{"id":97710,"date":"2024-12-11T13:03:21","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T21:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2024\/12\/11\/morning-docket-12-11-24\/"},"modified":"2024-12-11T13:03:21","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T21:03:21","slug":"morning-docket-12-11-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2024\/12\/11\/morning-docket-12-11-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Docket: 12.11.24"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>* Letting the Supreme Court pick its own cases was a mistake. [NY Times]<br \/>\n* United Healthcare committed to denying even more claims. [Law.com]<br \/>\n* Bankruptcy judge decides bails out Alex Jones. [Bloomberg Law News]<br \/>\n* Mega grocery merger blocked. [Law360]<br \/>\n* Biden to veto judiciary expansion bill following Trump win. [Reuters]<br \/>\n* Prosecutors charge a pair of law firms for staging automobile accidents. Those pesky safe driving courses have made lawyers resort to this to keep food on the table! [The Guardian]<br \/>\n* Trump&#8217;s DOJ ignored procedure to steal journalist and staff phone records while searching for a leak. [AP News]<br \/>\nThe post Morning Docket: 12.11.24 appeared first on Above the Law.<\/p>\n<article id=\"post-1078480\" class=\"post-1078480 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-morning-docket tag-morning-docket\">\n<div class=\"post__content single-post\">\n<div class=\"single-post__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"single-post__content-column\">\n<div id=\"single-post-content\" class=\"single-post__content\">\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/GettyImages-1399070257-300x200.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Supreme Court and Cherry Blossoms\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-976344\" title=\"\">* Letting the Supreme Court pick its own cases was a mistake. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/09\/us\/politics\/supreme-court-judiciary-act.html\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* United Healthcare committed to denying even more claims. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/2024\/12\/10\/amid-growing-litigation-volume-dont-expect-unitedhealthcare-to-change-its-stripes-after-ceos-killing\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Law.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Bankruptcy judge decides bails out Alex Jones. [<a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/bankruptcy-law\/the-onions-takeover-of-alex-jones-infowars-rejected-by-judge\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg Law News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Mega grocery merger blocked. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/articles\/1882790\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Law360<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Biden to veto judiciary expansion bill following Trump win. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/government\/biden-vows-veto-bill-expanding-us-judiciary-after-trumps-win-2024-12-10\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Prosecutors charge a pair of law firms for staging automobile accidents. Those pesky safe driving courses have made lawyers resort to this to keep food on the table! [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/dec\/09\/new-orleans-law-firms-staging-accidents-settlements\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">The Guardian<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Trump\u2019s DOJ ignored procedure to steal journalist and staff phone records while searching for a leak. [<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/justice-department-inspector-general-reporters-congress-records-d337eb87f286b9c14779adb8b4b14365\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">AP News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* Letting the Supreme Court pick its own cases was a mistake. [NY Times] * United Healthcare committed to denying even more claims. [Law.com] * Bankruptcy judge decides bails out Alex Jones. [Bloomberg Law News] * Mega grocery merger blocked. [Law360] * Biden to veto judiciary expansion bill following Trump win. 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