{"id":117779,"date":"2025-05-05T10:03:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T18:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/05\/05\/morning-docket-05-05-25\/"},"modified":"2025-05-05T10:03:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T18:03:10","slug":"morning-docket-05-05-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/05\/05\/morning-docket-05-05-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Docket: 05.05.25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>* Donald Trump goes back to a familiar well for the first judicial nomination of his second term. [<a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/us-law-week\/trump-returns-to-red-state-appeals-lawyers-to-fill-judgeships\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg Law<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Trade wars are big business for Biglaw. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/government\/trade-war-boosted-law-firm-demand-early-2025-challenges-lie-ahead-report-says-2025-05-05\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Turns out the federal judiciary is not a big fan of the slipshod work coming out of the Department of Justice right now. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2025\/05\/04\/trump-policies-lawyers-court-judges-unimpressed\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Post<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Antitrust victory for Big Pharma looks questionable in the Second Circuit. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/articles\/2333261\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Law360<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Donald Trump\u2019s war onBiglaw complicates the American branding for British firms. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/americanlawyer\/2025\/05\/05\/firms-like-freshfields-and-ao-shearman-shouldnt-go-completely-american\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Law.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Goodbye administrative state! Republicans moving forward with REINS Act. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/05\/05\/conservative-republicans-reins-act-budget-reconciliation-00319030\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Politico<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Grifters gotta grift. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/05\/us\/politics\/eric-donald-jr-trump-family-deals.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Times<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/05\/morning-docket-05-05-25\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Morning Docket: 05.05.25<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>* Donald Trump goes back to a familiar well for the first judicial nomination of his second term. [<a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/us-law-week\/trump-returns-to-red-state-appeals-lawyers-to-fill-judgeships\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg Law<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Trade wars are big business for Biglaw. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/government\/trade-war-boosted-law-firm-demand-early-2025-challenges-lie-ahead-report-says-2025-05-05\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Turns out the federal judiciary is not a big fan of the slipshod work coming out of the Department of Justice right now. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2025\/05\/04\/trump-policies-lawyers-court-judges-unimpressed\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Post<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Antitrust victory for Big Pharma looks questionable in the Second Circuit. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/articles\/2333261\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Law360<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Donald Trump\u2019s war onBiglaw complicates the American branding for British firms. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/americanlawyer\/2025\/05\/05\/firms-like-freshfields-and-ao-shearman-shouldnt-go-completely-american\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Law.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Goodbye administrative state! Republicans moving forward with REINS Act. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/05\/05\/conservative-republicans-reins-act-budget-reconciliation-00319030\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Politico<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Grifters gotta grift. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/05\/us\/politics\/eric-donald-jr-trump-family-deals.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Times<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* Donald Trump goes back to a familiar well for the first judicial nomination of his second term. [Bloomberg Law] * Trade wars are big business for Biglaw. [Reuters] * Turns out the federal judiciary is not a big fan of the slipshod work coming out of the Department of Justice right now. 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