{"id":166277,"date":"2026-10-28T05:26:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T13:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/10\/28\/morning-docket-10-28-26\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T05:26:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T13:26:07","slug":"morning-docket-10-28-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/10\/28\/morning-docket-10-28-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Docket: 10.28.26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Alaska election suit isn\u2019t really about winning as much as establishing a template. [<a href=\"https:\/\/electionlawblog.org\/2026\/the-real-reason-for-dojs-alaska-litigation\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Election Law Blog<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Prediction markets usher in era of Supreme Court gambling. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/news\/article\/supreme-court-tangled-up-in-prediction-markets\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABA Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* DOJ whiffs again\u2026 this time failing to convince a grand jury to charge January 6 witness Cassidy Hutchinson. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/10\/27\/cassidy-hutchinson-doj-grand-jury-trump.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CNBC<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Judge doesn\u2019t seem impressed with administration\u2019s maybe-we-don\u2019t-count-all-the-ballots argument. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/government\/us-judge-weigh-justice-depts-effort-block-california-counting-alleged-noncitizen-2026-10-27\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Anthropic makes its pitch to the public citing \u201cexistential risks to humanity,\u201d with Wilson Sonsini and Freshfields advising. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/articles\/2542697\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Law360<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Hasan Piker hires Meier Watkins Phillips Pusch \u2014 the firm founded by lawyers who represented Dominion Voting Systems \u2014 to sue Scott Jennings for defamation. [<a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/litigation\/hasan-piker-sues-scott-jennings-in-72-million-defamation-suit\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg Law News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/10\/morning-docket-10-28-26\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Morning Docket: 10.28.26<\/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\">* Alaska election suit isn\u2019t really about winning as much as establishing a template. [<a href=\"https:\/\/electionlawblog.org\/2026\/the-real-reason-for-dojs-alaska-litigation\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Election Law Blog<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Prediction markets usher in era of Supreme Court gambling. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/news\/article\/supreme-court-tangled-up-in-prediction-markets\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABA Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* DOJ whiffs again\u2026 this time failing to convince a grand jury to charge January 6 witness Cassidy Hutchinson. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/10\/27\/cassidy-hutchinson-doj-grand-jury-trump.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CNBC<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Judge doesn\u2019t seem impressed with administration\u2019s maybe-we-don\u2019t-count-all-the-ballots argument. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/government\/us-judge-weigh-justice-depts-effort-block-california-counting-alleged-noncitizen-2026-10-27\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Anthropic makes its pitch to the public citing \u201cexistential risks to humanity,\u201d with Wilson Sonsini and Freshfields advising. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/articles\/2542697\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Law360<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Hasan Piker hires Meier Watkins Phillips Pusch \u2014 the firm founded by lawyers who represented Dominion Voting Systems \u2014 to sue Scott Jennings for defamation. [<a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/litigation\/hasan-piker-sues-scott-jennings-in-72-million-defamation-suit\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg Law News<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* Alaska election suit isn\u2019t really about winning as much as establishing a template. [Election Law Blog] * Prediction markets usher in era of Supreme Court gambling. [ABA Journal] * DOJ whiffs again\u2026 this time failing to convince a grand jury to charge January 6 witness Cassidy Hutchinson. 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