{"id":115427,"date":"2025-04-18T07:04:51","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T15:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/04\/18\/morning-docket-04-18-25\/"},"modified":"2025-04-18T07:04:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T15:04:51","slug":"morning-docket-04-18-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/04\/18\/morning-docket-04-18-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Docket: 04.18.25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>* Facebook says it makes no sense to characterize their market as connecting friends and family. But being bad at your market doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s not your market. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/articles\/2324727\/sandberg-says-ftc-market-view-makes-no-sense-in-meta-case\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Law360<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Law schools move summer associate interviews up to May. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/legalindustry\/top-law-schools-move-up-summer-associate-job-interviews-may-june-2025-04-17\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Reuters<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* James Ho explains that district judges cannot go against the results of an election, a strongly held view he developed exactly three months ago. [<a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/us-law-week\/james-ho-knocks-trial-judge-who-blocked-venezuelan-deportations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Bloomberg Law News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Former DOJ lawyer involved in \u201cone of the largest kleptocracy schemes in history.\u201d As opposed to the current DOJ lawyers who are involved in the biggest right now. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/news\/article\/former-doj-lawyer-faces-disbarment-for-entanglement-in-one-of-the-largest-kleptocracy-schemes-in-history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">ABA Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* New front in trade war could make legal AI more expensive. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/legaltechnews\/2025\/04\/17\/will-legal-tech-face-an-ai-tax-in-burgeoning-trade-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Legaltech News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Lawyer founds firm after being mocked for being too nice. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollonfriday.com\/news-content\/exclusive-solicitor-founded-firm-after-he-was-ridiculed-being-too-nice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Roll on Friday<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Social media age verification law blocked because\u2026 well, because it\u2019s not remotely constitutional. [<a href=\"https:\/\/ohiocapitaljournal.com\/2025\/04\/18\/ohio-judge-permanently-blocks-social-media-age-verification-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Ohio Capital Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/04\/morning-docket-04-18-25\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Morning Docket: 04.18.25<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>* Facebook says it makes no sense to characterize their market as connecting friends and family. But being bad at your market doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s not your market. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/articles\/2324727\/sandberg-says-ftc-market-view-makes-no-sense-in-meta-case\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Law360<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Law schools move summer associate interviews up to May. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/legalindustry\/top-law-schools-move-up-summer-associate-job-interviews-may-june-2025-04-17\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Reuters<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* James Ho explains that district judges cannot go against the results of an election, a strongly held view he developed exactly three months ago. [<a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/us-law-week\/james-ho-knocks-trial-judge-who-blocked-venezuelan-deportations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Bloomberg Law News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Former DOJ lawyer involved in \u201cone of the largest kleptocracy schemes in history.\u201d As opposed to the current DOJ lawyers who are involved in the biggest right now. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/news\/article\/former-doj-lawyer-faces-disbarment-for-entanglement-in-one-of-the-largest-kleptocracy-schemes-in-history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">ABA Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* New front in trade war could make legal AI more expensive. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/legaltechnews\/2025\/04\/17\/will-legal-tech-face-an-ai-tax-in-burgeoning-trade-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Legaltech News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Lawyer founds firm after being mocked for being too nice. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollonfriday.com\/news-content\/exclusive-solicitor-founded-firm-after-he-was-ridiculed-being-too-nice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Roll on Friday<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Social media age verification law blocked because\u2026 well, because it\u2019s not remotely constitutional. [<a href=\"https:\/\/ohiocapitaljournal.com\/2025\/04\/18\/ohio-judge-permanently-blocks-social-media-age-verification-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Ohio Capital Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* Facebook says it makes no sense to characterize their market as connecting friends and family. But being bad at your market doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s not your market. [Law360] * Law schools move summer associate interviews up to May. 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