Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 12.04.24

* Supreme Court heard transgender rights arguments today. [AP News] * Elon Musk and his supporters blast the Delaware courts after losing his bid to raid Tesla shareholders of $56 billion in value calling it "absolute corruption." For the record, Delaware upheld its famously long-standing corporate law to the letter and Elon has rewritten the terms of service for X users to make sure they can only sue him in front of a Tesla investor. [Bloomberg Law News] * While firms continue to backslide on hybrid work, Arent Fox downsizes LA office in recognition of the new model. [The Recorder] * Ninth Circuit upholds most of Idaho's abortion ban, striking down only the prison term for telling minors about the option of leaving the state as protected speech. [ABA Journal] * Trump claims presidential immunity extends to local prosecutions for crimes that took place entirely while not being president. It turns out he really could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue. [Law360] * Maybe we shouldn't be giving 17-year-olds Doogie Howser law licenses? [The Hill]

By Above the Law on December 04, 2024 9:03 am
United States Supreme Court Building

(Photographer: Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg)

* Supreme Court heard transgender rights arguments today. [AP News]

* Elon Musk and his supporters blast the Delaware courts after losing his bid to raid Tesla shareholders of $56 billion in value calling it “absolute corruption.” For the record, Delaware upheld its famously long-standing corporate law to the letter and Elon has rewritten the terms of service for X users to make sure they can only sue him in front of a Tesla investor. [Bloomberg Law News]

* While firms continue to backslide on hybrid work, Arent Fox downsizes LA office in recognition of the new model. [The Recorder]

* Ninth Circuit upholds most of Idaho’s abortion ban, striking down only the prison term for telling minors about the option of leaving the state as protected speech. [ABA Journal]

* Trump claims presidential immunity extends to local prosecutions for crimes that took place entirely while not being president. It turns out he really could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue. [Law360]

* Maybe we shouldn’t be giving 17-year-olds Doogie Howser law licenses? [The Hill]