Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 10.09.25

* Woman who defrauded JP Morgan used her indemnification clause to make JP Morgan pay almost as much in legal bills as the whole scam was worth. [NY Post] * Following D.C.'s lead, Chicago grand juries are declining to indict people rounded up by the Trump administration. [MSNBC] * Baldoni and Lively fight spills out into malpractice claim. [Hollywood Reporter] * Former Overstock.com CEO defaults in defamation case brought by Hunter Biden. [Courthouse News Service] * Ninth Circuit allows Trump to federalize Oregon National Guard but keeps a temporary ban on deployment. [Bloomberg Law News] * LBR acquires Legal Geek. [Law.com] * Clarence Thomas may have created a loophole to resuscitate affirmative action. Too bad he explicitly doesn't think the Court should be bound by any prior decision. [Slate]

By Above the Law on October 09, 2025 8:58 am

* Woman who defrauded JP Morgan used her indemnification clause to make JP Morgan pay almost as much in legal bills as the whole scam was worth. [NY Post]

* Following D.C.’s lead, Chicago grand juries are declining to indict people rounded up by the Trump administration. [MSNBC]

* Baldoni and Lively fight spills out into malpractice claim. [Hollywood Reporter]

* Former Overstock.com CEO defaults in defamation case brought by Hunter Biden. [Courthouse News Service]

* Ninth Circuit allows Trump to federalize Oregon National Guard but keeps a temporary ban on deployment. [Bloomberg Law News]

* LBR acquires Legal Geek. [Law.com]

* Clarence Thomas may have created a loophole to resuscitate affirmative action. Too bad he explicitly doesn’t think the Court should be bound by any prior decision. [Slate]