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Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 09.23.20

* A lawyer has been censured for telling a female judge that after she returned from vacation, "I better be able to see your tan lines." [CBS News] * Attorney General Barr has announced around $100 million in Department of Justice grants to combat human trafficking. [Albany Herald] * An Arizona lawyer, who helped orchestrate the failure of a Toby Keith restaurant chain, has been sentenced to jail. [Arizona Republic] * HBO has picked up a documentary about a lawyer on the frontlines of the fight for immigrant rights. [Variety] * A new lawsuit alleges that YouTube did not do enough to protect video moderators from viewing grotesque content. Guess they can't watch cat videos all day... [CNBC]

By Jordan Rothman
Morning Docket

Morning Docket 05.01.20

* Bed Bath & Beyond has a new top lawyer. Hope she gets more than a 20% discount. [Bloomberg Law] * The husband of the Los Angeles County District Attorney is under investigation for pointing a gun at protesters. [Los Angeles Times] * The NCAA is facing a lawsuit alleging that it did not do enough to protect women from violence perpetrated by male athletes. [USA Today] * The Florida Bar has launched a hotline to help attorneys dealing with stress amid the ongoing pandemic. [Daily Business Review] * R. Kelly "didn't believe he could fly" to Brooklyn for an arraignment on new charges, so he teleconferenced into the proceedings from his jail cell in Chicago. [New York Daily News] * Several death row inmates in Arizona have died because of COVID-19. [NBC News] * A Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice who lost re-election has unrecused himself. Hey, what about no backsies? [CNN]

By Jordan Rothman
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 09.16.18

* Will Senator Susan Collins be persuaded by the campaign to get her to vote against Judge Brett Kavanaugh? Ed Whelan has his doubts. [Bench Memos / National Review] * Speaking of the Supreme Court, Adam Feldman identifies his "Supreme Court All-Stars" (2013-2017): the lawyers and law firms with the most arguments -- and wins -- before the high court. [Empirical SCOTUS] * Greg Lukianoff and Adam Goldstein offer tips for protecting freedom of speech on college campuses, inspired by a new book, The Coddling of the American Mind (affiliate link) by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt. [Volokh Conspiracy / Reason] * Charles Glasser to news organizations, on the subject of self-policing: do better. [Daily Caller] * How should we evaluate the success of law firm mergers? Madhav Srinivasan of Hunton Andrews Kurth has some thoughts on methodology. [Law.com] * And Orin Kerr offers a proposal for applying the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination to compelled "decryption" of a locked phone, computer, or file. [SSRN] * Speaking of privacy, Google is taking some heat in Arizona over its alleged practice of recording location data of Android device owners even if they opted out of such tracking. [Washington Post] * When it comes to learning how to integrate technology into the delivery of legal services, American law firms can learn a thing or two from the Brits -- as the latest move by CMS suggests. [Artificial Lawyer]

By David Lat