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Morning Docket: 07.11.25

* Justice Jackson says “state of our democracy” keeps her up at night. Girl, same. [NY Times]

* Litigation finance survived the big tax bill. But threats still loom. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Judge blocks birthright citizenship order, taking advantage of Supreme Court class action workaround until they inevitably decide to there’s a problem with the class. [CBS]

* “Clarence Thomas leading SCOTUS charge to gut Voting Rights Act.” That’s not really fair to John Roberts who has really given it his all to gut voting rights. [CNN]

* Kellogg bought in $3.1B deal courtesy of Davis Polk and Kirkland. The new owner is the Ferrero Group so start your morning off with a big bowl of “Special F.” [Law360]

* Backlogged courts resisting AI. Why? It’s worked out so great everywhere else! [Law.com]

* “A judge has delighted barristers with his sketching skills….” [Roll on Friday]

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Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 07.10.25

* Supreme Court keeps ban on Florida’s immigration law. Which seems like a win until you realize they’re just trying to stop a normal state from passing protections by holding the line on preemption. [Law360]

* Lawmakers declare EEOC attacks on Biglaw a “shakedown.” [Reuters]

* DOJ asks Texas to eliminate congressional seats held by Black and Latino Democrats. [Politico]

* It’s that fun time of the cycle where we learn how much partners make from the financial disclosure forms they’ve disclosed to become Trump officials. [National Law Journal]

* We’re watching in real time as the right-wing balance of power shifts from FedSoc to Vermeule. [Verfassungsblog]

* Biglaw wary of getting involved in the New York mayoral race after realizing every political instinct they have is wrong. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Kasowitz departures raise questions about the future. [American Lawyer]

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Not Saying You Did Anything Wrong, But It Does Look Weird: A foreign fund wants Weil to produce documents.

Don’t Call The Back-Down A Retreat!: The ABA President has an interesting characterization of their DEI efforts.

Justice Jackson Pens A Shadow Docket Dissent: Unlike the most of her colleagues, she thought about the law before she decided the government was “likely to succeed.”

On This Week’s Episode Of Thinking Like A Lawyer: A judge made a ruling based on a fake case!