Morning Docket: 07.10.23

// * Lawyers don’t understand lawyer talk either. [Scientific American]

* While Elon Musk merely whines about Facebook, he actually filed a suit against Wachtell for the $90 million in fees the firm generated whipping Elon in the first place. Now, if he can just get back that $90 million… and then another $30 billion he’d be back where he started. [Law360]

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* Law firm mergers aren’t crossing borders as much anymore, which is a pity since merging presents sort of an existential crisis for UK firms. [American Lawyer]

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* Sarah Silverman sues AI developers for training on copyrighted material. Defense likely to argue “yeah, but our output still sort of sucks so there’s no harm.” [Reuters]

* Private credit on the rise as core Biglaw practice area, so remember this when the economy collapses in 10 years and everyone cites “private credit.” [Bloomberg Law News]

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* “Testi-lied” is super clever! Also super gonna get you censured. [ABA Journal]

* Florida will stop recognizing certain state IDs. In case you needed a “full faith and credit” hypo for your exam. [Yahoo]

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