Morning Docket: 07.01.25

* Trump administration appeals Perkins Coie loss. [Law360]

* Harvard Law School appoints new dean. [Law.com]

* Trump drops lawsuit against pollster that showed him losing Iowa and refiles in state court. [NBC News]

* But the defendants filed an objection that Trump’s bid to drop the case — for the sole purpose of getting into state court before the new anti-SLAPP law takes effect — was procedurally improper. [Des Moines Register]

* Simpson Thacher names new practice heads. [American Lawyer]

* Apple suffers antitrust setback. [Bloomberg Law News]

* DOGE aiming to change SPAC rules, which doesn’t seem to have anything to do with cost-cutting or efficiency but would help rich people exploit the system better. [Reuters]

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