{"id":98536,"date":"2024-12-26T07:03:27","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T15:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2024\/12\/26\/morning-docket-12-26-24\/"},"modified":"2024-12-26T07:03:27","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T15:03:27","slug":"morning-docket-12-26-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2024\/12\/26\/morning-docket-12-26-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Docket: 12.26.24"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>* Arkansas book ban runs afoul of Constitution&#8230; for now. [Reuters]<br \/>\n* Federal judge in trouble for speaking to &#8220;politically affiliated&#8221; organization. Which is a rookie mistake because all you need to do is pretend nakedly political organizations just aren&#8217;t political&#8230; the Federalist Society judges do it all the time. [Reuters]<br \/>\n* DC Circuit executive leaves to raise alpacas. [Bloomberg Law News]<br \/>\n* Biglaw will be busy for the next few weeks aiding clients with SEC enforcement before the SEC stops doing that. [National Law Journal]<br \/>\n* Big pharma&#8230; Big insider trading. [Law360]<br \/>\nThe post Morning Docket: 12.26.24 appeared first on Above the Law.<\/p>\n<article id=\"post-1079118\" class=\"post-1079118 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\/2024\/03\/GettyImages-88006976-300x200.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Various books on shelves, full frame\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1044759\" title=\"\">* Arkansas book ban runs afoul of Constitution\u2026 for now. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/24\/us\/arkansas-book-ban-law.html\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Federal judge in trouble for speaking to \u201cpolitically affiliated\u201d organization. Which is a rookie mistake because all you need to do is pretend nakedly political organizations just aren\u2019t political\u2026 the Federalist Society judges do it all the time. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/government\/us-judge-acknowledges-mistake-speaking-politically-affiliated-club-2024-12-24\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* DC Circuit executive leaves to raise alpacas. [<a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/us-law-week\/retiring-dc-circuit-executive-trades-judges-for-vermont-alpacas\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg Law News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Biglaw will be busy for the next few weeks aiding clients with SEC enforcement before the SEC stops doing that. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/nationallawjournal\/2024\/12\/23\/secs-latest-enforcement-actions-fuel-demand-for-big-law-\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">National Law Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Big pharma\u2026 Big insider trading. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/articles\/2277502\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Law360<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* Arkansas book ban runs afoul of Constitution&#8230; for now. [Reuters] * Federal judge in trouble for speaking to &#8220;politically affiliated&#8221; organization. Which is a rookie mistake because all you need to do is pretend nakedly political organizations just aren&#8217;t political&#8230; the Federalist Society judges do it all the time. 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