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KPMG Becomes The First Member Of The Big Four To Open US Law Firm

Wave goodbye to Biglaw, and say hello to Big Four Law!

Morning Docket: 06.22.23

* If firms keep telling the press that everyone wants to go back to the office then maybe it'll be true! That certainly seems to be the strategy anyway. [American Lawyer] * Religious groups challenging abortion restrictions hoping to take advantage of the trend of courts offering exemptions to public policy to anyone who claims it offends them. Yeah... this puts a lot of weight on the idea that those opinions reflect some sort of principled Free Exercise jurisprudence instead of "we've found a new way to legalize discrimination, guys!" [Politico] * KPMG dominates the bank audit space with clients like Signature, and SVB, and First Rep-- oh. Uh oh. [Bloomberg Law News] * We're set to learn who bailed out George Santos. On one hand, public inquiry into bail sureties emboldens disingenuous attacks on bail funds, which are often critical to social justice and giving meaningful effect to the right to protest. On the other hand... George Santos is accused of misusing funds already. [NY Times] * Insider trading conviction brings juror to tears. The prospect of sending someone to prison should give jurors more pause, but Goldman bankers making insider trades isn't where one would expect an outpouring of empathy. [Law360] * Clarence Thomas's dissent in the False Claims Act case ran contrary to everything "Originalism" claims to believe. This is going to shock you, but Originalism may not be the robust, good faith interpretive strategy we've been told. [Dorf on Law] * "FTC to argue Microsoft's deal to buy Activision should be paused." GROAN. [Reuters]

Sometimes The Best Legal Tech Solution Is (Enhancing) What You Already Own

Intapp offers new tool extending Microsoft 365 functionality.

Morning Docket: 09.12.19

* Immediately after John Bolton lost his job, a true genius tweeted that he'd signed with the Patriots. It looks like he might return to Kirkland which is basically the same thing in legal circles. [National Law Journal] * Supreme Court decides government can circumvent international law while asylum rules get litigated. Cool. [NY Times] * Dentons just added five firms across Africa in one day. [American Lawyer] * "Chief Counsel of Digital Citizenship" is an actual title a major company came up with for a lawyer presumably after spinning the buzzword wheel. [Corporate Counsel] * Latest appellate judge pick was so mealy-mouthed and evasive that even the Republicans snapped at him before they'll ultimately vote down the line to give the racist myth peddling jackhole a lifetime job. [Huffington Post] * Former Big 4 partner gets a year for fraud. [Law360] * What exactly would happen if California stood up for college athletes? [Sports Illustrated] * John Hinckley seeks sentence adjustment so he can move to California and get into the music business which is a sentence no one ever expected. [AP]