{"id":130253,"date":"2025-08-12T05:01:56","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T13:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/08\/12\/morning-docket-08-12-25\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T05:01:56","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T13:01:56","slug":"morning-docket-08-12-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/08\/12\/morning-docket-08-12-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Docket: 08.12.25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>* Taft and Morris Manning announced merger. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/articles\/2375485\/taft-morris-manning-unveil-merger-plans\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Law360<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2020\/09\/shocking-no-one-aba-thinks-biglaw-associate-not-ready-for-federal-bench\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Unqualified judge\u2019s<\/a> husband putting his groomsman in charge of enforcing white collar crime. In case you wanted to track what happens when the dumbest people imaginable have power. [<a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/us-law-week\/dojs-mizelle-said-to-push-his-groomsman-for-white-collar-post\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg Law News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* ABA adopts resolution against assault on rule of law. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/government\/american-bar-association-adopts-resolution-against-trumps-law-firm-crackdown-2025-08-11\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Harvard lawyer greases wheels of fascism. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/08\/11\/us\/politics\/harvard-trump-may-mailman.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Times<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Anthropic\u2019s IP case carries on. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/therecorder\/2025\/08\/11\/anthropics-request-to-pause-federal-copyright-case-pending-appeal-is-rejected\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Recorder<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Hold the phone! The Supreme Court is taking cases based on politics?!? [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/nationallawjournal\/2025\/08\/11\/for-hopeful-supreme-court-litigants-it-helps-to-have-friendsand-lots-of-them\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">National Law Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/08\/morning-docket-08-12-25\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Morning Docket: 08.12.25<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>* Taft and Morris Manning announced merger. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/articles\/2375485\/taft-morris-manning-unveil-merger-plans\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Law360<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2020\/09\/shocking-no-one-aba-thinks-biglaw-associate-not-ready-for-federal-bench\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Unqualified judge\u2019s<\/a> husband putting his groomsman in charge of enforcing white collar crime. In case you wanted to track what happens when the dumbest people imaginable have power. [<a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/us-law-week\/dojs-mizelle-said-to-push-his-groomsman-for-white-collar-post\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg Law News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* ABA adopts resolution against assault on rule of law. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/government\/american-bar-association-adopts-resolution-against-trumps-law-firm-crackdown-2025-08-11\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Harvard lawyer greases wheels of fascism. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/08\/11\/us\/politics\/harvard-trump-may-mailman.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Times<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Anthropic\u2019s IP case carries on. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/therecorder\/2025\/08\/11\/anthropics-request-to-pause-federal-copyright-case-pending-appeal-is-rejected\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Recorder<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Hold the phone! The Supreme Court is taking cases based on politics?!? [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/nationallawjournal\/2025\/08\/11\/for-hopeful-supreme-court-litigants-it-helps-to-have-friendsand-lots-of-them\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">National Law Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* Taft and Morris Manning announced merger. [Law360] * Unqualified judge\u2019s husband putting his groomsman in charge of enforcing white collar crime. In case you wanted to track what happens when the dumbest people imaginable have power. [Bloomberg Law News] * ABA adopts resolution against assault on rule of law. 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