{"id":155569,"date":"2026-06-30T04:59:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T12:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/06\/30\/morning-docket-06-30-26\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T04:59:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T12:59:58","slug":"morning-docket-06-30-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/06\/30\/morning-docket-06-30-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Docket: 06.30.26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>* Hogan Lovells Cadwalader makes its premiere tomorrow, with plans for growth on the horizon. [<a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/business-and-practice\/hogan-lovells-cadwalader-debut-is-start-of-firms-ny-growth-plan\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg Law News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* A little lost in the Supreme Court shell game yesterday, the Court quietly snuffed out Trump\u2019s bid to get out of the E. Jean Carroll case. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/06\/29\/us\/politics\/supreme-court-trump-sexual-assault.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* More NBA players indicted over gambling scheme. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/49215856\/former-nba-players-malik-beasley-ed-davis-indicted-gambling-case\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Man detained for playing Darth Vader\u2019s march at National Guard troops occupying Washington secures settlement after ACLU steps in. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/dc-md-va\/2026\/06\/29\/dc-settles-suit-man-who-protested-national-guard-with-music\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Post<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* White-collar defense attorney: \u201cIt is general knowledge in our practice that for $2 million, you can have a pardon.\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/2026\/06\/trump-250-pardons-250th-birthday\/687736\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Atlantic<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Justice Sotomayor discloses that Bad Bunny gave her tickets to his show, which is sort of like accepting free luxury vacations from parties with direct interests before the Court and then trying to conceal it, except in the way that it\u2019s not like that at all. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/06\/29\/politics\/sotomayor-bad-bunny-supreme-court-financial-disclosures\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CNN<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Texas Supreme Court halts Houston area program providing legal services to low income individuals accused of immigration violations, claiming it\u2019s unconstitutional to give public funds to anyone without a \u201clegitimate public end.\u201d Texas does, in fact, have a lottery. [<a href=\"https:\/\/abc13.com\/post\/harris-county-immigrant-legal-services-program-paused-texas-supreme-court\/19416088\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABC13<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/06\/morning-docket-06-30-26\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Morning Docket: 06.30.26<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>* Hogan Lovells Cadwalader makes its premiere tomorrow, with plans for growth on the horizon. [<a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/business-and-practice\/hogan-lovells-cadwalader-debut-is-start-of-firms-ny-growth-plan\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg Law News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* A little lost in the Supreme Court shell game yesterday, the Court quietly snuffed out Trump\u2019s bid to get out of the E. Jean Carroll case. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/06\/29\/us\/politics\/supreme-court-trump-sexual-assault.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* More NBA players indicted over gambling scheme. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/49215856\/former-nba-players-malik-beasley-ed-davis-indicted-gambling-case\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Man detained for playing Darth Vader\u2019s march at National Guard troops occupying Washington secures settlement after ACLU steps in. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/dc-md-va\/2026\/06\/29\/dc-settles-suit-man-who-protested-national-guard-with-music\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Post<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* White-collar defense attorney: \u201cIt is general knowledge in our practice that for $2 million, you can have a pardon.\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/2026\/06\/trump-250-pardons-250th-birthday\/687736\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Atlantic<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Justice Sotomayor discloses that Bad Bunny gave her tickets to his show, which is sort of like accepting free luxury vacations from parties with direct interests before the Court and then trying to conceal it, except in the way that it\u2019s not like that at all. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/06\/29\/politics\/sotomayor-bad-bunny-supreme-court-financial-disclosures\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CNN<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Texas Supreme Court halts Houston area program providing legal services to low income individuals accused of immigration violations, claiming it\u2019s unconstitutional to give public funds to anyone without a \u201clegitimate public end.\u201d Texas does, in fact, have a lottery. [<a href=\"https:\/\/abc13.com\/post\/harris-county-immigrant-legal-services-program-paused-texas-supreme-court\/19416088\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABC13<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/06\/morning-docket-06-30-26\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Morning Docket: 06.30.26<\/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>* Hogan Lovells Cadwalader makes its premiere tomorrow, with plans for growth on the horizon. [Bloomberg Law News] * A little lost in the Supreme Court shell game yesterday, the Court quietly snuffed out Trump\u2019s bid to get out of the E. Jean Carroll case. [NY Times] * More NBA players indicted over gambling scheme. 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