{"id":145238,"date":"2026-03-03T06:27:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T14:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/03\/03\/morning-docket-03-03-26\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T06:27:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T14:27:21","slug":"morning-docket-03-03-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/03\/03\/morning-docket-03-03-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Docket: 03.03.26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>* The DOJ\u2019s long-awaited antitrust trial against Live Nation-Ticketmaster kicked off Monday. If you want tickets to the hottest trial of the year, then good news! It\u2019s free (plus applicable surcharges). [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/business\/business-news\/live-nation-ticketmaster-antitrust-trial-doj-what-to-know-rcna261400\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBC News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Supreme Court\u2019s conservatives issue another pair of unexplained shadow docket rulings predicated on the legal principle of \u201cRepublican political priorities.\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stevevladeck.com\/p\/214-the-courts-selective-impatience\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">One First<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Though the Court denied an appeal in the AI-generated art case that could have massive economic implications soon. [<a href=\"https:\/\/courthousenews.com\/supreme-court-denies-appeal-in-ai-generated-art-case\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Courthouse News Service<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Ben Crump writes legal thriller. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/news\/article\/ben-crump-pens-legal-thriller-whose-main-character-may-seem-familiar\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABA Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Climate science chapter removed from manual for judges. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/government\/co-authors-manual-us-judges-call-climate-science-chapters-removal-troubling-2026-03-02\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Trial alleges Musk publicly trashed Twitter in effort to influence stock price. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/articles\/2447576\/musk-s-twitter-trash-talk-hurt-stock-jury-told-as-trial-starts\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Law360<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Latham partner leads deal rankings. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/international-edition\/2026\/03\/03\/latham-ma-partner-leads-deal-rankings-for-2025-data-shows\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Law.com International<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/03\/morning-docket-03-03-26\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Morning Docket: 03.03.26<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>* The DOJ\u2019s long-awaited antitrust trial against Live Nation-Ticketmaster kicked off Monday. If you want tickets to the hottest trial of the year, then good news! It\u2019s free (plus applicable surcharges). [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/business\/business-news\/live-nation-ticketmaster-antitrust-trial-doj-what-to-know-rcna261400\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBC News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Supreme Court\u2019s conservatives issue another pair of unexplained shadow docket rulings predicated on the legal principle of \u201cRepublican political priorities.\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stevevladeck.com\/p\/214-the-courts-selective-impatience\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">One First<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Though the Court denied an appeal in the AI-generated art case that could have massive economic implications soon. [<a href=\"https:\/\/courthousenews.com\/supreme-court-denies-appeal-in-ai-generated-art-case\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Courthouse News Service<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Ben Crump writes legal thriller. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/news\/article\/ben-crump-pens-legal-thriller-whose-main-character-may-seem-familiar\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABA Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Climate science chapter removed from manual for judges. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/government\/co-authors-manual-us-judges-call-climate-science-chapters-removal-troubling-2026-03-02\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Trial alleges Musk publicly trashed Twitter in effort to influence stock price. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/articles\/2447576\/musk-s-twitter-trash-talk-hurt-stock-jury-told-as-trial-starts\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Law360<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Latham partner leads deal rankings. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/international-edition\/2026\/03\/03\/latham-ma-partner-leads-deal-rankings-for-2025-data-shows\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Law.com International<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* The DOJ\u2019s long-awaited antitrust trial against Live Nation-Ticketmaster kicked off Monday. If you want tickets to the hottest trial of the year, then good news! It\u2019s free (plus applicable surcharges). [NBC News] * Supreme Court\u2019s conservatives issue another pair of unexplained shadow docket rulings predicated on the legal principle of \u201cRepublican political priorities.\u201d [One [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":145239,"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-145238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xira.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-451813203-oCXsT5.jpg?fit=724%2C482&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145238","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=145238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}