{"id":128960,"date":"2025-07-31T05:40:37","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T13:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/07\/31\/morning-docket-07-31-25\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T05:40:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T13:40:37","slug":"morning-docket-07-31-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/07\/31\/morning-docket-07-31-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Docket: 07.31.25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>* Biglaw backs away from pro bono causes to avoid Trump ire. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/investigations\/trumps-war-big-law-leads-firms-retreat-pro-bono-work-underdogs-2025-07-31\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Florida bashes ABA as \u201cwoke\u201d for persisting in its belief in this whole \u201cconstitutionality\u201d thing. [<a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/litigation\/florida-ag-blasts-woke-aba-and-pushes-for-new-legal-accreditor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg Law News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Music\u2019s top lawyers profiled. [<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/lists\/music-legal-elite-2025-attorneys-beyonce-shaboozey-weird-al\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Variety<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* NSA\u2019s GC fired. Cool. That seems like the sort of organization that doesn\u2019t need legal oversight! [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/07\/29\/nsas-top-lawyer-ousted-00482687\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Politico<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Alec Baldwin\u2019s malicious prosecution case dismissed. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/new-mexico-judge-dismisses-alec-baldwins-malicious-prosecution-suit-rust-case-2025-07-31\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* NFTs can be trademarked. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/articles\/2370591\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Law360<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Emil Bove got more notoriety, but don\u2019t sleep on the rest of Trump\u2019s appellate nominees as lawless thugs too. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/nationallawjournal\/2025\/07\/30\/9th-circuit-pick-pressed-on-originalism-comment-constitutionality-of-same-sex-marriage\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">National Law Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Liberal group opens law firm to deal with Trump. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/07\/31\/evergreen-legal-litigation-comms\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Axios<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/07\/morning-docket-07-31-25\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Morning Docket: 07.31.25<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>* Biglaw backs away from pro bono causes to avoid Trump ire. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/investigations\/trumps-war-big-law-leads-firms-retreat-pro-bono-work-underdogs-2025-07-31\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Florida bashes ABA as \u201cwoke\u201d for persisting in its belief in this whole \u201cconstitutionality\u201d thing. [<a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/litigation\/florida-ag-blasts-woke-aba-and-pushes-for-new-legal-accreditor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg Law News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Music\u2019s top lawyers profiled. [<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/lists\/music-legal-elite-2025-attorneys-beyonce-shaboozey-weird-al\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Variety<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* NSA\u2019s GC fired. Cool. That seems like the sort of organization that doesn\u2019t need legal oversight! [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/07\/29\/nsas-top-lawyer-ousted-00482687\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Politico<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Alec Baldwin\u2019s malicious prosecution case dismissed. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/new-mexico-judge-dismisses-alec-baldwins-malicious-prosecution-suit-rust-case-2025-07-31\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* NFTs can be trademarked. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/articles\/2370591\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Law360<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Emil Bove got more notoriety, but don\u2019t sleep on the rest of Trump\u2019s appellate nominees as lawless thugs too. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/nationallawjournal\/2025\/07\/30\/9th-circuit-pick-pressed-on-originalism-comment-constitutionality-of-same-sex-marriage\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">National Law Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Liberal group opens law firm to deal with Trump. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/07\/31\/evergreen-legal-litigation-comms\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Axios<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/07\/morning-docket-07-31-25\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Morning Docket: 07.31.25<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* Biglaw backs away from pro bono causes to avoid Trump ire. [Reuters] * Florida bashes ABA as \u201cwoke\u201d for persisting in its belief in this whole \u201cconstitutionality\u201d thing. [Bloomberg Law News] * Music\u2019s top lawyers profiled. [Variety] * NSA\u2019s GC fired. Cool. That seems like the sort of organization that doesn\u2019t need legal oversight! 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