{"id":98415,"date":"2024-12-23T06:02:34","date_gmt":"2024-12-23T14:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2024\/12\/23\/morning-docket-12-23-24\/"},"modified":"2024-12-23T06:02:34","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T14:02:34","slug":"morning-docket-12-23-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2024\/12\/23\/morning-docket-12-23-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Docket: 12.23.24"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>* You&#8217;re not imagining it&#8230; a lot of firms still haven&#8217;t announced bonuses. [National Law Journal]<br \/>\n* Another federal judge in Texas recuses from Elon&#8217;s &#8220;it&#8217;s illegal for advertisers not to give me money&#8221; lawsuit. [Reuters]<br \/>\n* ABA Prez argues that electronic messages from lawyers to inmates should be covered by attorney-client privilege. [ABA Journal]<br \/>\n* ACLU says prisons are holding people past their release date. [NY Times]<br \/>\n* Why hire one lateral partner when you can hire the whole group? [American Lawyer]<br \/>\n* Biden will exceed Trump&#8217;s record for judicial appointments by one after trading some key circuit nominations for a path to confirm more district judges. [Law360]<br \/>\n* But his collection of confirmations were more diverse than ever before. [Bloomberg Law News]<br \/>\nThe post Morning Docket: 12.23.24 appeared first on Above the Law.<\/p>\n<article id=\"post-1079002\" class=\"post-1079002 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-morning-docket tag-morning-docket\">\n<div class=\"post__content single-post\">\n<div class=\"single-post__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"single-post__content-column\">\n<div id=\"single-post-content\" class=\"single-post__content\">\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/GettyImages-491918598-300x200.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Money bag icon on blackboard with hand\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-544151\" title=\"\">* You\u2019re not imagining it\u2026 a lot of firms still haven\u2019t announced bonuses. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/nationallawjournal\/2024\/12\/20\/so-many-firms-have-yet-to-announce-associate-bonuses-underlining-big-laws-uneven-approach\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">National Law Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Another federal judge in Texas recuses from Elon\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2024\/08\/elon-musk-advertising-lawsuit-stupid\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">it\u2019s illegal for advertisers not to give me money<\/a>\u201d lawsuit. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/government\/another-judge-withdraws-musk-lawsuit-over-advertising-x-2024-12-20\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* ABA Prez argues that electronic messages from lawyers to inmates should be covered by attorney-client privilege. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/web\/article\/attorney-client-privilege-should-cover-electronic-messages-aba-president-bay-says\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">ABA Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* ACLU says prisons are holding people past their release date. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/20\/us\/politics\/prisons-first-step-act-aclu.html\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times<\/a>] <\/p>\n<p>* Why hire one lateral partner when you can hire the whole group? [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/americanlawyer\/2024\/12\/23\/grabbing-market-share-from-rivals-law-firms-ramped-up-group-lateral-hires\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">American Lawyer<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Biden will exceed Trump\u2019s record for judicial appointments by one after trading some key circuit nominations for a path to confirm more district judges. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/articles\/2276197\/biden-exceeds-trump-s-record-on-judges-by-one\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Law360<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* But his collection of confirmations were more diverse than ever before. [<a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/us-law-week\/bidens-civil-rights-public-defender-judges-set-new-standard\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg Law News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* You&#8217;re not imagining it&#8230; a lot of firms still haven&#8217;t announced bonuses. [National Law Journal] * Another federal judge in Texas recuses from Elon&#8217;s &#8220;it&#8217;s illegal for advertisers not to give me money&#8221; lawsuit. [Reuters] * ABA Prez argues that electronic messages from lawyers to inmates should be covered by attorney-client privilege. 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