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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: 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