Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 09.02.26

* When Scalia died, John Roberts decided to change the rules to keep the justices' papers locked away for decades after they die. [NY Times] * House Republicans begin inquiry into the Eleventh Circuit's probe of Judge Eleanor Ross. [Bloomberg Law News] * Lawyer arrested for terroristic threat against teen relative. [ABA Journal] * Recording artists sue Suno, claiming the AI provider is stealing their identities. [Rolling Stone] * The revolving door between Jones Day and the Trump administration continues to spin. [Law360] * Second Circuit rules public school district can ban teachers from hanging Pride flags. [Bloomberg Law] * Former Google engineer sentenced to 12 months for stealing AI secrets. So if some cut-rate model starts giving really bad internet search summaries, you know the culprit! [Courthouse News Service] * A&O Sherman hires judge who dominated patent cases as part of the less-socially-destructive-but-still-bad consequence of Texas federal court judge shopping. [Reuters]

By Above the Law on September 02, 2026 8:47 am

* When Scalia died, John Roberts decided to change the rules to keep the justices’ papers locked away for decades after they die. [NY Times]

* House Republicans begin inquiry into the Eleventh Circuit’s probe of Judge Eleanor Ross. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Lawyer arrested for terroristic threat against teen relative. [ABA Journal]

* Recording artists sue Suno, claiming the AI provider is stealing their identities. [Rolling Stone]

* The revolving door between Jones Day and the Trump administration continues to spin. [Law360]

* Second Circuit rules public school district can ban teachers from hanging Pride flags. [Bloomberg Law]

* Former Google engineer sentenced to 12 months for stealing AI secrets. So if some cut-rate model starts giving really bad internet search summaries, you know the culprit! [Courthouse News Service]

* A&O Sherman hires judge who dominated patent cases as part of the less-socially-destructive-but-still-bad consequence of Texas federal court judge shopping. [Reuters]