Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 03.09.26

* After about-face on withdrawing lawsuits against law firms, Justice Department uncorks almost 100 pages of vitriol against federal judges for ruling against the administration generally. [NY Times] * Book publishers sue what they're calling a shadow library that provided materials for AI training. [Law360] * John Quinn tells the Brits that American lawyers work harder. Which may be true, but you don't rub that in! [The Times] * Profiling the judge who ordered the administration to start issuing tariff refunds. [New York Law Journal] * The administration is pushing the Supreme Court to weaken the federal judiciary. And so far the Court seems on board. [Reuters] * Court strikes down... basically everything about how Voice of America has been run. [NPR]

By Above the Law on March 09, 2026 9:06 am

* After about-face on withdrawing lawsuits against law firms, Justice Department uncorks almost 100 pages of vitriol against federal judges for ruling against the administration generally. [NY Times]

* Book publishers sue what they’re calling a shadow library that provided materials for AI training. [Law360]

* John Quinn tells the Brits that American lawyers work harder. Which may be true, but you don’t rub that in! [The Times]

* Profiling the judge who ordered the administration to start issuing tariff refunds. [New York Law Journal]

* The administration is pushing the Supreme Court to weaken the federal judiciary. And so far the Court seems on board. [Reuters]

* Court strikes down… basically everything about how Voice of America has been run. [NPR]