{"id":144405,"date":"2026-02-19T06:59:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T14:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/02\/19\/morning-docket-02-19-26\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T06:59:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T14:59:29","slug":"morning-docket-02-19-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/02\/19\/morning-docket-02-19-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Docket: 02.19.26"},"content":{"rendered":"

* Biglaw lawyers are charging $3400\/hour and clients are paying. Because no matter how much they gnash their teeth, they always do. [WSJ<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* Remember the episode of JAG<\/em> where the military lawyer paradropped into a Minnesota habeas mess and instantly got held in contempt for failing to comply with court orders? No? Well, it\u2019s real life now. [Fox 9<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* The Artist Formerly Known as Prince\u2026 Andrew arrested in connection with Epstein investigation. Meanwhile, our [CNN<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* More lawyers sanctioned for AI-generated brief errors. [Reuters<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* DOJ defections flood the labor market with qualified attorneys. [CBS News<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* \u201cRoberts, Alito Face New Criticism of Stock Ownership After Rule Change.\u201d Actually, it\u2019s the same old criticism, but it\u2019s nice we get to talk about it again. [National Law Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* Law professor arrested and charged with possession of child porn. Somehow this is not about Jeffrey Epstein. [News 6<\/a>]<\/p>\n

The post Morning Docket: 02.19.26<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

* Biglaw lawyers are charging $3400\/hour and clients are paying. Because no matter how much they gnash their teeth, they always do. [WSJ<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* Remember the episode of JAG<\/em> where the military lawyer paradropped into a Minnesota habeas mess and instantly got held in contempt for failing to comply with court orders? No? Well, it\u2019s real life now. [Fox 9<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* The Artist Formerly Known as Prince\u2026 Andrew arrested in connection with Epstein investigation. Meanwhile, our [CNN<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* More lawyers sanctioned for AI-generated brief errors. [Reuters<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* DOJ defections flood the labor market with qualified attorneys. [CBS News<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* \u201cRoberts, Alito Face New Criticism of Stock Ownership After Rule Change.\u201d Actually, it\u2019s the same old criticism, but it\u2019s nice we get to talk about it again. [National Law Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* Law professor arrested and charged with possession of child porn. Somehow this is not about Jeffrey Epstein. [News 6<\/a>]<\/p>\n

The post Morning Docket: 02.19.26<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

* Biglaw lawyers are charging $3400\/hour and clients are paying. Because no matter how much they gnash their teeth, they always do. [WSJ] * Remember the episode of JAG where the military lawyer paradropped into a Minnesota habeas mess and instantly got held in contempt for failing to comply with court orders? No? Well, it\u2019s […]<\/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-144405","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\/144405","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=144405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144405\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}