{"id":122677,"date":"2025-06-11T06:02:33","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T14:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/06\/11\/morning-docket-06-11-25\/"},"modified":"2025-06-11T06:02:33","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T14:02:33","slug":"morning-docket-06-11-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/06\/11\/morning-docket-06-11-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Docket: 06.11.25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>* Kirkland cuts diversity leader and staff in ongoing cowardice campaign. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/americanlawyer\/2025\/06\/11\/kirkland-cuts-inclusion-leader-and-dei-staff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">American Lawyer<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Elon Musk\u2019s Twitter strategy remains \u201cthreatening to sue anyone who doesn\u2019t give us money.\u201d It\u2019s been <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2024\/08\/elon-musk-says-advertisers-are-doing-the-rico-and-monopoly-if-they-dont-give-him-money\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">his play for a year now<\/a>, but he\u2019s getting a new assist from the FTC. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/business\/media\/x-twitter-ad-revenue-campaign-lawsuit-a882b5c6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">WSJ<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* ABA responds by ripping DOJ for <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/05\/doj-ditches-aba-judicial-vetting-because-being-qualified-is-too-woke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">shutting the group out of judicial nomination vetting<\/a>. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.courthousenews.com\/american-bar-association-skewers-doj-for-judicial-nominations-ice-out\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Courthouse News Service<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Federal Circuit keeps tariffs in place while Trump appeals decision that he has no authority to impose tariffs. This seems like an incentive structure that\u2019s sure to cause no problems down the road. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/articles\/2351591\/fed-circ-keeps-trump-tariffs-in-place-fast-tracks-appeal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Law360<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Senior CFPB official departs as administration trashes agency. [<a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/banking-law\/cfpbs-acting-enforcement-chief-departs-over-trump-attack\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Bloomberg Law News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Justice Department continues purge of employees who investigated Trump criminal activity. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/us-justice-department-fires-two-tied-trump-probes-people-familiar-say-2025-06-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Reuters<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Freshfields lawyers raise $30 million for AI business. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalcheek.com\/2025\/06\/ex-freshfields-lawyers-raise-30-million-for-ai-tech-business\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Legal Cheek<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/06\/morning-docket-06-11-25\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Morning Docket: 06.11.25<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>* Kirkland cuts diversity leader and staff in ongoing cowardice campaign. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/americanlawyer\/2025\/06\/11\/kirkland-cuts-inclusion-leader-and-dei-staff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">American Lawyer<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Elon Musk\u2019s Twitter strategy remains \u201cthreatening to sue anyone who doesn\u2019t give us money.\u201d It\u2019s been <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2024\/08\/elon-musk-says-advertisers-are-doing-the-rico-and-monopoly-if-they-dont-give-him-money\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">his play for a year now<\/a>, but he\u2019s getting a new assist from the FTC. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/business\/media\/x-twitter-ad-revenue-campaign-lawsuit-a882b5c6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">WSJ<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* ABA responds by ripping DOJ for <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/05\/doj-ditches-aba-judicial-vetting-because-being-qualified-is-too-woke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">shutting the group out of judicial nomination vetting<\/a>. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.courthousenews.com\/american-bar-association-skewers-doj-for-judicial-nominations-ice-out\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Courthouse News Service<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Federal Circuit keeps tariffs in place while Trump appeals decision that he has no authority to impose tariffs. This seems like an incentive structure that\u2019s sure to cause no problems down the road. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/articles\/2351591\/fed-circ-keeps-trump-tariffs-in-place-fast-tracks-appeal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Law360<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Senior CFPB official departs as administration trashes agency. [<a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/banking-law\/cfpbs-acting-enforcement-chief-departs-over-trump-attack\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Bloomberg Law News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Justice Department continues purge of employees who investigated Trump criminal activity. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/us-justice-department-fires-two-tied-trump-probes-people-familiar-say-2025-06-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Reuters<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Freshfields lawyers raise $30 million for AI business. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalcheek.com\/2025\/06\/ex-freshfields-lawyers-raise-30-million-for-ai-tech-business\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Legal Cheek<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* Kirkland cuts diversity leader and staff in ongoing cowardice campaign. [American Lawyer] * Elon Musk\u2019s Twitter strategy remains \u201cthreatening to sue anyone who doesn\u2019t give us money.\u201d It\u2019s been his play for a year now, but he\u2019s getting a new assist from the FTC. 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