Morning Docket: 01.02.26

* Elon Musk’s lawyer is a clown. Seriously (though no red nose). [The Independent] * Trump says he’s removing the National Guard units he illegally deployed before. [Reuters] * Law firms increasing billing rates. [Wall Street Journal] * State judges will now join...

Even AI Knew Something Was Up — See Also

That Time ChatJAG Pointed Out The Obvious: Immediate egg on Hegseth’s face. Look At All That Prestige!: Vault’s Biglaw rating struck a little off for not factoring in the pro bono payola firms. Take That, Ed Martin: Georgetown Law had no qualms with fighting back. Now...

The High Cost Of Biglaw Equity Partnership

Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to a survey by Am Law, the high end of equity partner contributions at one Am Law 100 firm is what percentage of a new equity partners’ annual compensation? Hint: There is a big range of...