Morning Docket: 08.07.23

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(by Heisenberg Media)

* Elon claims that X will pay legal fees of users who lost their jobs over deplorable stuff they Tweeted. Bold promise from a guy who won’t even pay his own legal fees. [Fortune]

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* Law firm demand is up as the market continues to fret about the recession that never materialized. [Reuters]

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* Federal Circuit panel calls for Judge Pauline Newman to be suspended for a year for not submitting to a mental health examination to prove or disprove the mental health allegations that the Federal Circuit seeks to suspend her over. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Convicted war criminal seeks bar admission. In case you were worried about how character & fitness might eye your speeding tickets. [The Intercept]

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* Ken Paxton’s lawyers recognize the broad gag order prohibiting them from discussing the case with the media beyond reciting information in public records… so they’re just going on the radio and reading selective, inflammatory passages from their filings. [KABB]

* Attorney David Oscar Markus snagged around 45 minutes with Trump attorney John Lauro. [For the Defense]

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* Harvard Law professor Charles Ogletree has passed away. [Politico]

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