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Former Long Island Iced Tea Allegedly Doing Some Long Island Insider Trading

Certainly more than its doing any iced tea, or blockchain, for that matter. Allegedly.

Morning Docket: 07.14.21

* Texas, being Texas, enacted a voter restriction law that looks like it will do bad things. Democrats who fled state to break quorum threatened with jail time. [The Hill]

* Today’s episode of things that don’t impact me: SCOTUS clerks likely looking at $450k sign-on bonuses. Maybe now they’ll be able to able to afford avocado toast? [National Law Journal]

* 9th Circuit crushes Lamborghini dreams in trademark suit. Better luck next time, Social Technologies. [Law360]

* 6th Amendment on, cameras off? Missouri Supreme Court will rule on if remote testifying can satisfy the right to confront one’s accusers. [News Tribune]

* Tennessee’s top vaccination official fired for sharing information in line with the CDC. [ArsTechnica]

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].

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