{"id":135661,"date":"2025-10-23T05:40:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T13:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/10\/23\/morning-docket-10-23-25\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T05:40:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T13:40:20","slug":"morning-docket-10-23-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/10\/23\/morning-docket-10-23-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Docket: 10.23.25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>* AI is speeding up M&amp;A deals by harnessing the power of algorithms to rewrite the same sentence 50 times only to arrive back at the same boilerplate. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theinformation.com\/articles\/ai-speeding-m-deals-says-latham\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Information<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Reddit sues Perplexity over scraped data claims. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/articles\/2402667\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Law360<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* David Lat advises young Biglaw lawyers to treat it as a long-term career, even if they\u2019re already eyeing the exit. [<a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/tech-and-telecom-law\/big-law-offers-some-big-opportunities-so-make-the-most-of-them\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg Law News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Law firm works to get Halloween costumes for kids who can\u2019t afford them. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/web\/article\/no-tricks-from-this-legal-team-which-provides-kids-with-halloween-costumes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABA Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* UVA makes deal with Trump administration. Just the sort of coerced compliance with the federal government that founder Thomas Jefferson would\u2019ve wanted! [<a href=\"https:\/\/prawfsblawg.com\/uva-falls\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Prawfsblawg<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Kim Davis thinks Thomas opinions and Barrett book support her chances to overturn <em>Obergefell<\/em>\u2026 which is not wrong, but we\u2019re going to keep being told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/10\/09\/politics\/anthony-kennedy-obergefell-same-sex-marriage-adoption-supreme-court-overturn\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">not to worry<\/a> anyway. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/deadline-white-house\/deadline-legal-blog\/kim-davis-obergefell-precedent-rcna239172\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MSNBC<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Michael Wolff sues Melania Trump after her lawyers threatened to sue him. [<a href=\"https:\/\/courthousenews.com\/michael-wolff-sues-melania-trump-to-stave-off-billion-dollar-libel-threat-over-epstein-claims\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Courthouse News Service<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* In honor of the 80th anniversary of the Nuremberg trials, the Smithsonian profiles Justice Robert Jackson. Catch it now, before the administration tells the Smithsonian to stop focusing on \u201chow bad Nazis were.\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/history\/nuremburg-world-war-ii-battle-turned-courtroom-eloquent-lawyer-lead-allies-victory-180987465\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Smithsonian<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/10\/morning-docket-10-23-25\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Morning Docket: 10.23.25<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>* AI is speeding up M&amp;A deals by harnessing the power of algorithms to rewrite the same sentence 50 times only to arrive back at the same boilerplate. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theinformation.com\/articles\/ai-speeding-m-deals-says-latham\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Information<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Reddit sues Perplexity over scraped data claims. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/articles\/2402667\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Law360<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* David Lat advises young Biglaw lawyers to treat it as a long-term career, even if they\u2019re already eyeing the exit. [<a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/tech-and-telecom-law\/big-law-offers-some-big-opportunities-so-make-the-most-of-them\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg Law News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Law firm works to get Halloween costumes for kids who can\u2019t afford them. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/web\/article\/no-tricks-from-this-legal-team-which-provides-kids-with-halloween-costumes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABA Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* UVA makes deal with Trump administration. Just the sort of coerced compliance with the federal government that founder Thomas Jefferson would\u2019ve wanted! [<a href=\"https:\/\/prawfsblawg.com\/uva-falls\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Prawfsblawg<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Kim Davis thinks Thomas opinions and Barrett book support her chances to overturn <em>Obergefell<\/em>\u2026 which is not wrong, but we\u2019re going to keep being told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/10\/09\/politics\/anthony-kennedy-obergefell-same-sex-marriage-adoption-supreme-court-overturn\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">not to worry<\/a> anyway. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/deadline-white-house\/deadline-legal-blog\/kim-davis-obergefell-precedent-rcna239172\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MSNBC<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Michael Wolff sues Melania Trump after her lawyers threatened to sue him. [<a href=\"https:\/\/courthousenews.com\/michael-wolff-sues-melania-trump-to-stave-off-billion-dollar-libel-threat-over-epstein-claims\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Courthouse News Service<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* In honor of the 80th anniversary of the Nuremberg trials, the Smithsonian profiles Justice Robert Jackson. Catch it now, before the administration tells the Smithsonian to stop focusing on \u201chow bad Nazis were.\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/history\/nuremburg-world-war-ii-battle-turned-courtroom-eloquent-lawyer-lead-allies-victory-180987465\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Smithsonian<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* AI is speeding up M&amp;A deals by harnessing the power of algorithms to rewrite the same sentence 50 times only to arrive back at the same boilerplate. [The Information] * Reddit sues Perplexity over scraped data claims. 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