] * But, because everything is stupid now, the FTC is going to get grilled in a congressional hearing. [Reuters] * Gun ban in state parks upheld because the law has never been enforced and may never be... haven't these people heard of 303 Creative? You don't need any of that anymore. [Hartford Courant] * Allen & Overy's managing partner has stepped down in the midst of the Shearman merger negotiations. [Bloomberg Law News] * The Titanic sub disaster underscores the need for robust anti-SLAPP laws. [Daily Beast] * NCBE unveils its nextgen bar exam questions. They are not much better than the existing questions. [Law.com] * A new wrinkle in the hybrid office reality: small firms sharing office space. A new ethics opinion deals with this issue and hopefully settles who gets to decide if the toilet paper is overhanded or underhanded. [ABA Journal]

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