{"id":148138,"date":"2026-04-07T05:12:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T13:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/04\/07\/morning-docket-04-07-26\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T05:12:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T13:12:45","slug":"morning-docket-04-07-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/04\/07\/morning-docket-04-07-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Docket: 04.07.26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>* As <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/04\/end-of-an-era-yale-booted-from-no-1-spot-in-historic-u-s-news-law-school-rankings-shakeup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">we already covered<\/a>, the new US News law school rankings are out and\u2026 they\u2019re wild. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/best-graduate-schools\/top-law-schools\/law-rankings\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">US News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Biglaw firms lend support to those fighting the Trump administration. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/government\/law-firms-fighting-trump-executive-orders-get-backing-fellow-firms-2026-04-06\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* DLA Piper pregnancy bias trial kicked off yesterday, with the firm telling jury that it fired associate over her work. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/newyorklawjournal\/2026\/04\/06\/associate-mistakes-compensation-part-of-opening-arguments-in-dla-piper-pregnancy-bias-trial\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NY Law Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Supreme Court looks to help Bannon escape conviction. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/04\/06\/politics\/supreme-court-bannon-case\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CNN<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* More scammers impersonating law firms. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/international-edition\/2026\/04\/07\/scams-impersonating-law-firms-rocket-21\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Law.com International<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Drake appeal described as dangerous. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/drake-kendrick-lamar-lawsuit-dangerous-legal-scholars\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Billboard<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Third Circuit bets on Kalshi. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/articles\/2461962\/3rd-circ-backs-kalshi-in-prediction-markets-battle-with-nj\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Law360<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Judge loses job after investigation finds lying and efforts to help landlords. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/news\/article\/upstate-ny-judge-removed-from-bench-amid-charges-of-lying-assisting-landlords-on-evictions\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABA Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/04\/morning-docket-04-07-26\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Morning Docket: 04.07.26<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>* As <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/04\/end-of-an-era-yale-booted-from-no-1-spot-in-historic-u-s-news-law-school-rankings-shakeup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">we already covered<\/a>, the new US News law school rankings are out and\u2026 they\u2019re wild. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/best-graduate-schools\/top-law-schools\/law-rankings\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">US News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Biglaw firms lend support to those fighting the Trump administration. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/government\/law-firms-fighting-trump-executive-orders-get-backing-fellow-firms-2026-04-06\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* DLA Piper pregnancy bias trial kicked off yesterday, with the firm telling jury that it fired associate over her work. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/newyorklawjournal\/2026\/04\/06\/associate-mistakes-compensation-part-of-opening-arguments-in-dla-piper-pregnancy-bias-trial\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NY Law Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Supreme Court looks to help Bannon escape conviction. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/04\/06\/politics\/supreme-court-bannon-case\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CNN<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* More scammers impersonating law firms. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/international-edition\/2026\/04\/07\/scams-impersonating-law-firms-rocket-21\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Law.com International<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Drake appeal described as dangerous. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/drake-kendrick-lamar-lawsuit-dangerous-legal-scholars\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Billboard<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Third Circuit bets on Kalshi. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/articles\/2461962\/3rd-circ-backs-kalshi-in-prediction-markets-battle-with-nj\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Law360<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Judge loses job after investigation finds lying and efforts to help landlords. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/news\/article\/upstate-ny-judge-removed-from-bench-amid-charges-of-lying-assisting-landlords-on-evictions\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABA Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* As we already covered, the new US News law school rankings are out and\u2026 they\u2019re wild. [US News] * Biglaw firms lend support to those fighting the Trump administration. [Reuters] * DLA Piper pregnancy bias trial kicked off yesterday, with the firm telling jury that it fired associate over her work. 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