Morning Docket: 05.07.25
* Surrendering law firms shocked to learn that Trump was going to alter their deals. We explained this all along, but in fancier political science jargon, they played a prisoners' dilemma game with an "untrustworthy jailer." [New York Times] * Lawyers charging $1 million to pitch pardon deals to Trump. Real "law and order" vibes. [Bloomberg Law News] * Trump's inability to stick to a script spelled doom for his Perkins Coie fight. [Reuters] * Weight Watchers enters Chapter 11 to trim the fat. [Law360] * In-house and HR teams put to the test by Trump administration chaos. [Corporate Counsel] * Senator wants probe into pizza deliveries intended to intimidate judges. [ABA Journal] * Geragos rebuked by judge after calling prosecutors in Diddy case a "six-pack of white women." Which is going to be an awesome throwback 90s girl punk band name. [NY Post] The post Morning Docket: 05.07.25 appeared first on Above the Law.
* Surrendering law firms shocked to learn that Trump was going to alter their deals. We explained this all along, but in fancier political science jargon, they played a prisoners’ dilemma game with an “untrustworthy jailer.” [New York Times]
* Lawyers charging $1 million to pitch pardon deals to Trump. Real “law and order” vibes. [Bloomberg Law News]
* Trump’s inability to stick to a script spelled doom for his Perkins Coie fight. [Reuters]
* Weight Watchers enters Chapter 11 to trim the fat. [Law360]
* In-house and HR teams put to the test by Trump administration chaos. [Corporate Counsel]
* Senator wants probe into pizza deliveries intended to intimidate judges. [ABA Journal]
* Geragos rebuked by judge after calling prosecutors in Diddy case a “six-pack of white women.” Which is going to be an awesome throwback 90s girl punk band name. [NY Post]
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