{"id":139532,"date":"2025-12-22T06:17:32","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T14:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/12\/22\/morning-docket-12-22-25\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T06:17:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T14:17:32","slug":"morning-docket-12-22-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/12\/22\/morning-docket-12-22-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Docket: 12.22.25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>* The Trump administration broke the Epstein files disclosure statute, but can anyone do anything about it? [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/dec\/21\/epstein-files-doj-congress\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Guardian<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* One of the more comically inept breaches involved the Justice Department deleting one of the photos they\u2019d already released once they realized it showed Trump. They\u2019ve now restored it, hoping everyone stops speculating about what photos the government never released in the first place. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/12\/21\/epstein-files-trump-photo-doj.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CNBC<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Yale Law names new dean. [<a href=\"https:\/\/law.yale.edu\/yls-today\/news\/cristina-rodriguez-selected-next-dean-yale-law-school\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yale Law School<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Federal judge blocks law requiring retailers post air quality information about gas stoves as a violation of the First Amendment. Tobacco companies, here\u2019s your chance to stick it to that pesky Surgeon General! [<a href=\"https:\/\/coloradosun.com\/2025\/12\/19\/colorado-gas-stove-warning-law-halted\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Colorado Sun<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* DOJ appealing the dismissal of the Comey and James cases. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/articles\/2424472\/feds-to-appeal-dismissal-of-comey-james-indictments\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Law360<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Elon Musk won his appeal to pay himself more than Tesla\u2019s actually worth to the delight of meme stock shareholders. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/sustainability\/boards-policy-regulation\/musk-wins-appeal-restores-2018-tesla-pay-deal-worth-56-billion-2025-12-19\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* The perils of data licensing in an AI world. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/legaltechnews\/2025\/12\/19\/fastcases-suit-against-alexi-highlights-perils-of-data-licensing-agreements-for-legal-ai\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Legaltech News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Are we going to run out of trial lawyers? Fewer and fewer lawyers are banking trial advocacy experience. [<a href=\"https:\/\/legaltalknetwork.com\/podcasts\/on-the-road\/2025\/12\/are-trial-lawyers-an-endangered-species-legal-up-virtual-conference-2025-by-infotrack\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">On the Road<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/12\/morning-docket-12-22-25\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Morning Docket: 12.22.25<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>* The Trump administration broke the Epstein files disclosure statute, but can anyone do anything about it? [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/dec\/21\/epstein-files-doj-congress\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Guardian<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* One of the more comically inept breaches involved the Justice Department deleting one of the photos they\u2019d already released once they realized it showed Trump. They\u2019ve now restored it, hoping everyone stops speculating about what photos the government never released in the first place. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/12\/21\/epstein-files-trump-photo-doj.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CNBC<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Yale Law names new dean. [<a href=\"https:\/\/law.yale.edu\/yls-today\/news\/cristina-rodriguez-selected-next-dean-yale-law-school\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yale Law School<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Federal judge blocks law requiring retailers post air quality information about gas stoves as a violation of the First Amendment. Tobacco companies, here\u2019s your chance to stick it to that pesky Surgeon General! [<a href=\"https:\/\/coloradosun.com\/2025\/12\/19\/colorado-gas-stove-warning-law-halted\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Colorado Sun<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* DOJ appealing the dismissal of the Comey and James cases. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/articles\/2424472\/feds-to-appeal-dismissal-of-comey-james-indictments\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Law360<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Elon Musk won his appeal to pay himself more than Tesla\u2019s actually worth to the delight of meme stock shareholders. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/sustainability\/boards-policy-regulation\/musk-wins-appeal-restores-2018-tesla-pay-deal-worth-56-billion-2025-12-19\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* The perils of data licensing in an AI world. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/legaltechnews\/2025\/12\/19\/fastcases-suit-against-alexi-highlights-perils-of-data-licensing-agreements-for-legal-ai\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Legaltech News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Are we going to run out of trial lawyers? Fewer and fewer lawyers are banking trial advocacy experience. [<a href=\"https:\/\/legaltalknetwork.com\/podcasts\/on-the-road\/2025\/12\/are-trial-lawyers-an-endangered-species-legal-up-virtual-conference-2025-by-infotrack\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">On the Road<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* The Trump administration broke the Epstein files disclosure statute, but can anyone do anything about it? [The Guardian] * One of the more comically inept breaches involved the Justice Department deleting one of the photos they\u2019d already released once they realized it showed Trump. 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