Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 08.14.24

* Judge Juan Merchan just can't quit Donald Trump. [The Hill] * Kaplan's deal with California to take over the bar exam is a go. [Law.com] * If a firm employs a secret bank account, things are probably not on the up-and-up. [Bloomberg Law] * Judge Reed O'Connor recuses himself from Elon Musk's case against advertisers. [Reuters] * SCOTUS *probably* isn't going to take up assault weapon bans. [Huffington Post] * A Trump win is bad news for the First Amendment. [Vox]

Jury Selection Begins In Former President Donald Trump’s New York Hush Money Trial

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* Judge Juan Merchan just can’t quit Donald Trump. [The Hill]

* Kaplan’s deal with California to take over the bar exam is a go. [Law.com]

* If a firm employs a secret bank account, things are probably not on the up-and-up. [Bloomberg Law]

* Judge Reed O’Connor recuses himself from Elon Musk’s case against advertisers. [Reuters]

* SCOTUS *probably* isn’t going to take up assault weapon bans. [Huffington Post]

* A Trump win is bad news for the First Amendment. [Vox]