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Morning Docket: 09.02.26

* When Scalia died, John Roberts decided to change the rules to keep the justices’ papers locked away for decades after they die. [NY Times]

* House Republicans begin inquiry into the Eleventh Circuit’s probe of Judge Eleanor Ross. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Lawyer arrested for terroristic threat against teen relative. [ABA Journal]

* Recording artists sue Suno, claiming the AI provider is stealing their identities. [Rolling Stone]

* The revolving door between Jones Day and the Trump administration continues to spin. [Law360]

* Second Circuit rules public school district can ban teachers from hanging Pride flags. [Bloomberg Law]

* Former Google engineer sentenced to 12 months for stealing AI secrets. So if some cut-rate model starts giving really bad internet search summaries, you know the culprit! [Courthouse News Service]

* A&O Sherman hires judge who dominated patent cases as part of the less-socially-destructive-but-still-bad consequence of Texas federal court judge shopping. [Reuters]

See Also

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Nice Office You Got There: Let’s tear down the Supreme Court building! After all, the Court says no one can stop a president from unilaterally destroying a historic building.

‘A Whorehouse And Las Vegas’: Ty Cobb reviews Trump’s ballroom.

Legal Tech Love-In: Everyone in legal tech is hopping into bed with each other. Figuratively (we hope). The big rundown on last week’s ILTACON and how it relates to swinging.

Fools For Clients: Wall Street banks want Biglaw to cut its bills because they can get answers from AI. These are not serious people.

Pangram Perils: Law professors up in arms about AI have put their faith in AI tools to detect AI. That’s a dangerous proposition.

Erin Piacenti, Fordham Law ’21 And Bank Of America VP, Killed In Times Square Attack: The 32-year-old had celebrated her second wedding anniversary three weeks earlier.

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