Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 12.02.24

* Joe Biden is pardoning his son Hunter. Anyone concerned about justice and the rule of law... should have said their peace when the bog standard plea deal for Hunter's charges that could've resolved this without a pardon got blown up by grandstanding politicians. [CNN] * Supreme Court doesn't have time for death penalty appeals from likely innocents, but it is more than ready to consider the rights of vapers to buy flavored products. Which seems like a betrayal of the tobacco farming Framers but "history and tradition" are elusive concepts. [Reuters] * Attorney blames his rage over racism after mailing poop to judges and politicians. [ABA Journal] * Energy practices gear up for AI to suck up more of the world's power. [Bloomberg Law News] * Companies ask full Federal Circuit to set tighter rules on what juries are allowed to award in patent cases. And by "full" Federal Circuit, they mean "not-the-full" Federal Circuit as Judge Pauline Newman remains "pocket impeached" by her colleagues. [Law360] * Partner classes are still shrinking. [American Lawyer]

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* Joe Biden is pardoning his son Hunter. Anyone concerned about justice and the rule of law… should have said their peace when the bog standard plea deal for Hunter’s charges that could’ve resolved this without a pardon got blown up by grandstanding politicians. [
CNN]

* Supreme Court doesn’t have time for death penalty appeals from likely innocents, but it is more than ready to consider the rights of vapers to buy flavored products. Which seems like a betrayal of the tobacco farming Framers but “history and tradition” are elusive concepts. [Reuters]

* Attorney blames his rage over racism after mailing poop to judges and politicians. [ABA Journal]

* Energy practices gear up for AI to suck up more of the world’s power. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Companies ask full Federal Circuit to set tighter rules on what juries are allowed to award in patent cases. And by “full” Federal Circuit, they mean “not-the-full” Federal Circuit as Judge Pauline Newman remains “pocket impeached” by her colleagues. [Law360]

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* Partner classes are still shrinking. [American Lawyer]

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