{"id":100258,"date":"2025-01-14T06:02:56","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T14:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/01\/14\/morning-docket-01-14-25\/"},"modified":"2025-01-14T06:02:56","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T14:02:56","slug":"morning-docket-01-14-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/01\/14\/morning-docket-01-14-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Docket: 01.14.25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>* Special counsel report on January 6 says that there was enough evidence to convict Trump&#8230; which the media are treating as a revelation but the DOJ sorta requires prosecutors come to that conclusion (right or wrong) before bringing charges. [CNN]<br \/>\n* The crazy, chance dinner conversation that unraveled the &#8220;bankruptcy judge secretly living with a litigator in his courtroom&#8221; scandal. [Bloomberg Law News]<br \/>\n* Activists press Biden to pardon Steven Donziger who is getting railroaded pretty badly. [Truthout]<br \/>\n* Sandy Hook families from Texas case reach settlement with Alex Jones in move that likely closes off The Onion&#8217;s bid to take over Infowars. [Reuters]<br \/>\n* Chalk up another one for &#8220;guy complains that it undermines the rule of law to point out that he undermined faith in rule of law.&#8221; [BBC]<br \/>\n* Law school grad fights for her right to decorate. [ABA Journal]<br \/>\n* You know the classic Robin Hood tale: he steals from the rich and then fails to maintain proper records resulting in SEC enforcement. [Law360]<br \/>\nThe post Morning Docket: 01.14.25 appeared first on Above the Law.<\/p>\n<article id=\"post-1079769\" class=\"post-1079769 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-morning-docket tag-morning-docket\">\n<div class=\"post__content single-post\">\n<div class=\"single-post__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"single-post__content-column\">\n<div id=\"single-post-content\" class=\"single-post__content\">\n<div id=\"attachment_977766\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-977766\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/GettyImages-1258576834-300x200.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"WASHINGTON \u2013 JUNE 9: Special Counsel Jack Smith makes a stateme\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-977766\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-977766\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo by Tom Brenner for The Washington Post via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>* Special counsel report on January 6 says that there was enough evidence to convict Trump\u2026 which the media are treating as a revelation but the DOJ sorta requires prosecutors come to that conclusion (right or wrong) before bringing charges. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/01\/14\/politics\/special-counsel-smith-report-trump-2020-election-subversion\/index.html\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">CNN<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* The crazy, chance dinner conversation that unraveled the \u201cbankruptcy judge secretly living with a litigator in his courtroom\u201d scandal. [<a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/bankruptcy-law\/jackson-walker-attorneys-dinner-revived-romance-ethics-crisis\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg Law News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Activists press Biden to pardon Steven Donziger who is getting railroaded pretty badly. [<a href=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/articles\/16-groups-urge-biden-to-pardon-lawyer-steven-donziger-who-took-on-chevron\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Truthout<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Sandy Hook families from Texas case reach settlement with Alex Jones in move that likely closes off The Onion\u2019s bid to take over Infowars. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/sandy-hook-families-reach-settlement-over-alex-jones-bankruptcy-2025-01-13\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Chalk up <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/01\/john-roberts-annual-report-2024\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">another one<\/a> for \u201cguy complains that it undermines the rule of law to point out that he undermined faith in rule of law.\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c805lpz35n1o\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BBC<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Law school grad fights for her right to decorate. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/news\/article\/law-graduate-fights-to-keep-skeleton-decorations-up-year-round\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">ABA Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* You know the classic Robin Hood tale: he steals from the rich and then fails to maintain proper records resulting in SEC enforcement. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/articles\/2283562\/sec-fines-robinhood-45m-for-recordkeeping-cyber-woes\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Law360<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* Special counsel report on January 6 says that there was enough evidence to convict Trump&#8230; which the media are treating as a revelation but the DOJ sorta requires prosecutors come to that conclusion (right or wrong) before bringing charges. 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