{"id":102008,"date":"2025-01-28T09:02:46","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T17:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/01\/28\/morning-docket-01-28-25-2\/"},"modified":"2025-01-28T09:02:46","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T17:02:46","slug":"morning-docket-01-28-25-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/01\/28\/morning-docket-01-28-25-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Docket: 01.28.25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>* Administration fires career DOJ lawyers who worked on Trump cases, claiming that the non-partisan attorneys \u201ccould not be trusted\u201d because they weren\u2019t down with private citizens stealing nuclear codes. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/trump-appointed-prosecutor-opens-internal-review-justice-depts-jan-6-cases-wsj-2025-01-27\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Reuters<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Reese Witherspoon served on a jury and everyone was convinced Elle Woods was real. America is cooked. [<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/film\/news\/reese-witherspoon-mistaken-lawyer-jurors-legally-blonde-1236287260\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Variety<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Tom Goldstein pleads not guilty. Released on bond secured by his residence\u2026 a residence that is implicated in the loan fraud part of the complaint. [<a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/litigation\/tom-goldstein-of-scotusblog-fame-pleads-not-guilty-to-tax-crimes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Bloomberg Law News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Law firm halts trading of its shares as internal management remains a mess. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/24b2a995-7eb1-4a22-9d65-be5e77a1aad6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Financial Times<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* White House considering \u201cGod Squad\u201d loophole allowing cabinet officials to exempt individual actions from species regulations. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/28\/climate\/trump-endangered-species-god-squad.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">NY Times<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* State AGs threaten legal action against Costco after private corporation\u2019s shareholders nix measure to reject diversity commitment. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/costco-under-fire-states-trump-dei-policies-terminate-2021863\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Newsweek<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Biglaw struggles with partner pay as the top rainmakers blow the roof off the model. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/americanlawyer\/2025\/01\/28\/law-firms-are-struggling-with-partner-pay-segmentation-as-top-rainmakers-bring-in-more-revenue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">American Lawyer<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/01\/morning-docket-01-28-25\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Morning Docket: 01.28.25<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>* Administration fires career DOJ lawyers who worked on Trump cases, claiming that the non-partisan attorneys \u201ccould not be trusted\u201d because they weren\u2019t down with private citizens stealing nuclear codes. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/trump-appointed-prosecutor-opens-internal-review-justice-depts-jan-6-cases-wsj-2025-01-27\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Reuters<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Reese Witherspoon served on a jury and everyone was convinced Elle Woods was real. America is cooked. [<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/film\/news\/reese-witherspoon-mistaken-lawyer-jurors-legally-blonde-1236287260\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Variety<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Tom Goldstein pleads not guilty. Released on bond secured by his residence\u2026 a residence that is implicated in the loan fraud part of the complaint. [<a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/litigation\/tom-goldstein-of-scotusblog-fame-pleads-not-guilty-to-tax-crimes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Bloomberg Law News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Law firm halts trading of its shares as internal management remains a mess. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/24b2a995-7eb1-4a22-9d65-be5e77a1aad6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Financial Times<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* White House considering \u201cGod Squad\u201d loophole allowing cabinet officials to exempt individual actions from species regulations. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/28\/climate\/trump-endangered-species-god-squad.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">NY Times<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* State AGs threaten legal action against Costco after private corporation\u2019s shareholders nix measure to reject diversity commitment. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/costco-under-fire-states-trump-dei-policies-terminate-2021863\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Newsweek<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Biglaw struggles with partner pay as the top rainmakers blow the roof off the model. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/americanlawyer\/2025\/01\/28\/law-firms-are-struggling-with-partner-pay-segmentation-as-top-rainmakers-bring-in-more-revenue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">American Lawyer<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* Administration fires career DOJ lawyers who worked on Trump cases, claiming that the non-partisan attorneys \u201ccould not be trusted\u201d because they weren\u2019t down with private citizens stealing nuclear codes. [Reuters] * Reese Witherspoon served on a jury and everyone was convinced Elle Woods was real. America is cooked. 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