Ken Paxton

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 05.26.23

* Ken Paxton on the verge of impeachment. And apparently that means it's time for a good old fashioned dumpster fire... of papers outside his office. I'm sure there's an innocent explanation. [Washington Post] * Judge loses defamation suit over being linked to QAnon. Or so the shadowy government conspiracy would have us believe. [Reuters] * Hugh Grant case against branch of Rupert Murdoch empire can proceed. It's like the Dominion case but more charming. [ABC News] * North Carolina sued over its electronic court filing system. Ah, the only corner of American technology where PACER can look like an industry leader. [Courthouse News Service] * The Pacific Legal Foundation had themselves a DAY yesterday. They won the elderly woman tax foreclosure case everyone was up in arms about and then they got the Supreme Court to gut wetlands protections. [Law360] * Of the previous 100 anti-LGBTQ+ statutes passed, half of them were this year. It's fricking May. [538]

By Above the Law
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 05.25.23

* Biglaw is amidst an era of upheaval where firms can no longer rest on their reputations."Nobody wants their career careening from guardrail to guardrail. They don’t want huge peaks and valleys. They want stability.” Welcome to late-stage capitalism, pal. [Bloomberg Law News] * Texas House digs into Ken Paxton's financial issues. Ken Paxton calls the Speaker of the House a drunk. Everything is very normal in Texas. [Law360] * Have we created a generation of lawyers incapable of schmoozing? [Roll on Friday] * Panama grants legal rights to turtles. Cowabunga. [AP News] * Alex Murdaugh indicted for fraud. Kind of the least of his worries at this point. [Reuters Legal] * "Are Second Hundred Firms the New 100?" No. Next question. [American Lawyer]

By Above the Law