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Morning Docket: 12.12.23

* Copyright office declines to register AI art for lack of creativity. I guess they haven't seen Dan Epps create Muppet originalists. [Law360] * Now that she announced that she would leave the state to get the abortion to save her life, the Texas Supreme Court felt comfortable ruling that she wasn't entitled to an abortion in Texas. But make no mistake, these cowards were trying to delay this so they didn't have to put life and death stakes on their own misogyny. [Bloomberg Law News] * "Kirkland & Ellis: is it party over for the world’s most profitable law firm?" Fascinating deep dive. [Financial Times] * Some Shearman partners slashed their own pensions up to 50 percent to make the merger happen in case you were wondering how thirsty they were for a merger. [American Lawyer] * Judge bans family separation policies for 8 years. That should hold until roughly January 2025. [ABA Journal] * Epic beats Google. [Reuters] * Big 4 firm getting out of law in Hong Kong. [Law.com International]

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Robot thinking on white background* Copyright office declines to register AI art for lack of creativity. I guess they haven’t seen Dan Epps create Muppet originalists. [Law360]

* Now that she announced that she would leave the state to get the abortion to save her life, the Texas Supreme Court felt comfortable ruling that she wasn’t entitled to an abortion in Texas. But make no mistake, these cowards were trying to delay this so they didn’t have to put life and death stakes on their own misogyny. [Bloomberg Law News]

* “Kirkland & Ellis: is it party over for the world’s most profitable law firm?” Fascinating deep dive. [Financial Times]

* Some Shearman partners slashed their own pensions up to 50 percent to make the merger happen in case you were wondering how thirsty they were for a merger. [American Lawyer]

* Judge bans family separation policies for 8 years. That should hold until roughly January 2025. [ABA Journal]

* Epic beats Google. [Reuters]

* Big 4 firm getting out of law in Hong Kong. [Law.com International]

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