{"id":145137,"date":"2026-03-02T05:48:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T13:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/03\/02\/morning-docket-03-01-26\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T05:48:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T13:48:25","slug":"morning-docket-03-01-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/03\/02\/morning-docket-03-01-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Docket: 03.01.26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>* Biglaw drafts plans to protect staff in its Middle East offices. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/international-edition\/2026\/03\/02\/major-law-firms-draw-up-middle-east-evacuation-plans-amid-iran-attacks\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Law.com International<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* As \u201cOperation Epstein Fury,\u201d continues in the Middle East, it appears Trump administration insiders are cashing in, making big prediction market bets on military timing. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.notus.org\/democrats\/polymarket-kalshi-war-iran-democrats-chris-murphy-allege-trumpworld-insiders-betting-prediction-markets\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NOTUS<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* West Virginia\u2019s federal judges have become some of the most active voices pushing back against the Trump administration\u2019s rule of law abuses. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/03\/01\/west-virginia-immigration-rulings-00804575\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Politico<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Maduro\u2019s lawyers claims the Trump administration is blocking payment, frustrating the Venezuelan president\u2019s right to counsel. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/newyorklawjournal\/2026\/02\/27\/maduros-counsel-says-government-is-outright-forbidding-payment-for-legal-defense\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Law Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* A deep dive into why the Epstein investigation took so long and included so many missed opportunities. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/03\/01\/us\/epstein-justice-department-investigations.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Election deniers hold conference calling for Trump to \u201ctake over\u201d the midterms. Trump officials charged with election integrity showed up. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/election-denier-summit-trump-midterms\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ProPublica<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* OpenAI raises another $110 billion as it falls further and further behind its rivals. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/articles\/2446919\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Law360<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Fight over California\u2019s fee-sharing ban dropped. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/legalindustry\/law-firms-drop-lawsuit-challenging-california-fee-sharing-ban-2026-02-27\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/03\/morning-docket-03-01-26\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Morning Docket: 03.01.26<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>* Biglaw drafts plans to protect staff in its Middle East offices. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/international-edition\/2026\/03\/02\/major-law-firms-draw-up-middle-east-evacuation-plans-amid-iran-attacks\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Law.com International<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* As \u201cOperation Epstein Fury,\u201d continues in the Middle East, it appears Trump administration insiders are cashing in, making big prediction market bets on military timing. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.notus.org\/democrats\/polymarket-kalshi-war-iran-democrats-chris-murphy-allege-trumpworld-insiders-betting-prediction-markets\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NOTUS<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* West Virginia\u2019s federal judges have become some of the most active voices pushing back against the Trump administration\u2019s rule of law abuses. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/03\/01\/west-virginia-immigration-rulings-00804575\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Politico<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Maduro\u2019s lawyers claims the Trump administration is blocking payment, frustrating the Venezuelan president\u2019s right to counsel. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/newyorklawjournal\/2026\/02\/27\/maduros-counsel-says-government-is-outright-forbidding-payment-for-legal-defense\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Law Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* A deep dive into why the Epstein investigation took so long and included so many missed opportunities. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/03\/01\/us\/epstein-justice-department-investigations.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Election deniers hold conference calling for Trump to \u201ctake over\u201d the midterms. Trump officials charged with election integrity showed up. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/election-denier-summit-trump-midterms\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ProPublica<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* OpenAI raises another $110 billion as it falls further and further behind its rivals. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/articles\/2446919\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Law360<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Fight over California\u2019s fee-sharing ban dropped. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/legalindustry\/law-firms-drop-lawsuit-challenging-california-fee-sharing-ban-2026-02-27\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/03\/morning-docket-03-01-26\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Morning Docket: 03.01.26<\/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>* Biglaw drafts plans to protect staff in its Middle East offices. [Law.com International] * As \u201cOperation Epstein Fury,\u201d continues in the Middle East, it appears Trump administration insiders are cashing in, making big prediction market bets on military timing. [NOTUS] * West Virginia\u2019s federal judges have become some of the most active voices pushing [&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-145137","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\/145137","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=145137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145137\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}