{"id":99517,"date":"2025-01-08T06:02:20","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T14:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/01\/08\/morning-docket-01-08-25\/"},"modified":"2025-01-08T06:02:20","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T14:02:20","slug":"morning-docket-01-08-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/01\/08\/morning-docket-01-08-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Docket: 01.08.25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>* North Carolina Supreme Court threatens to overturn election result by tossing 60,000 votes to protect the losing Republican candidate. Maybe this is why the judiciary lacks credibility, Mr. Chief Justice? [AP News]<br \/>\n* Filing says Rudy has to forfeit Yankees championship rings. [Yahoo]<br \/>\n* Rest of Arkansas Supreme Court steps in to overrule chief justice decision to fire staff. [ABA Journal]<br \/>\n* Interesting theory on saving diversity initiatives: cite the Supreme Court&#8217;s stance that the Boy Scouts can discriminate. [Bloomberg Law News]<br \/>\n* But Republican AGs &#8212; having solved all the problems in their states &#8212; are looking to sue the American Bar Association for having a diversity rule. [Reuters]<br \/>\n* Landlords added to DOJ&#8217;s antitrust case against the algorithm setting rent increases. [Law360]<br \/>\n* Shuttering Biglaw outposts spark reshuffling as lawyers head to remaining firms. [American Lawyer]<br \/>\nThe post Morning Docket: 01.08.25 appeared first on Above the Law.<\/p>\n<article id=\"post-1079553\" class=\"post-1079553 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\/2020\/10\/GettyImages-1200767549-300x209.jpg?resize=300%2C209&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Election Voter Suppression\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-700760\" title=\"\">* North Carolina Supreme Court threatens to overturn election result by tossing 60,000 votes to protect the losing Republican candidate. Maybe <em>this<\/em> is why <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/01\/john-roberts-annual-report-2024\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">the judiciary lacks credibility<\/a>, Mr. Chief Justice? [<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/north-carolina-supreme-court-election-appeal-voting-fcbd6d4b592c2ae6cf9a8d291dd1473f\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">AP News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Filing says Rudy has to forfeit Yankees championship rings. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/lawyers-collecting-148-million-judgment-003112859.html\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Yahoo<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Rest of Arkansas Supreme Court steps in to overrule chief justice decision to fire staff. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/news\/article\/state-chief-justice-with-millions-of-reasons-to-fire-court-employees-cant-do-so-unilaterally-top-arkansas-court-says#google_vignette\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">ABA Journal<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Interesting theory on saving diversity initiatives: cite the Supreme Court\u2019s stance that the Boy Scouts can discriminate. [<a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/litigation\/the-supreme-court-blessed-discrimination-now-that-might-aid-dei\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg Law News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* But Republican AGs \u2014 having solved all the problems in their states \u2014 are looking to sue the American Bar Association for having a diversity rule. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/government\/republican-state-ags-oppose-american-bar-associations-revised-diversity-rule-2025-01-07\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Landlords added to DOJ\u2019s antitrust case against the algorithm setting rent increases. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/articles\/2280810\/doj-ropes-landlords-into-realpage-antitrust-case\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Law360<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Shuttering Biglaw outposts spark reshuffling as lawyers head to remaining firms. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/americanlawyer\/2025\/01\/07\/skadden-corporate-partner-departs-for-cooley-in-beijing\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">American Lawyer<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* North Carolina Supreme Court threatens to overturn election result by tossing 60,000 votes to protect the losing Republican candidate. Maybe this is why the judiciary lacks credibility, Mr. Chief Justice? [AP News] * Filing says Rudy has to forfeit Yankees championship rings. 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