{"id":139228,"date":"2025-12-18T06:22:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T14:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/12\/18\/morning-docket-12-18-25\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T06:22:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T14:22:03","slug":"morning-docket-12-18-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/12\/18\/morning-docket-12-18-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Docket: 12.18.25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>* As Trump administration braces for loss in tariff case, it\u2019s time to take stock of how unbelievably bad this administration is at \u201clawyering.\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2025\/12\/16\/trump-tariffs-supreme-court-defeat-messy-column-00691102\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Politico<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* United Airlines pilots claim company lost their 401(k) funds like they were luggage. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/corpcounsel\/2025\/12\/17\/united-airlines-pilots-charge-in-suit-that-carrier-botched-401k-oversight-costing-them-millions\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Corporate Counsel<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Delaware replaced Trump\u2019s cosplaying US Attorney without drama\u2026 yet. [<a href=\"https:\/\/whyy.org\/articles\/delaware-united-states-attorney-trump-replacement\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WHYY<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* \u201cIf AI is coming for junior lawyers\u2019 jobs, why does their pay keep going up?\u201d Occam\u2019s Razor remains undefeated as folks realize AI is <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/07\/andrew-yang-says-ai-is-replacing-biglaw-associates-which-is-great-news-for-malpractice-lawyers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">not remotely capable<\/a> of replacing junior lawyers. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/1d859a36-6251-4caa-9f8c-aeb35f1d628e\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Financial Times<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Lawyer finds new career as foodfluencer. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalcheek.com\/2025\/12\/ex-city-lawyer-who-quit-after-finishing-tc-amasses-1-million-followers-as-a-food-influencer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Legal Cheek<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Warner rejects Paramount bid as inferior. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/articles\/2420151\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Law360<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Practice management software market is growing like crazy. [<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/legal-practice-management-software-market-094100480.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yahoo Finance<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/12\/morning-docket-12-18-25\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Morning Docket: 12.18.25<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>* As Trump administration braces for loss in tariff case, it\u2019s time to take stock of how unbelievably bad this administration is at \u201clawyering.\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2025\/12\/16\/trump-tariffs-supreme-court-defeat-messy-column-00691102\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Politico<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* United Airlines pilots claim company lost their 401(k) funds like they were luggage. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/corpcounsel\/2025\/12\/17\/united-airlines-pilots-charge-in-suit-that-carrier-botched-401k-oversight-costing-them-millions\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Corporate Counsel<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Delaware replaced Trump\u2019s cosplaying US Attorney without drama\u2026 yet. [<a href=\"https:\/\/whyy.org\/articles\/delaware-united-states-attorney-trump-replacement\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WHYY<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* \u201cIf AI is coming for junior lawyers\u2019 jobs, why does their pay keep going up?\u201d Occam\u2019s Razor remains undefeated as folks realize AI is <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/07\/andrew-yang-says-ai-is-replacing-biglaw-associates-which-is-great-news-for-malpractice-lawyers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">not remotely capable<\/a> of replacing junior lawyers. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/1d859a36-6251-4caa-9f8c-aeb35f1d628e\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Financial Times<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Lawyer finds new career as foodfluencer. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalcheek.com\/2025\/12\/ex-city-lawyer-who-quit-after-finishing-tc-amasses-1-million-followers-as-a-food-influencer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Legal Cheek<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Warner rejects Paramount bid as inferior. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/articles\/2420151\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Law360<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Practice management software market is growing like crazy. [<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/legal-practice-management-software-market-094100480.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yahoo Finance<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* As Trump administration braces for loss in tariff case, it\u2019s time to take stock of how unbelievably bad this administration is at \u201clawyering.\u201d [Politico] * United Airlines pilots claim company lost their 401(k) funds like they were luggage. [Corporate Counsel] * Delaware replaced Trump\u2019s cosplaying US Attorney without drama\u2026 yet. 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