{"id":140639,"date":"2026-01-02T17:04:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T01:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/01\/02\/morning-docket-01-02-26\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T17:04:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T01:04:16","slug":"morning-docket-01-02-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/01\/02\/morning-docket-01-02-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Docket: 01.02.26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>* Elon Musk\u2019s lawyer is a clown. Seriously (though no red nose). [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/elon-musk-lawyer-clown-openai-dispute-b2893205.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Independent<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Trump says he\u2019s removing the National Guard units he illegally deployed before. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/trump-says-national-guard-being-removed-chicago-la-portland-2025-12-31\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Law firms increasing billing rates. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/livecoverage\/stock-market-today-dow-sp-500-nasdaq-12-30-2025\/card\/law-firm-billing-rates-climb-sharply-CEi9SvAKWh8KXOFUDZVI?gaa_at=eafs&amp;gaa_n=AWEtsqcJaCM_vVupUgTcZ-gMoilEy06tHX-yPsdSH5h2L7uYbaQOv4gQCJ2Zi8bJp2c%3D&amp;gaa_ts=6957da21&amp;gaa_sig=HgzeqSD0mmvxPbn_CNHDVMBW6jeHrQXJBGXqwtx80dEP3cpeh7jdrnzu_-aM7VEITuSPxGBlbOtjL4twGkW61A%3D%3D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wall Street Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* State judges will now join California bar exam micromanagement effort. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/web\/article\/as-clock-ticks-for-bar-exam-decision-california-allows-state-judges-to-vet-questions\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABA Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Jack Smith lays out criminal cases against Trump. [<a href=\"https:\/\/courthousenews.com\/jack-smith-defends-trump-investigations-to-congress\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Courthouse News Service<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Florida lawyer faces discipline after challenging Ron DeSantis. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/news\/florida\/2025\/12\/31\/florida-bar-daniel-uhlfelder-ron-desantis\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tampa Bay Times<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Legal tech companies that moved into new frontiers last year. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/legaltechnews\/2026\/01\/02\/7-legal-tech-companies-that-moved-into-new-verticals-in-2025-\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Legaltech News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/01\/morning-docket-01-02-26\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Morning Docket: 01.02.26<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>* Elon Musk\u2019s lawyer is a clown. Seriously (though no red nose). [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/elon-musk-lawyer-clown-openai-dispute-b2893205.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Independent<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Trump says he\u2019s removing the National Guard units he illegally deployed before. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/trump-says-national-guard-being-removed-chicago-la-portland-2025-12-31\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Law firms increasing billing rates. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/livecoverage\/stock-market-today-dow-sp-500-nasdaq-12-30-2025\/card\/law-firm-billing-rates-climb-sharply-CEi9SvAKWh8KXOFUDZVI?gaa_at=eafs&amp;gaa_n=AWEtsqcJaCM_vVupUgTcZ-gMoilEy06tHX-yPsdSH5h2L7uYbaQOv4gQCJ2Zi8bJp2c%3D&amp;gaa_ts=6957da21&amp;gaa_sig=HgzeqSD0mmvxPbn_CNHDVMBW6jeHrQXJBGXqwtx80dEP3cpeh7jdrnzu_-aM7VEITuSPxGBlbOtjL4twGkW61A%3D%3D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wall Street Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* State judges will now join California bar exam micromanagement effort. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/web\/article\/as-clock-ticks-for-bar-exam-decision-california-allows-state-judges-to-vet-questions\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABA Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Jack Smith lays out criminal cases against Trump. [<a href=\"https:\/\/courthousenews.com\/jack-smith-defends-trump-investigations-to-congress\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Courthouse News Service<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Florida lawyer faces discipline after challenging Ron DeSantis. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/news\/florida\/2025\/12\/31\/florida-bar-daniel-uhlfelder-ron-desantis\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tampa Bay Times<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Legal tech companies that moved into new frontiers last year. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/legaltechnews\/2026\/01\/02\/7-legal-tech-companies-that-moved-into-new-verticals-in-2025-\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Legaltech News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/01\/morning-docket-01-02-26\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Morning Docket: 01.02.26<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* Elon Musk\u2019s lawyer is a clown. Seriously (though no red nose). [The Independent] * Trump says he\u2019s removing the National Guard units he illegally deployed before. [Reuters] * Law firms increasing billing rates. [Wall Street Journal] * State judges will now join California bar exam micromanagement effort. [ABA Journal] * Jack Smith lays out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-140639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140639\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}