{"id":101375,"date":"2025-01-22T07:02:29","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T15:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/01\/22\/morning-docket-01-22-25\/"},"modified":"2025-01-22T07:02:29","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T15:02:29","slug":"morning-docket-01-22-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/01\/22\/morning-docket-01-22-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Docket: 01.22.25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>* DOJ orders criminal investigations into state and local authorities who &#8220;obstruct&#8221; immigration crackdowns. And by &#8220;obstruct&#8221; they mean &#8220;refuse to let the federal government steal local tax dollars by deputizing cops to take time out of policing the community and chasing down criminals to round up law-abiding guys standing outside Home Depot.&#8221; [Bloomberg Law News]<br \/>\n* It&#8217;s Always Sunny at Kirkland &amp; Ellis. [American Lawyer]<br \/>\n* From Dominion to Prince Harry, it&#8217;s been a rough go for Murdoch&#8217;s faux journalism empire. [NBC News]<br \/>\n* Facebook sucks up and holds all your data, but when lawsuits show up they like to delete their own. [Reuters Legal]<br \/>\n* Lawyer arrested at bar meeting gets some measure of justice. [Arkansas Times]<br \/>\n* Trump pardons Ross Ulbricht after promising freedom-loving Libertarians that he&#8217;d free their drug smuggling exchange hero in exchange for them looking the other way on trifling freedom issues like forced birth. [Law360]<br \/>\n* Iran passes law allowing child marriage, finally catching up to Mississippi. [The Guardian]<br \/>\nThe post Morning Docket: 01.22.25 appeared first on Above the Law.<\/p>\n<article id=\"post-1080101\" class=\"post-1080101 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<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/iStock_000024610296Medium-1-300x200.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Applying for a Visa\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-750479\" title=\"\">* DOJ orders criminal investigations into state and local authorities who \u201cobstruct\u201d immigration crackdowns. And by \u201cobstruct\u201d they mean \u201crefuse to let the federal government steal local tax dollars by deputizing cops to take time out of policing the community and chasing down criminals to round up law-abiding guys standing outside Home Depot.\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/us-law-week\/trump-doj-orders-probes-into-state-local-immigration-resistors\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg Law News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* It\u2019s Always Sunny at Kirkland &amp; Ellis. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/americanlawyer\/2025\/01\/21\/kirkland-enters-philadelphia-luring-skadden-mass-torts-team\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">American Lawyer<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* From Dominion to Prince Harry, it\u2019s been a rough go for Murdoch\u2019s faux journalism empire. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/prince-harry-settles-lawsuit-murdoch-papers-apology-rcna188695\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">NBC News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Facebook sucks up and holds all your data, but when lawsuits show up they like to delete their own. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/meta-ex-coo-sandberg-sanctioned-investor-lawsuit-deleting-emails-2025-01-22\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters Legal<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Lawyer arrested at bar meeting gets some measure of justice. [<a href=\"https:\/\/arktimes.com\/arkansas-blog\/2025\/01\/20\/lawyer-wrongfully-arrested-at-bar-association-meeting-accepts-settlement\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Arkansas Times<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Trump pardons Ross Ulbricht after promising freedom-loving Libertarians that he\u2019d free their drug smuggling exchange hero in exchange for them looking the other way on trifling freedom issues like forced birth. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/articles\/2287103\/trump-pardons-silk-road-s-dread-pirate-ross-ulbricht\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Law360<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Iran passes law allowing child marriage, finally catching up to Mississippi. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2025\/jan\/21\/iraq-passes-laws-that-critics-say-will-allow-child-marriage\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">The Guardian<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* DOJ orders criminal investigations into state and local authorities who &#8220;obstruct&#8221; immigration crackdowns. 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