{"id":163066,"date":"2026-09-17T05:53:30","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T13:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/09\/17\/morning-docket-09-17-26\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T05:53:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T13:53:30","slug":"morning-docket-09-17-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/09\/17\/morning-docket-09-17-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Docket: 09.17.26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* How law firms became complicit actors in Epstein\u2019s web. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/features\/2026-09-16\/how-jeffrey-epstein-used-law-firms-and-legal-privilege-to-keep-secrets\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Supreme Court maintains order barring states from banning telehealth mifepristone after Louisiana attempted to defy the last Supreme Court order. [<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/Politics\/supreme-court-preserves-broad-access-abortion-drug-mifepristone\/story?id=132962639\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABC News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Second Amendment scholar previews the upcoming Supreme Court challenge to assault weapon regulations. The gun manufacturing lobby argues that this is \u201ca decision for the American people to make\u201d\u2026 and then asks the justices to strike down popular laws. [<a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/news-and-politics\/2026\/09\/supreme-court-term-assault-weapons-case-guns-galling.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Slate<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Product liability litigation hits 10-year high. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/news\/article\/product-liability-cases-reach-10-year-high-according-to-new-lex-machina-report\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABA Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Bruce Springsteen wins yet again in legal fight with guy seeking damages for his car being pictured on Springsteen\u2019s album cover. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/bruce-springsteen-wins-appeal-lawsuit-vintage-car-album-art\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Billboard<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* DOJ keeps violating court orders like it\u2019s their job. [<a href=\"https:\/\/ballsandstrikes.org\/ethics-accountability\/justice-department-orders-contempt\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Balls and Strikes<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Flock camera data does not amount to a Fourth Amendment search per district judge, to the delight of cops using the cameras to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/08\/26\/us\/flock-kentucky-police-officer-arrest\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">stalk their ex-girlfriends<\/a>. [<a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/volokh\/2026\/09\/16\/use-of-flock-cameras-is-not-a-fourth-amendment-search-district-court-rules\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Volokh Conspiracy<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Ninth Circuit denies bid to expand DMCA to cover code used for AI training, a legal theory that could have radically expanded copyright liability to cover \u201cteachers adapting works for a classroom presentation.\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eff.org\/deeplinks\/2026\/09\/victory-appeals-court-rejects-expansive-new-copyright-claim\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">EFF<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/09\/morning-docket-09-17-26\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Morning Docket: 09.17.26<\/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\">* How law firms became complicit actors in Epstein\u2019s web. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/features\/2026-09-16\/how-jeffrey-epstein-used-law-firms-and-legal-privilege-to-keep-secrets\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Supreme Court maintains order barring states from banning telehealth mifepristone after Louisiana attempted to defy the last Supreme Court order. [<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/Politics\/supreme-court-preserves-broad-access-abortion-drug-mifepristone\/story?id=132962639\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABC News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Second Amendment scholar previews the upcoming Supreme Court challenge to assault weapon regulations. The gun manufacturing lobby argues that this is \u201ca decision for the American people to make\u201d\u2026 and then asks the justices to strike down popular laws. [<a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/news-and-politics\/2026\/09\/supreme-court-term-assault-weapons-case-guns-galling.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Slate<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Product liability litigation hits 10-year high. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/news\/article\/product-liability-cases-reach-10-year-high-according-to-new-lex-machina-report\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABA Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Bruce Springsteen wins yet again in legal fight with guy seeking damages for his car being pictured on Springsteen\u2019s album cover. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/bruce-springsteen-wins-appeal-lawsuit-vintage-car-album-art\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Billboard<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* DOJ keeps violating court orders like it\u2019s their job. [<a href=\"https:\/\/ballsandstrikes.org\/ethics-accountability\/justice-department-orders-contempt\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Balls and Strikes<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Flock camera data does not amount to a Fourth Amendment search per district judge, to the delight of cops using the cameras to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/08\/26\/us\/flock-kentucky-police-officer-arrest\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">stalk their ex-girlfriends<\/a>. [<a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/volokh\/2026\/09\/16\/use-of-flock-cameras-is-not-a-fourth-amendment-search-district-court-rules\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Volokh Conspiracy<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Ninth Circuit denies bid to expand DMCA to cover code used for AI training, a legal theory that could have radically expanded copyright liability to cover \u201cteachers adapting works for a classroom presentation.\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eff.org\/deeplinks\/2026\/09\/victory-appeals-court-rejects-expansive-new-copyright-claim\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">EFF<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* How law firms became complicit actors in Epstein\u2019s web. [Bloomberg] * Supreme Court maintains order barring states from banning telehealth mifepristone after Louisiana attempted to defy the last Supreme Court order. [ABC News] * Second Amendment scholar previews the upcoming Supreme Court challenge to assault weapon regulations. 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