Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 09.17.26

* How law firms became complicit actors in Epstein's web. [Bloomberg] * Supreme Court maintains order barring states from banning telehealth mifepristone after Louisiana attempted to defy the last Supreme Court order. [ABC News] * Second Amendment scholar previews the upcoming Supreme Court challenge to assault weapon regulations. The gun manufacturing lobby argues that this is "a decision for the American people to make"... and then asks the justices to strike down popular laws. [Slate] * Product liability litigation hits 10-year high. [ABA Journal] * Bruce Springsteen wins yet again in legal fight with guy seeking damages for his car being pictured on Springsteen's album cover. [Billboard] * DOJ keeps violating court orders like it's their job. [Balls and Strikes] * Flock camera data does not amount to a Fourth Amendment search per district judge, to the delight of cops using the cameras to stalk their ex-girlfriends. [Volokh Conspiracy] * Ninth Circuit denies bid to expand DMCA to cover code used for AI training, a legal theory that could have radically expanded copyright liability to cover "teachers adapting works for a classroom presentation." [EFF]

By Above the Law on September 17, 2026 9:01 am

* How law firms became complicit actors in Epstein’s web. [Bloomberg]

* Supreme Court maintains order barring states from banning telehealth mifepristone after Louisiana attempted to defy the last Supreme Court order. [ABC News]

* Second Amendment scholar previews the upcoming Supreme Court challenge to assault weapon regulations. The gun manufacturing lobby argues that this is “a decision for the American people to make”… and then asks the justices to strike down popular laws. [Slate]

* Product liability litigation hits 10-year high. [ABA Journal]

* Bruce Springsteen wins yet again in legal fight with guy seeking damages for his car being pictured on Springsteen’s album cover. [Billboard]

* DOJ keeps violating court orders like it’s their job. [Balls and Strikes]

* Flock camera data does not amount to a Fourth Amendment search per district judge, to the delight of cops using the cameras to stalk their ex-girlfriends. [Volokh Conspiracy]

* Ninth Circuit denies bid to expand DMCA to cover code used for AI training, a legal theory that could have radically expanded copyright liability to cover “teachers adapting works for a classroom presentation.” [EFF]