Morning Docket: 08.25.25 - Above the Law
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Morning Docket: 08.25.25 - Above the Law
"* Federal government takes roughly 10 percent stake in Intel with Skadden's help. Wonder if Skadden did it pro bono... [ Bloomberg Law News] * Inmate moved out of low-security prison after publicly criticizing the idea of moving a convicted sex trafficker into the facility. * Justice Gorsuch scolded lower courts for not treating shadow docket orders as binding precedent. In the words of the iconic commercial "that's not how any of this works." [ One First]"
"* They're going to keep Ghislaine Maxwell from talking about Donald Trump no matter how many people get in the way. [ Daily Mail] * JP Morgan paying $330 million over 1MDB case. [ Bloomberg Law News] * Musk settles half billion dollar suit over wrongful Twitter terminations. [ Law.com] * Judge blocks White House efforts to cut off funds to cities Trump doesn't like. [ Reuters]"
"* Musk settles half billion dollar suit over wrongful Twitter terminations. [ Law.com] * Judge blocks White House efforts to cut off funds to cities Trump doesn't like. [ Reuters] * D.C. Circuit denies Judge Newman's appeal of her suspension on jurisdictional grounds, but said the case raises constitutional concerns. What with it being an illegal pocket impeached of a sitting federal judge and all. [ National Law Journal]"
The federal government acquired roughly a ten percent stake in Intel with legal assistance from Skadden. An inmate was transferred after criticizing plans to move a convicted sex trafficker into the facility; Ghislaine Maxwell faces restrictions on discussing Donald Trump. Justice Neil Gorsuch rebuked lower courts for not treating shadow docket orders as binding precedent. JP Morgan agreed to pay $330 million related to the 1MDB scandal. Elon Musk settled an approximately half‑billion‑dollar lawsuit alleging wrongful Twitter terminations. A judge blocked attempts to withhold federal funds from certain cities, and the D.C. Circuit denied Judge Newman's appeal while noting constitutional concerns.
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