{"id":141318,"date":"2026-01-09T06:34:43","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T14:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/01\/09\/morning-docket-01-09-26\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T06:34:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T14:34:43","slug":"morning-docket-01-09-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/01\/09\/morning-docket-01-09-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Docket: 01.09.26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>* M&amp;A lawyers see busy year ahead. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/transactional\/ma-lawyers-see-bulging-pipeline-2026-after-deal-crazed-year-2026-01-07\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Recent judicial nominees can\u2019t give a straight answer about January 6. That said, Trump nominees haven\u2019t been able to give a straight answer to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2018\/04\/originalists-do-not-think-segregation-was-unconstitutional-and-wish-youd-stop-bothering-them-about-it\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">is segregation unconstitutional<\/a>\u201d for years. [<a href=\"https:\/\/ballsandstrikes.org\/legal-culture\/trump-judges-january-6\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Balls and Strikes<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* An explainer for Grok\u2019s newfound sexual harassment feature. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/jan\/09\/grok-ai-x-explainer-legal-regulation-nudified-images-social-media\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Guardian<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* The case for Minnesota prosecuting Renee Good\u2019s murderer. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/society\/prosecute-renee-good-murderer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Nation<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* DOJ awards law license portability to military spouses \u2014 a logical reform that somehow took this long to achieve. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/web\/article\/doj-grants-military-and-their-spouses-law-license-portability\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABA Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* TikTok sues Nebraska AG over withholding records. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.courthousenews.com\/tiktok-accuses-nebraska-of-public-record-violations\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Courthouse News Service<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Harvey Weinstein enters plea talks ahead of upcoming trial. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/articles\/2428012\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Law360<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Luigi Mangione asks judge to boot two charges against him. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/luigi-mangiones-lawyers-set-ask-judge-toss-two-federal-charges-key-hea-rcna252993\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBC News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* What triggered the fall of McGlinchey? [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/americanlawyer\/2026\/01\/08\/did-pending-departures-or-market-conditions-push-mcglinchey-to-closure\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">American Lawyer<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/01\/morning-docket-01-09-26\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Morning Docket: 01.09.26<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>* M&amp;A lawyers see busy year ahead. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/transactional\/ma-lawyers-see-bulging-pipeline-2026-after-deal-crazed-year-2026-01-07\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Recent judicial nominees can\u2019t give a straight answer about January 6. That said, Trump nominees haven\u2019t been able to give a straight answer to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2018\/04\/originalists-do-not-think-segregation-was-unconstitutional-and-wish-youd-stop-bothering-them-about-it\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">is segregation unconstitutional<\/a>\u201d for years. [<a href=\"https:\/\/ballsandstrikes.org\/legal-culture\/trump-judges-january-6\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Balls and Strikes<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* An explainer for Grok\u2019s newfound sexual harassment feature. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/jan\/09\/grok-ai-x-explainer-legal-regulation-nudified-images-social-media\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Guardian<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* The case for Minnesota prosecuting Renee Good\u2019s murderer. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/society\/prosecute-renee-good-murderer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Nation<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* DOJ awards law license portability to military spouses \u2014 a logical reform that somehow took this long to achieve. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/web\/article\/doj-grants-military-and-their-spouses-law-license-portability\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABA Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* TikTok sues Nebraska AG over withholding records. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.courthousenews.com\/tiktok-accuses-nebraska-of-public-record-violations\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Courthouse News Service<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Harvey Weinstein enters plea talks ahead of upcoming trial. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/articles\/2428012\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Law360<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Luigi Mangione asks judge to boot two charges against him. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/luigi-mangiones-lawyers-set-ask-judge-toss-two-federal-charges-key-hea-rcna252993\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBC News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* What triggered the fall of McGlinchey? [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/americanlawyer\/2026\/01\/08\/did-pending-departures-or-market-conditions-push-mcglinchey-to-closure\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">American Lawyer<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/01\/morning-docket-01-09-26\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Morning Docket: 01.09.26<\/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>* M&amp;A lawyers see busy year ahead. [Reuters] * Recent judicial nominees can\u2019t give a straight answer about January 6. That said, Trump nominees haven\u2019t been able to give a straight answer to \u201cis segregation unconstitutional\u201d for years. [Balls and Strikes] * An explainer for Grok\u2019s newfound sexual harassment feature. [Guardian] * The case for [&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-141318","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\/141318","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=141318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141318\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}