{"id":156952,"date":"2026-07-16T05:40:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T13:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/07\/16\/morning-docket-07-16-26-2\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T05:40:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T13:40:15","slug":"morning-docket-07-16-26-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/07\/16\/morning-docket-07-16-26-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Docket: 07.16.26"},"content":{"rendered":"

* DOJ and SEC agree to freeze discovery in SEC\u2019s civil case over the Biglaw insider trading scheme, clarifying that the criminal case will be the main event. [Court Listener<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* WilmerHale faces class action over data breach. [Law360<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* R. Kelly believes he can fly straight out of prison, asking Donald Trump for clemency by citing DOJ weaponization against him. [TMZ<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* Subpoenas for Biglaw capitulators \u201creopen wounds.\u201d Self-inflicted wounds, but wounds nonetheless. [Bloomberg Law News<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* Thomson Reuters sells majority stake in print business to KKR. TR keeps editorial control and the intellectual property rights. [Reuters<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* Federal government refuses to give New Mexico access to Epstein files as part of a state investigation. [Axios<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* Lively-Baldoni lawsuit drama continues with allegations of \u201cextremely excessive\u201d legal research. [ABA Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* Lisa Graves of Court Accountability chats with our own Joe Patrice about the Supreme Court Term. Marvel at how Joe\u2019s background looks vaguely like a bunch of jabots. [Legal AF Podcast<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* The Kavanaugh hearings were Lindsey Graham in a nutshell. [The Nation<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* Fox News sued for claiming data center critics are Chinese agents. [Courthouse News Service<\/a>]<\/p>\n

The post Morning Docket: 07.16.26<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

* DOJ and SEC agree to freeze discovery in SEC\u2019s civil case over the Biglaw insider trading scheme, clarifying that the criminal case will be the main event. [Court Listener<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* WilmerHale faces class action over data breach. [Law360<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* R. Kelly believes he can fly straight out of prison, asking Donald Trump for clemency by citing DOJ weaponization against him. [TMZ<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* Subpoenas for Biglaw capitulators \u201creopen wounds.\u201d Self-inflicted wounds, but wounds nonetheless. [Bloomberg Law News<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* Thomson Reuters sells majority stake in print business to KKR. TR keeps editorial control and the intellectual property rights. [Reuters<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* Federal government refuses to give New Mexico access to Epstein files as part of a state investigation. [Axios<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* Lively-Baldoni lawsuit drama continues with allegations of \u201cextremely excessive\u201d legal research. [ABA Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* Lisa Graves of Court Accountability chats with our own Joe Patrice about the Supreme Court Term. Marvel at how Joe\u2019s background looks vaguely like a bunch of jabots. [Legal AF Podcast<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* The Kavanaugh hearings were Lindsey Graham in a nutshell. [The Nation<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* Fox News sued for claiming data center critics are Chinese agents. [Courthouse News Service<\/a>]<\/p>\n

The post Morning Docket: 07.16.26<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

* DOJ and SEC agree to freeze discovery in SEC\u2019s civil case over the Biglaw insider trading scheme, clarifying that the criminal case will be the main event. [Court Listener] * WilmerHale faces class action over data breach. [Law360] * R. Kelly believes he can fly straight out of prison, asking Donald Trump for clemency […]<\/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-156952","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\/156952","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=156952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156952\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}