{"id":162198,"date":"2026-09-03T04:57:47","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T12:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/09\/03\/morning-docket-09-03-26\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T04:57:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T12:57:47","slug":"morning-docket-09-03-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/09\/03\/morning-docket-09-03-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Docket: 09.03.26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Wachtell report for the NBA ends up sinking the Clippers, who will lose $30 million and lose 5 first-round picks. Wachtell, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MikeVorkunov\/status\/2095278657182802147?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">according to The Athletic reporter Mike Vorkunov<\/a>, charged $50 million for the investigation. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7513882\/2026\/09\/02\/clippers-kawhi-leonard-punishment-fine-suspensions-nba-investigation\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times\/The Athletic<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Judge blocks Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/08\/trump-issues-new-birthright-citizenship-orders-in-direct-defiance-of-supreme-court\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">revised birthright citizenship order<\/a> pointing out, \u201cThe Supreme Court has spoken.\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.notus.org\/trump-white-house\/federal-court-blocks-trump-executive-order-birthright-citizenship\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NOTUS<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Lawyer sanctioned for sending dick pic to opposition. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.charlotteobserver.com\/news\/local\/article317100914.html?taid=6a9868da271c1300017e5cb7&amp;utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_medium=trueanthem&amp;utm_source=twitter\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Charlotte Observer<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Report urges lawyers and bar associations to defend judges. Meanwhile, the Florida Bar tells judges that they should <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/09\/florida-bar-hides-from-ethical-responsibilities-shrugs-as-dhs-lawyer-compares-federal-judges-to-murderers-and-rapists\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">just get comfortable being threatened<\/a>. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/news\/article\/lawyers-should-defend-judicial-independence-report-says\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABA Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Attorney accused in $1.45 million Ponzi scheme. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.expressnews.com\/business\/article\/david-thomas-gilchrist-ponzi-sec-san-antonio-22414062.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Antonio Express-News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* ABA issues new rules for advising clients with cognitive impairments. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/pulse\/dc-pulse\/articles\/2520840\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Law360<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Second Circuit sides with Starbucks in banning employees from wearing union pins. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.claimsjournal.com\/news\/national\/2026\/09\/03\/339940.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Claims Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/09\/morning-docket-09-03-26\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Morning Docket: 09.03.26<\/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\">* Wachtell report for the NBA ends up sinking the Clippers, who will lose $30 million and lose 5 first-round picks. Wachtell, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MikeVorkunov\/status\/2095278657182802147?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">according to The Athletic reporter Mike Vorkunov<\/a>, charged $50 million for the investigation. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7513882\/2026\/09\/02\/clippers-kawhi-leonard-punishment-fine-suspensions-nba-investigation\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times\/The Athletic<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Judge blocks Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/08\/trump-issues-new-birthright-citizenship-orders-in-direct-defiance-of-supreme-court\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">revised birthright citizenship order<\/a> pointing out, \u201cThe Supreme Court has spoken.\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.notus.org\/trump-white-house\/federal-court-blocks-trump-executive-order-birthright-citizenship\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NOTUS<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Lawyer sanctioned for sending dick pic to opposition. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.charlotteobserver.com\/news\/local\/article317100914.html?taid=6a9868da271c1300017e5cb7&amp;utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_medium=trueanthem&amp;utm_source=twitter\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Charlotte Observer<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Report urges lawyers and bar associations to defend judges. Meanwhile, the Florida Bar tells judges that they should <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/09\/florida-bar-hides-from-ethical-responsibilities-shrugs-as-dhs-lawyer-compares-federal-judges-to-murderers-and-rapists\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">just get comfortable being threatened<\/a>. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/news\/article\/lawyers-should-defend-judicial-independence-report-says\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABA Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Attorney accused in $1.45 million Ponzi scheme. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.expressnews.com\/business\/article\/david-thomas-gilchrist-ponzi-sec-san-antonio-22414062.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Antonio Express-News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* ABA issues new rules for advising clients with cognitive impairments. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/pulse\/dc-pulse\/articles\/2520840\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Law360<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Second Circuit sides with Starbucks in banning employees from wearing union pins. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.claimsjournal.com\/news\/national\/2026\/09\/03\/339940.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Claims Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* Wachtell report for the NBA ends up sinking the Clippers, who will lose $30 million and lose 5 first-round picks. Wachtell, according to The Athletic reporter Mike Vorkunov, charged $50 million for the investigation. [NY Times\/The Athletic] * Judge blocks Trump\u2019s revised birthright citizenship order pointing out, \u201cThe Supreme Court has spoken.\u201d [NOTUS] * [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":162199,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-162198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xira.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-1359473224-DSB3Bk.jpg?fit=724%2C483&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162198","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=162198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}