{"id":125879,"date":"2025-07-08T09:03:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T17:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/07\/08\/morning-docket-07-08-25\/"},"modified":"2025-07-08T09:03:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T17:03:02","slug":"morning-docket-07-08-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/07\/08\/morning-docket-07-08-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Docket: 07.08.25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>* Judge tells people to stop calling staff and \u201ccracking open Moore\u2019s Federal Practice.\u201d Just like everyone keeps on their mantle. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/news\/article\/judge-tells-court-callers-their-concerns-can-be-addressed-by-cracking-open-moores-federal-practice\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABA Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* IRS decides churches can directly endorse political candidates without losing tax exempt status\u2026 but other non-profits can\u2019t. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/07\/07\/us\/politics\/irs-churches-politics-endorse-candidates.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Meier Watkins getting the band back together, bringing in another winning member of the Dominion case. [<a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/business-and-practice\/clare-locke-spinoff-meier-watkins-enlists-dominion-win-lawyer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg Law News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Fifth Circuit decides that Apple \u2014 a California company \u2014 is not liable for suppressing a union in New York. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/articles\/2361868\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Law360<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Reddit suit against Anthropic stayed over scraping without a license as the AI company tries to anchor the case in federal court. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/therecorder\/2025\/07\/07\/us-judge-orders-stay-of-reddits-litigation-against-anthropic-pending-mediation\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Recorder<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>* Amazon facing suit claiming Alexa violates user privacy despite being unable to consistently perform other basic tasks. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/litigation\/amazon-must-face-us-class-action-over-alexa-users-privacy-2025-07-07\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/07\/morning-docket-07-08-25\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Morning Docket: 07.08.25<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>* Judge tells people to stop calling staff and \u201ccracking open Moore\u2019s Federal Practice.\u201d Just like everyone keeps on their mantle. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/news\/article\/judge-tells-court-callers-their-concerns-can-be-addressed-by-cracking-open-moores-federal-practice\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABA Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* IRS decides churches can directly endorse political candidates without losing tax exempt status\u2026 but other non-profits can\u2019t. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/07\/07\/us\/politics\/irs-churches-politics-endorse-candidates.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Meier Watkins getting the band back together, bringing in another winning member of the Dominion case. [<a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/business-and-practice\/clare-locke-spinoff-meier-watkins-enlists-dominion-win-lawyer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg Law News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Fifth Circuit decides that Apple \u2014 a California company \u2014 is not liable for suppressing a union in New York. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/articles\/2361868\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Law360<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Reddit suit against Anthropic stayed over scraping without a license as the AI company tries to anchor the case in federal court. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/therecorder\/2025\/07\/07\/us-judge-orders-stay-of-reddits-litigation-against-anthropic-pending-mediation\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Recorder<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>* Amazon facing suit claiming Alexa violates user privacy despite being unable to consistently perform other basic tasks. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/litigation\/amazon-must-face-us-class-action-over-alexa-users-privacy-2025-07-07\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* Judge tells people to stop calling staff and \u201ccracking open Moore\u2019s Federal Practice.\u201d Just like everyone keeps on their mantle. [ABA Journal] * IRS decides churches can directly endorse political candidates without losing tax exempt status\u2026 but other non-profits can\u2019t. 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