Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 05.18.26

* California moving closer to adopting NextGen UBE, coming full circle back to the same dumb arrangement that ran them into the red the first time. [ABA Journal] * Former CFTC leaders worry the agency can't handle regulating crypto and prediction markets, but they're missing the trick: taking jurisdiction over those industries and then doing nothing is easy! [Bloomberg Law News] * Supreme Court rejects Virginia's bid to use a Trump administration argument to overturn their own state supreme court's comically reasoned decision. [NY Times] * Proposed class action accuses Amazon of foregoing tariff refunds to make Trump happy. [Law360] * Applicants who don't go to ABA-accredited law schools are less likely to pass bar exam, more likely to be disciplined. Well, it's a good thing a bunch of states are making high-profile breaks from the ABA, huh? [Law.com] * Harvey Weinstein rape trial ends in mistrial. [Reuters] * DOJ eyes AI to analyze price-fixing and collusion, hopefully allowing antitrust officials identify companies to settle with in exchange for a Trump Organization kickback. [Corporate Counsel]

By Above the Law on May 18, 2026 8:58 am

* California moving closer to adopting NextGen UBE, coming full circle back to the same dumb arrangement that ran them into the red the first time. [ABA Journal]

* Former CFTC leaders worry the agency can’t handle regulating crypto and prediction markets, but they’re missing the trick: taking jurisdiction over those industries and then doing nothing is easy! [Bloomberg Law News]

* Supreme Court rejects Virginia’s bid to use a Trump administration argument to overturn their own state supreme court’s comically reasoned decision. [NY Times]

* Proposed class action accuses Amazon of foregoing tariff refunds to make Trump happy. [Law360]

* Applicants who don’t go to ABA-accredited law schools are less likely to pass bar exam, more likely to be disciplined. Well, it’s a good thing a bunch of states are making high-profile breaks from the ABA, huh? [Law.com]

* Harvey Weinstein rape trial ends in mistrial. [Reuters]

* DOJ eyes AI to analyze price-fixing and collusion, hopefully allowing antitrust officials identify companies to settle with in exchange for a Trump Organization kickback. [Corporate Counsel]