{"id":118134,"date":"2025-05-07T07:02:49","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T15:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/05\/07\/morning-docket-05-07-25\/"},"modified":"2025-05-07T07:02:49","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T15:02:49","slug":"morning-docket-05-07-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/05\/07\/morning-docket-05-07-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Docket: 05.07.25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>* Surrendering law firms shocked to learn that Trump was going to alter their deals. We <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/04\/pray-i-dont-alter-it-any-further-what-darth-vader-should-teach-law-firms-about-settling-with-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">explained this all along<\/a>, but in fancier political science jargon, they played a prisoners\u2019 dilemma game with an \u201cuntrustworthy jailer.\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/06\/world\/europe\/trump-law-firm-universities.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">New York Times<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Lawyers charging $1 million to pitch pardon deals to Trump. Real \u201claw and order\u201d vibes. [<a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/business-and-practice\/lawyers-are-quoting-1-million-in-fees-to-get-pardons-to-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Bloomberg Law News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Trump\u2019s inability to stick to a script spelled doom for his Perkins Coie fight. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/how-trumps-own-words-helped-him-lose-fight-with-law-firm-perkins-coie-2025-05-06\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Reuters<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Weight Watchers enters Chapter 11 to trim the fat. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/articles\/2336511\/weightwatchers-files-ch-11-to-eliminate-1-15b-of-debt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Law360<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* In-house and HR teams put to the test by Trump administration chaos. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/corpcounsel\/2025\/05\/07\/dei-immigration-policy-shifts-putting-legal-hr-teams-to-the-test\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Corporate Counsel<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Senator wants probe into pizza deliveries intended to intimidate judges. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/syndicated\/article\/sen-durbin-wants-doj-to-probe-anonymous-pizza-deliveries-to-judges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">ABA Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Geragos rebuked by judge after calling prosecutors in Diddy case a \u201csix-pack of white women.\u201d Which is going to be an awesome throwback 90s girl punk band name. [<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/05\/06\/us-news\/diddys-lawyer-slammed-by-judge-for-calling-prosecutors-a-six-pack-of-white-women\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">NY Post<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/05\/morning-docket-05-07-25\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Morning Docket: 05.07.25<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>* Surrendering law firms shocked to learn that Trump was going to alter their deals. We <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/04\/pray-i-dont-alter-it-any-further-what-darth-vader-should-teach-law-firms-about-settling-with-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">explained this all along<\/a>, but in fancier political science jargon, they played a prisoners\u2019 dilemma game with an \u201cuntrustworthy jailer.\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/06\/world\/europe\/trump-law-firm-universities.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">New York Times<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Lawyers charging $1 million to pitch pardon deals to Trump. Real \u201claw and order\u201d vibes. [<a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/business-and-practice\/lawyers-are-quoting-1-million-in-fees-to-get-pardons-to-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Bloomberg Law News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Trump\u2019s inability to stick to a script spelled doom for his Perkins Coie fight. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/how-trumps-own-words-helped-him-lose-fight-with-law-firm-perkins-coie-2025-05-06\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Reuters<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Weight Watchers enters Chapter 11 to trim the fat. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/articles\/2336511\/weightwatchers-files-ch-11-to-eliminate-1-15b-of-debt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Law360<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* In-house and HR teams put to the test by Trump administration chaos. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/corpcounsel\/2025\/05\/07\/dei-immigration-policy-shifts-putting-legal-hr-teams-to-the-test\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Corporate Counsel<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Senator wants probe into pizza deliveries intended to intimidate judges. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/syndicated\/article\/sen-durbin-wants-doj-to-probe-anonymous-pizza-deliveries-to-judges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">ABA Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Geragos rebuked by judge after calling prosecutors in Diddy case a \u201csix-pack of white women.\u201d Which is going to be an awesome throwback 90s girl punk band name. [<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/05\/06\/us-news\/diddys-lawyer-slammed-by-judge-for-calling-prosecutors-a-six-pack-of-white-women\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">NY Post<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* Surrendering law firms shocked to learn that Trump was going to alter their deals. We explained this all along, but in fancier political science jargon, they played a prisoners\u2019 dilemma game with an \u201cuntrustworthy jailer.\u201d [New York Times] * Lawyers charging $1 million to pitch pardon deals to Trump. Real \u201claw and order\u201d vibes. 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