Morning Docket: 02.24.25

* Judiciary tells its people that they are not required to respond to Elon's "tell me what you did this week or be fired" email, thus saving Justice Thomas the chore of ignoring another required disclosure form. [Bloomberg Law News] * Partner censured after threesome with associate and legal assistant. Or, maybe more accurately, censured for proposing false billing after the fact. [Idaho Statesman] * Administration fires key JAG lawyers to prevent "roadblocks." We are gonna commit SO many atrocities... [NY Times] * Freshfields opens Boston office. I guess no one heard Paul Revere. [American Lawyer] * Supreme Court balks at extending Trump's firing authority. At least for the time being. [Law360] * AP heads to court to challenge their "Gulf of Mexico" ban. [Reuters] * Does the rule of law hang on this evidentiary hearing? [Just Security] The post Morning Docket: 02.24.25 appeared first on Above the Law.

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Morning Docket: 02.24.25

* Judiciary tells its people that they are not required to respond to Elon’s “tell me what you did this week or be fired” email, thus saving Justice Thomas the chore of ignoring another required disclosure form. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Partner censured after threesome with associate and legal assistant. Or, maybe more accurately, censured for proposing false billing after the fact. [Idaho Statesman]

* Administration fires key JAG lawyers to prevent “roadblocks.” We are gonna commit SO many atrocities… [NY Times]

* Freshfields opens Boston office. I guess no one heard Paul Revere. [American Lawyer]

* Supreme Court balks at extending Trump’s firing authority. At least for the time being. [Law360]

* AP heads to court to challenge their “Gulf of Mexico” ban. [Reuters]

* Does the rule of law hang on this evidentiary hearing? [Just Security]

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