Morning Docket: 03.17.25

* Trump expanded his attack on law firms to Paul Weiss. [ABC News] * Alleged gang members -- yes, "alleged" as in merely accused -- renditioned to El Salvador superprison in defiance of court order because the plane carrying the prisoners was over international waters at the time. Which isn't how the law works but also... then why did we rename it the Gulf of America? [NY Post] * In a social media post, Trump declares that he's invalidating Biden pardons because they were signed electronically, which is just dingbat sovereign citizen stuff. [Guardian] * Starbucks to pay $50 million in coffee burn case. [Law360] * Cleary buys legal AI company. [Bloomberg Law News] * California recognizes that there's not a quick fix to its bar exam woes. [Reuters] * Law school admissions competition is tough this year, just in time for the ranks of working lawyers to be substantially curtailed by technology. [WSJ] The post Morning Docket: 03.17.25 appeared first on Above the Law.

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Morning Docket: 03.17.25

* Trump expanded his attack on law firms to Paul Weiss. [ABC News]

* Alleged gang members — yes, “alleged” as in merely accused — renditioned to El Salvador superprison in defiance of court order because the plane carrying the prisoners was over international waters at the time. Which isn’t how the law works but also… then why did we rename it the Gulf of America? [NY Post]

* In a social media post, Trump declares that he’s invalidating Biden pardons because they were signed electronically, which is just dingbat sovereign citizen stuff. [Guardian]

* Starbucks to pay $50 million in coffee burn case. [Law360]

* Cleary buys legal AI company. [Bloomberg Law News]

* California recognizes that there’s not a quick fix to its bar exam woes. [Reuters]

* Law school admissions competition is tough this year, just in time for the ranks of working lawyers to be substantially curtailed by technology. [WSJ]

The post Morning Docket: 03.17.25 appeared first on Above the Law.