Above the Law

Morning Docket: 11.15.21

* “What is this? A video for ants!?” – A jury member who wasn’t allowed to zoom in on the trial video, probably. [Engadget]

* Starting soon, New York will require that excess food be put to good use. Bleach companies aren’t gonna like this one bit. [Times Union]

*After you fight all the other K-JDs, you face their king — a 19-year-old from Kansas. [News Nation Now]

* Breaking Sad: Dude busted trying to sell fake meth. Maybe he was just really committed to his Walter White costume? [Our Quad Cities]

* In Boulder, cars have been going for a steal! Just because you’re not paying attention doesn’t mean no one else is. [Daily Camera]

Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord™ in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s. Before that, he wrote columns for an online magazine named The Muse Collaborative under the pen name Knehmo. He endured the great state of Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who cannot swim, a published author on critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at [email protected] and by tweet at @WritesForRent.

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