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Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 07.29.23

* Donald Trump faces even more charges in classified documents case. [New York Times] * But that's not the only legal peril against the former president heating up: Trump's lawyers met with the special cpunsel on January 6th case. [ABC News] * Joe Biden announced more judicial nominees. [Law360] * The Biden administration would love it if the Supreme Court would reinstate regulations against ghost guns. [Reuters] * Biglaw's picking up the work from the Democratic National Convention. [Bloomberg Law]

By Kathryn Rubino
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 09.21.20

* Dr. Dre's estranged wife has filed a lawsuit claiming she co-owns the trademark to his name. Maybe she owns the "Dr." part... [Yahoo News] * Julian Assange was allegedly offered a presidential pardon in exchange for revealing the source of leaked Democratic National Committee emails. [Bloomberg Law] * A Florida attorney is in hot water over allegedly misappropriating client funds. [Daily Business Review] * An attorney has apparently gone from making $700,000 a year to $30,000 a year as an Amazon warehouse worker because of the ongoing pandemic. [Connecticut Law Tribune] * TikTok has filed additional legal action to block President Trump's ban on the app. Maybe they should consider serving process through Twitter... [Washington Post]

By Jordan Rothman
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 08.11.16

* More cases are working their way up to the Supreme Court to define a religiously affiliated employer's obligations to its employees. [Rewire] * Is there a particular formula for getting yourself a coveted Supreme Court clerkship? [Empirical SCOTUS] * The conservative interpretation of the Second Amendment has been prelude to Donald Trump's veiled assassination "joke." [Slate] * Is criminal sentencing about to go all precog in this country? [FiveThirtyEight] * Yes, even liberals can commit sexual assault. [The Slot] * Remember -- these pages and pages of redactions were probably done by some poor contract attorney trying to make a living. [Gawker]

By Kathryn Rubino