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Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 03.29.23

* Idaho planning to criminalize interstate travel to procure legal services in another state. If only the Constitution said something about states fully and faithfully crediting the laws of other states. [Huffington Post] * Most firms aren't worried about taking a profit hit last year. Which probably should make everyone a little more leery of the firms rushing to layoffs. [American Lawyer] * Madison Square Garden's ludicrous policy banning all attorneys adverse to the venue -- and any entity with a tangential relationship to the venue -- is still illegal as to non-sports events, but the appellate court lifted the injunction, deciding that banned lawyers can only recover monetary damages. So we're most likely going to expand the population of adverse lawyers soon. [Law360] * Tougher rules announced for Supreme Court justices and other federal judges getting free junkets. Or, in more practical terms, "tougher rules announced for other federal judges" because the Supreme Court has shown exactly zero interest in being bound by rules. [Reuters] * The DoNotPay kerfuffle risks undermining other access to justice initiatives. As we've said in the past, these systems don't have to be as good as a lawyer when limited to roles lawyers aren't taking. [Bloomberg Law News] * Over 100 law professors urge New York not to mess with bail reform laws. While propaganda outlets cast the law as though it prevents criminal sentencing to whip up public fear, the law professors remind lawmakers that this isn't how any of this works. [AMNY]

By Joe Patrice
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 03.10.23

* NY prosecutors signal that Donald Trump is about to be indicted. It's probably a misdemeanor for falsifying records to bribe Stormy Daniels into silence, but it's something. [Huffington Post] * Speaking of bribery, the trial of the Fox executives accused of bribing soccer officials results in split verdict. The only proper result for a case about a sport that drags on forever and ends in a draw. [Courthouse News Service] * Alex Murdaugh is appealing his conviction based on... well, the filing doesn't say but I'm sure those crazy kids will come up with something. [The Hill] * Brett Favre's lawyer says his defamation claims against commentators addressing the Mississippi welfare scandal are a "slam dunk." Which is the wrong sport. [Awful Announcing] * DoNotPay hit with class action lawsuit. Maybe the algorithm can defend them here! If the company is willing to bet a million on its ability to win a SCOTUS case, it can surely do this pro se. [CBS News] * DOJ opposing efforts to keep judges from enhancing sentences for minor crime convictions based on allegations where the jury acquitted. See, this is a reason to be furious with Merrick Garland. [Reuters] * Do you still use paper business cards? Should you upgrade to one of the objectively cooler options out there or are you too much of an American Psycho fan to give up paper? [Daily Business Review]

By Above the Law
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 01.26.23

* ChatGPT "passes" law school exam. Which is not really how law school works, but cool. Congrats on your below market salary, debt-laden hellscape Johnny 5! [CBS] * Lawyer threats avert robot legal apocalypse. I'm still pretty sure this is a stupid temper tantrum from lawyers who think they're special snowflakes, but here we are. [NPR] * Madison Square Garden's lawyer ban may violate bias laws. Reality continues to lag about 4 weeks behind what I say. Are people not watching my podcast appearances when they come out live? Because we could speed all this up. [NBC] * Paperwork is just not Elon Musk's "style." That's cool and all, but you still need to do it before publicly announcing that you have done the paperwork. [Law360] * Axiom opens law firm in Arizona thanks to regulatory changes. [ABA Journal] * Craziest. Story. Ever. [Courthouse News Service]

By Joe Patrice
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 01.04.23

* Class action lawsuit filed against Southwest Airlines over holiday travel meltdown right on schedule... unlike Southwest. [Corporate Counsel] * Sam Bankman-Fried trial set for October. [New York Law Journal] * Kasowitz suing Glenn Agre over fees. Glenn Agre partners worked on the matter at Kasowitz before founding Glenn Agre and bringing the work with them. Now that the matter is closed, Glenn Agre earned a success fee and Kasowitz wants a chunk of that. Does Kasowitz pay pro rated bonuses to associates who lateral to other firms mid-year? Because that's the firm's logic. [American Lawyer] * Biden renominates pending judgeship appointments. These nominations may have languished in the last Congress, but there's now a chance they can get confirmed before the next Speaker. [Reuters] * DoNotPay, the AI speeding ticket system, is set to defend its first matter in court. [New Scientist]

By Joe Patrice