{"id":150578,"date":"2026-05-07T05:24:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T13:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/05\/07\/morning-docket-05-07-26\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T05:24:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T13:24:24","slug":"morning-docket-05-07-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/05\/07\/morning-docket-05-07-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Docket: 05.07.26"},"content":{"rendered":"

* Alleged Epstein suicide note finally unsealed. [Law360<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* FBI raid office of Virginia state senator who masterminded redistricting ballot initiative citing vague corruption claims. [NY Times<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* At the exact same time, the DOJ agreed to return or destroy all evidence it collected from Rep. Andy Ogles \u2014 before the FBI was allowed to review it \u2014 in long-running corruption investigation that includes stealing over $20,000 in money he raised for a stillborn child\u2019s burial that he seems to have just kept. [News 5<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* John Roberts worries that Americans see the conservative majority as \u201cpolitical actors\u201d just because they have no consistent stances other than ruling in favor of Republicans. [NBC News<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* Plaintiff in wild JP Morgan scandal brings on lawyer who repped Epstein victims. [NY Post<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* Law firm turns to AI avatars to teach soft skills. [Legaltech News<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* Insider trading ring run out of top law firms busted. [Financial Times<\/a>]<\/p>\n

The post Morning Docket: 05.07.26<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

* Alleged Epstein suicide note finally unsealed. [Law360<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* FBI raid office of Virginia state senator who masterminded redistricting ballot initiative citing vague corruption claims. [NY Times<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* At the exact same time, the DOJ agreed to return or destroy all evidence it collected from Rep. Andy Ogles \u2014 before the FBI was allowed to review it \u2014 in long-running corruption investigation that includes stealing over $20,000 in money he raised for a stillborn child\u2019s burial that he seems to have just kept. [News 5<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* John Roberts worries that Americans see the conservative majority as \u201cpolitical actors\u201d just because they have no consistent stances other than ruling in favor of Republicans. [NBC News<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* Plaintiff in wild JP Morgan scandal brings on lawyer who repped Epstein victims. [NY Post<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* Law firm turns to AI avatars to teach soft skills. [Legaltech News<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* Insider trading ring run out of top law firms busted. [Financial Times<\/a>]<\/p>\n

The post Morning Docket: 05.07.26<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

* Alleged Epstein suicide note finally unsealed. [Law360] * FBI raid office of Virginia state senator who masterminded redistricting ballot initiative citing vague corruption claims. [NY Times] * At the exact same time, the DOJ agreed to return or destroy all evidence it collected from Rep. Andy Ogles \u2014 before the FBI was allowed to […]<\/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-150578","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\/150578","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=150578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150578\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}