{"id":160910,"date":"2026-08-19T05:33:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T13:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/08\/19\/morning-docket-08-19-26\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T05:33:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T13:33:14","slug":"morning-docket-08-19-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/08\/19\/morning-docket-08-19-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Docket: 08.19.26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Disney goes to war with Trump administration over Kimmel retaliation effort. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/08\/18\/nx-s1-5936406\/abc-and-disney-sue-fcc-alleging-first-amendment-violations\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NPR<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Morgan &amp; Morgan goes to court over Florida ban on celebrities in lawyer ads. [<a href=\"https:\/\/floridaphoenix.com\/2026\/08\/17\/ban-on-law-firms-using-celebritys-images-voices-in-florida-advertising-challenged-in-federal-court\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Florida Phoenix<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Hugh Hefner repeatedly tried to get the FBI to act on Epstein over 20 years ago say survivors in lawsuit. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawcommentary.com\/articles\/hugh-hefner-warned-fbi-about-jeffrey-epstein-in-2005-survivors-allege-in-lawsuit\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Law Commentary<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Missouri weighs lowering pass score for bar exam after NextGen debacle. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/web\/article\/will-missouri-supreme-court-drop-pass-score-for-july-bar-exam\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABA Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Harvey unveils its own LLM named Tenet. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/harvey-builds-tenet-ai-model-for-legal-work-2026-8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Business Insider<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* In least shocking revelation of the day, whistleblowers suggest DOJ senior leadership reverse engineered political probes. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.courthousenews.com\/whistleblowers-claim-trump-officials-played-politics-with-university-antisemitism-probes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Courthouse News Service<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Fourth Circuit blocks ICE from rounding people up at churches. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/appeals-court-blocks-immigration-arrests-houses-worship\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CBS News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/08\/morning-docket-08-19-26\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Morning Docket: 08.19.26<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Disney goes to war with Trump administration over Kimmel retaliation effort. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/08\/18\/nx-s1-5936406\/abc-and-disney-sue-fcc-alleging-first-amendment-violations\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NPR<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Morgan &amp; Morgan goes to court over Florida ban on celebrities in lawyer ads. [<a href=\"https:\/\/floridaphoenix.com\/2026\/08\/17\/ban-on-law-firms-using-celebritys-images-voices-in-florida-advertising-challenged-in-federal-court\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Florida Phoenix<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Hugh Hefner repeatedly tried to get the FBI to act on Epstein over 20 years ago say survivors in lawsuit. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawcommentary.com\/articles\/hugh-hefner-warned-fbi-about-jeffrey-epstein-in-2005-survivors-allege-in-lawsuit\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Law Commentary<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Missouri weighs lowering pass score for bar exam after NextGen debacle. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/web\/article\/will-missouri-supreme-court-drop-pass-score-for-july-bar-exam\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABA Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Harvey unveils its own LLM named Tenet. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/harvey-builds-tenet-ai-model-for-legal-work-2026-8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Business Insider<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* In least shocking revelation of the day, whistleblowers suggest DOJ senior leadership reverse engineered political probes. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.courthousenews.com\/whistleblowers-claim-trump-officials-played-politics-with-university-antisemitism-probes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Courthouse News Service<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Fourth Circuit blocks ICE from rounding people up at churches. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/appeals-court-blocks-immigration-arrests-houses-worship\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CBS News<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* Disney goes to war with Trump administration over Kimmel retaliation effort. [NPR] * Morgan &amp; Morgan goes to court over Florida ban on celebrities in lawyer ads. [Florida Phoenix] * Hugh Hefner repeatedly tried to get the FBI to act on Epstein over 20 years ago say survivors in lawsuit. 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