{"id":99252,"date":"2025-01-06T07:01:26","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T15:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/01\/06\/morning-docket-01-06-25\/"},"modified":"2025-01-06T07:01:26","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T15:01:26","slug":"morning-docket-01-06-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/01\/06\/morning-docket-01-06-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Docket: 01.06.25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>* Private equity &#8220;rewriting the rules of legal practice&#8221; which is sure to turn out well because private equity has never hollowed out an industry to siphon off short-term profit and then left it for dead before. [American Lawyer]<br \/>\n* Flexible work from home policies work magic for Quinn Emanuel. [Fast Company]<br \/>\n* Baker&#8217;s daughter-in-law accused of murder after Christmas cake killed three. This is why Hallmark needs to stop romanticizing big city lawyers falling for small town bakers and show its deadly side. [People]<br \/>\n* DOJ tells Supreme Court to ignore Trump&#8217;s request to delay the upcoming TikTok ban since it didn&#8217;t even address the only issue before the Court. Crackerjack lawyering from the incoming Solicitor General! [NBC News]<br \/>\n* Beating a dead horse: latest legal effort to retrieve dead horse from landfill fails. [Legal Profession Blog]<br \/>\n* Blocked steel merger triggers lawsuits. [Bloomberg Law News]<br \/>\n* Happy January 6 to all the violent rioters about to be pardoned. [The Guardian]<br \/>\nThe post Morning Docket: 01.06.25 appeared first on Above the Law.<\/p>\n<article id=\"post-1079445\" class=\"post-1079445 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\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-416599\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/greed-greedy-lawyer-partner-money-profit-profits-per-partner-300x199.jpg?resize=300%2C199&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"greed greedy lawyer partner money profit profits per partner\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" title=\"\">* Private equity \u201crewriting the rules of legal practice\u201d which is sure to turn out well because private equity has never hollowed out an industry to siphon off short-term profit and then left it for dead before. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/americanlawyer\/2025\/01\/05\/the-quiet-revolution-private-equitys-push-into-law-firms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">American Lawyer<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Flexible work from home policies work magic for Quinn Emanuel. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/91252522\/law-firms-flexible-work-from-home-policies-quinn-emanuel-attorneys\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Fast Company<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Baker\u2019s daughter-in-law accused of murder after Christmas cake killed three. This is why Hallmark needs to stop romanticizing big city lawyers falling for small town bakers and show its deadly side. [<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/daughter-in-law-baker-christmas-cake-killed-three-arrested-murder-charges-reports-8769562\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">People<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* DOJ tells Supreme Court to ignore Trump\u2019s request to delay the upcoming TikTok ban since it didn\u2019t even address the only issue before the Court. Crackerjack lawyering from the incoming Solicitor General! [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/supreme-court\/justice-department-supreme-court-trump-pause-tiktok-ban-rcna186240\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">NBC News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Beating a dead horse: latest legal effort to retrieve dead horse from landfill fails. [<a href=\"https:\/\/lawprofessors.typepad.com\/legal_profession\/2025\/01\/they-bury-horses-dont-they.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Legal Profession Blog<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Blocked steel merger triggers lawsuits. [<a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/international-trade\/nippon-steel-us-steel-file-lawsuits-after-biden-blocks-deal-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Bloomberg Law News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Happy January 6 to all the violent rioters about to be pardoned. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/jan\/06\/pardons-january-6-rioters-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The Guardian<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* Private equity &#8220;rewriting the rules of legal practice&#8221; which is sure to turn out well because private equity has never hollowed out an industry to siphon off short-term profit and then left it for dead before. [American Lawyer] * Flexible work from home policies work magic for Quinn Emanuel. 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