{"id":137246,"date":"2025-11-21T07:12:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T15:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/11\/21\/morning-docket-11-21-25\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T07:12:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T15:12:47","slug":"morning-docket-11-21-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/11\/21\/morning-docket-11-21-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Docket: 11.21.25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>* Elon Musk ends his <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2023\/07\/elon-musk-sues-wachtell-for-being-better-lawyers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">lawsuit against Wachtell<\/a>. Wachtell stresses that no settlement was involved. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/government\/musks-x-ends-90-million-lawsuit-against-law-firm-wachtell-2025-11-20\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Lawyer who turned in brief with AI hallucinations genuinely didn\u2019t realize using Microsoft Copilot for writing and grammar would also lead it to make up new cases. Clippy is out of control. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/news\/article\/buchalter-escapes-sanction-after-associate-who-used-ai-for-wordsmithing-takes-blame-for-hallucinations\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABA Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Here\u2019s an article about Judge Jerry Smith\u2019s dissent that sanewashes an unhinged opinion. Compare and contrast <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/11\/judge-jerry-smiths-soros-fueled-tantrum-is-the-wildest-thing-youll-read-this-week\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">with this account<\/a> that links to the actual opinion and quotes from it heavily. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/nationallawjournal\/2025\/11\/20\/in-scathing-dissent-judge-says-colleagues-cut-him-from-deliberative-process-\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">National Law Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* It\u2019s time to start blaming John Roberts for all of this. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/politics\/2025\/11\/john-roberts-donald-trump-supreme-court\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mother Jones<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* DC troop deployment found illegal, several months after the fact. [<a href=\"https:\/\/courthousenews.com\/federal-judge-finds-trumps-deployment-of-national-guard-in-dc-unlawful\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Courthouse News Service<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* CFPB\u2019s slow death continues. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/articles\/2413999\/cfpb-will-shift-remaining-lawsuits-over-to-doj\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Law360<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Former state House speaker loses law license. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/chicago\/news\/former-illinois-house-speaker-mike-madigan-disbarred\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CBS<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/11\/morning-docket-11-21-25\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Morning Docket: 11.21.25<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>* Elon Musk ends his <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2023\/07\/elon-musk-sues-wachtell-for-being-better-lawyers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">lawsuit against Wachtell<\/a>. Wachtell stresses that no settlement was involved. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/government\/musks-x-ends-90-million-lawsuit-against-law-firm-wachtell-2025-11-20\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Lawyer who turned in brief with AI hallucinations genuinely didn\u2019t realize using Microsoft Copilot for writing and grammar would also lead it to make up new cases. Clippy is out of control. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/news\/article\/buchalter-escapes-sanction-after-associate-who-used-ai-for-wordsmithing-takes-blame-for-hallucinations\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABA Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Here\u2019s an article about Judge Jerry Smith\u2019s dissent that sanewashes an unhinged opinion. Compare and contrast <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/11\/judge-jerry-smiths-soros-fueled-tantrum-is-the-wildest-thing-youll-read-this-week\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">with this account<\/a> that links to the actual opinion and quotes from it heavily. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/nationallawjournal\/2025\/11\/20\/in-scathing-dissent-judge-says-colleagues-cut-him-from-deliberative-process-\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">National Law Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* It\u2019s time to start blaming John Roberts for all of this. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/politics\/2025\/11\/john-roberts-donald-trump-supreme-court\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mother Jones<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* DC troop deployment found illegal, several months after the fact. [<a href=\"https:\/\/courthousenews.com\/federal-judge-finds-trumps-deployment-of-national-guard-in-dc-unlawful\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Courthouse News Service<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* CFPB\u2019s slow death continues. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/articles\/2413999\/cfpb-will-shift-remaining-lawsuits-over-to-doj\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Law360<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Former state House speaker loses law license. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/chicago\/news\/former-illinois-house-speaker-mike-madigan-disbarred\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CBS<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* Elon Musk ends his lawsuit against Wachtell. Wachtell stresses that no settlement was involved. [Reuters] * Lawyer who turned in brief with AI hallucinations genuinely didn\u2019t realize using Microsoft Copilot for writing and grammar would also lead it to make up new cases. Clippy is out of control. 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