{"id":107828,"date":"2025-02-06T07:49:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T15:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/02\/06\/morning-docket-02-06-25\/"},"modified":"2025-02-06T07:49:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T15:49:00","slug":"morning-docket-02-06-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/02\/06\/morning-docket-02-06-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Docket: 02.06.25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>* Musk-Trump \u201cearly retirement\u201d deal includes waiver of any rights to bring a suit about the contract itself. Making it less a contract than an invitation to get scammed. [<a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/daily-labor-report\/federal-workers-who-take-trumps-exit-deal-face-legal-dilemma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Bloomberg Law News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Private equity has bought a law firm\u2026 what could possibly go wrong? [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.artificiallawyer.com\/2025\/02\/06\/private-equity-buys-a-law-firm-what-next\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Artificial Lawyer<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Birthright citizenship order blocked again. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/second-us-judge-blocks-trumps-birthright-citizenship-order-2025-02-05\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Reuters<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* You may not know the name Judge Frank Caprio, but you\u2019ve seen his work through social media as America\u2019s nicest judge [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/columns\/article\/an-interview-with-frank-caprio-americas-nicest-judge-just-ask-his-20-million-followers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">ABA Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Pam Bondi orders DOJ to figure out ways to prosecute private companies for recruiting women and minorities. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/pam-bondi-instructs-trump-doj-023036827.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Yahoo<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Former enforcement head worries that the administration could chill SEC action. Yeah, that\u2019s kind of the point.[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/articles\/2293637\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Law360<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* \u201cLawyer who backed Trump on Jan. 6 helped push birthright citizenship ban\u201d\u2026 not sure \u201clawyer\u201d applies to John Eastman right now. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/immigration\/2025\/02\/05\/birthright-citizenship-lawyer-trump-jan-6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Washington Post<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Bryan Cave opening two Saudi offices. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/americanlawyer\/2025\/02\/06\/bclp-joins-saudi-legal-market-with-plans-to-open-two-offices\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">American Lawyer<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/02\/morning-docket-02-06-25\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Morning Docket: 02.06.25<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>* Musk-Trump \u201cearly retirement\u201d deal includes waiver of any rights to bring a suit about the contract itself. Making it less a contract than an invitation to get scammed. [<a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/daily-labor-report\/federal-workers-who-take-trumps-exit-deal-face-legal-dilemma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Bloomberg Law News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Private equity has bought a law firm\u2026 what could possibly go wrong? [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.artificiallawyer.com\/2025\/02\/06\/private-equity-buys-a-law-firm-what-next\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Artificial Lawyer<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Birthright citizenship order blocked again. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/second-us-judge-blocks-trumps-birthright-citizenship-order-2025-02-05\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Reuters<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* You may not know the name Judge Frank Caprio, but you\u2019ve seen his work through social media as America\u2019s nicest judge [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/columns\/article\/an-interview-with-frank-caprio-americas-nicest-judge-just-ask-his-20-million-followers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">ABA Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Pam Bondi order DOJ to figure out ways to prosecute private companies for recruiting women and minorities. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/pam-bondi-instructs-trump-doj-023036827.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Yahoo<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Former enforcement head worries that the administration could chill SEC action. Yeah, that\u2019s kind of the point.[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/articles\/2293637\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Law360<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* \u201cLawyer who backed Trump on Jan. 6 helped push birthright citizenship ban\u201d\u2026 not sure \u201clawyer\u201d applies to John Eastman right now. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/immigration\/2025\/02\/05\/birthright-citizenship-lawyer-trump-jan-6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Washington Post<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Bryan Cave opening two Saudi offices. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/americanlawyer\/2025\/02\/06\/bclp-joins-saudi-legal-market-with-plans-to-open-two-offices\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">American Lawyer<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* Musk-Trump \u201cearly retirement\u201d deal includes waiver of any rights to bring a suit about the contract itself. Making it less a contract than an invitation to get scammed. [Bloomberg Law News] * Private equity has bought a law firm\u2026 what could possibly go wrong? [Artificial Lawyer] * Birthright citizenship order blocked again. 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