Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 07.08.25

* Judge tells people to stop calling staff and "cracking open Moore's Federal Practice." Just like everyone keeps on their mantle. [ABA Journal] * IRS decides churches can directly endorse political candidates without losing tax exempt status... but other non-profits can't. [NY Times] * Meier Watkins getting the band back together, bringing in another winning member of the Dominion case. [Bloomberg Law News] * Fifth Circuit decides that Apple -- a California company -- is not liable for suppressing a union in New York. [Law360] * Reddit suit against Anthropic stayed over scraping without a license as the AI company tries to anchor the case in federal court. [The Recorder]. * Amazon facing suit claiming Alexa violates user privacy despite being unable to consistently perform other basic tasks. [Reuters]

By Above the Law on July 08, 2025 9:14 am

* Judge tells people to stop calling staff and “cracking open Moore’s Federal Practice.” Just like everyone keeps on their mantle. [ABA Journal]

* IRS decides churches can directly endorse political candidates without losing tax exempt status… but other non-profits can’t. [NY Times]

* Meier Watkins getting the band back together, bringing in another winning member of the Dominion case. [Bloomberg Law News]

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* Fifth Circuit decides that Apple — a California company — is not liable for suppressing a union in New York. [Law360]

* Reddit suit against Anthropic stayed over scraping without a license as the AI company tries to anchor the case in federal court. [The Recorder].

* Amazon facing suit claiming Alexa violates user privacy despite being unable to consistently perform other basic tasks. [Reuters]