{"id":124432,"date":"2025-06-27T05:13:35","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T13:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/06\/27\/morning-docket-06-27-25\/"},"modified":"2025-06-27T05:13:35","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T13:13:35","slug":"morning-docket-06-27-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/06\/27\/morning-docket-06-27-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Docket: 06.27.25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>* McDermott &amp; Schulte approve merger. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/articles\/2358223\/mcdermott-schulte-roth-vote-to-approve-2-8b-merger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Law360<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Looming deadline in Perkins Coie case may signal if the DOJ sees any path forward. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/nationallawjournal\/2025\/06\/26\/as-deadline-approaches-in-perkins-coie-case-dojs-next-move-may-signal-approach-for-other-law-firms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">National Law Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Former Justice Anthony Kennedy says \u201cdemocracy is at risk.\u201d Yeah, buddy, and whose fault is that? [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/06\/26\/anthony-kennedy-democracy-judiciary-threats-00427714\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Politico<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* \u201cVeteran DOJ Watchdog\u2019s Exit Spurs Fears of Lax Trump Oversight.\u201d Spurs? [<a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/us-law-week\/veteran-doj-watchdogs-exit-spurs-fears-of-lax-trump-oversight\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg Law News<\/a>] <\/p>\n<p>* Justice Department to harass the University of California over hiring practices. Their faculty is 77 percent white or Asian and has a higher proportion of white people than the state does but\u2026 sure. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/litigation\/us-justice-dept-probe-hiring-practices-university-california-2025-06-26\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Reuters<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Lawyer accused of hitting Fat Joe\u2019s process server with car. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/news\/article\/lawyer-is-accused-of-hitting-process-server-with-his-car\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABA Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Ken Chesebro disbarred. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/former-trump-lawyer-kenneth-chesebro-disbarred-new-york-2020-election-rcna215425\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBC News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/06\/morning-docket-06-27-25\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Morning Docket: 06.27.25<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>* McDermott &amp; Schulte approve merger. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/articles\/2358223\/mcdermott-schulte-roth-vote-to-approve-2-8b-merger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Law360<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Looming deadline in Perkins Coie case may signal if the DOJ sees any path forward. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/nationallawjournal\/2025\/06\/26\/as-deadline-approaches-in-perkins-coie-case-dojs-next-move-may-signal-approach-for-other-law-firms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">National Law Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Former Justice Anthony Kennedy says \u201cdemocracy is at risk.\u201d Yeah, buddy, and whose fault is that? [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/06\/26\/anthony-kennedy-democracy-judiciary-threats-00427714\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Politico<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* \u201cVeteran DOJ Watchdog\u2019s Exit Spurs Fears of Lax Trump Oversight.\u201d Spurs? [<a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/us-law-week\/veteran-doj-watchdogs-exit-spurs-fears-of-lax-trump-oversight\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg Law News<\/a>] <\/p>\n<p>* Justice Department to harass the University of California over hiring practices. Their faculty is 77 percent white or Asian and has a higher proportion of white people than the state does but\u2026 sure. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/litigation\/us-justice-dept-probe-hiring-practices-university-california-2025-06-26\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Reuters<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Lawyer accused of hitting Fat Joe\u2019s process server with car. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/news\/article\/lawyer-is-accused-of-hitting-process-server-with-his-car\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABA Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Ken Chesebro disbarred. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/former-trump-lawyer-kenneth-chesebro-disbarred-new-york-2020-election-rcna215425\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBC News<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* McDermott &amp; Schulte approve merger. [Law360] * Looming deadline in Perkins Coie case may signal if the DOJ sees any path forward. [National Law Journal] * Former Justice Anthony Kennedy says \u201cdemocracy is at risk.\u201d Yeah, buddy, and whose fault is that? [Politico] * \u201cVeteran DOJ Watchdog\u2019s Exit Spurs Fears of Lax Trump Oversight.\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":124433,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xira.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/legal-tech-merger-legal-technology-merge-combine-TUCziZ.jpeg?fit=748%2C467&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124432\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}