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Morning Docket: 01.06.23

* Get ready professional responsibility nerds, because the Supreme Court is hearing argument on the scope of attorney-client privilege on Monday. [ABA Journal] * Twitter hires Perkins Coie despite Elon Musk's history of bashing the firm for its work on be

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Maybe The Real Justice Is The Mergers We Make On The Way — See Also

You know that weird part of the last few years where even leftists looked back fondly at the Bush administration after seeing what Trump did?: At this rate, future party leadership could make us miss Trump. Michigan Supreme Court's new Justice is the firs

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The morning read for Thursday, Jan. 5

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. To suggest a piece for us to consider, email us at [email protected]. Here’s the Thursday morning read: Biden launches defense

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Court will mull scope of attorney-client privilege when lawyers give both legal and nonlegal advice

A lawyer’s legal advice is privileged. A court cannot order the lawyer or the client to disclose it. But a lawyer’s nonlegal advice is not privileged. What happens when advice is partly legal and partly nonlegal and the two parts cannot be untangled? In s

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