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Morning Docket: 09.22.23

* Somehow they've managed to find even more undisclosed private air travel. This time taking Clarence Thomas to a Koch brothers event in a level of impropriety that a former W. Bush judge said, "takes my breath away, frankly." [ProPublica] * Clifford Chance opts for permanent hybrid work model while other firms choose alienation and extortion. [RollonFriday] * Second Circuit decides Sam Bankman-Fried can wait in jail. [Law360] * North Carolina Supreme Court justice Anita Earls spoke publicly about implicit bias in the legal system. After the judiciary commission ordered her to pre-clear future statements with them, she sued over the prior restraint and the federal judge chastised her for making the justice system look bad by talking about bias out loud. [Balls and Strikes] * Having toppled admissions, right-wingers take aim at scholarships that might possibly help non-white people go to school. [Reuters] * Judge upholds the right of private investors to put their money toward companies that match their environmental and social goals. [Bloomberg Law News] * Profiling the folks chronicling the opaque Google antitrust case. [Wired]

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 06.23.23

* Downed sub had passengers sign waivers but those aren't necessarily holding up in court. [Reuters] * Speaking of the sub, the passenger who missed the tragic dive is a lawyer. [MarketWatch] * Canada makes Facebook & Google pay media outlets for links. You know what that means, Canadian friends? Time to start posting more humorous and insightful stories from Above the Law! [Wall Street Journal] * Facebook says it will retaliate by ending news access in Canada entirely. Good luck with that... because people definitely scroll Facebook for the cat pictures. [CNN] * And George Santos got bail help from... his family. Just like he said. WOW. He said something and then it turned out to be true! [Courthouse News Service] * Law360 releases its "176 Under 40" list. Real rigorous vetting process there... blowing by the right number for an "under 40" list by a cool 136. [Law360] * Prosecutor fired by DeSantis for refusing to enforce abortion crimes can't get his job back because he took six months before filing. Do they have a 6-week limit on this too? [Bloomberg Law News]