Baseball
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Tax Law
Shohei Ohtani's $700M Contract Exposed A State Tax Secret
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Marijuana
Will MLB And Charlotte’s Web Finally Convince The FDA To Do Its Job?
This landmark partnership in baseball and sports is exciting though not entirely surprising.
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Courts
No Wonder This Supreme Court Justice Gets On Board With Lost Causes
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.01.21
* A family is suing an auction house for purportedly losing a rare photograph of Babe Ruth. Could be the plot of a sequel to Sandlot… [Democrat & Chronicle]
* The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has overturned Bill Cosby’s conviction for sexual misconduct. [Business Insider]
* An Ohio lawyer has been suspended from practice after his paralegal embezzled $200,000 under the lawyer’s watch. [Enquirer]
* A Texas lawyer, who allegedly bribed a judge, has resigned from practice. [Texas Lawyer]
* James Franco is paying $2.2 million to settle a sexual misconduct lawsuit. [Fox News]
* Gavin Newsom is filing a lawsuit to be designated as a Democrat in an upcoming recall election after his team inadvertently left his party preference blank on election paperwork. Oops… [CNN]
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Government
Plaintiffs In Batsh*t MLB All Star Suit Forfeit The Game
It's marginally less humiliating than getting struck out for nine consecutive innings. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.22.21
* A lawsuit alleges that the wife of an MLB star had an affair with a former pastor. Guess that pastor allegedly made it to home base… [Fox News]
* A lawyer at Dechert has been sanctioned $10,000 for conduct during closing arguments of litigation involving purportedly defective earplugs. [Reuters]
* A defendant accused of stabbing a California attorney to death is due in court. [ABC News]
* A class action has been filed over a massive chemical fire that occurred at a Chemtool plant earlier this month. [Chicago Tribune]
* Harvard successfully dismissed a lawsuit alleging that students should receive tuition discounts due to COVID-19. Guess a Harvard education doesn’t just cost a Zoom subscription and $1.50 in late fees at the public library. [Forbes]
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Government
Judge Spanks Kraken Lawyer In Disastrous Hearing On MLB All Star Game
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Government
Guess Which Retired Attorney General Wants The Court To Order The MLB All Star Game Back To Atlanta?
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Sports
Major League Baseball Sued For Shifting All-Star Game Out Of Georgia
The defendants will undoubtedly assert that they are private entities that can do as they wish, including moving an All-Star Game. -
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 04.08.21
* A lawsuit alleges Florida police used excessive force after mistaking Star Trek memorabilia for weapons. They should have set their phasers to stun… [Hill]
* The Trump Organization has hired a criminal defense lawyer. [Wall Street Journal]
* A public defender is suing her boss for allegedly being told to dress more modestly to avoid the sexual interest of male prisoners. [Daily Mail]
* Three Michigan lawyers have been charged in a scheme to collect debts on money that was allegedly never owed. [Fox News]
* Check out this article on how Originalism is being used by state court judges. [Juris Lab]
* A man’s death after participating in a taco-eating contest has spawned a lawsuit against a minor-league baseball team. [Washington Post]
* The Biden Administration is asking a judge to dismiss a climate change lawsuit filed on behalf of kids. Hope they can handle the heat… [Hill]
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Sports
Baseball Is Back, But Fist Bumps Are Expressly Prohibited
So much for attempts to reintroduce the spitball. -
Biglaw
Getting A Job Versus Performing At A Job
Baseball offers examples for personal growth as a lawyer. -
Courts
Boston Red Sox Counsel Knew That One Was Coming
Judge Forrest could read the signs when she appeared before Judge Rakoff. -
Courts
Justice Sotomayor Throws First Pitch At Nationals-Phillies Game, Probably Should Join Phillies Rotation
A night at the ballpark before the October Term. -
Courts
This Supreme Court Clerk Was Drafted By 2 Major League Baseball Teams
Hopefully he'll enjoy his time playing with his new team. -
Sports
The 'His Reputation Is Such Trash My Client Couldn't Have Defamed Him' Defense!
Which living people are truly libel-proof, with reputations so bad that defamation ceases to exist. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.26.19
* After being subpoenaed, former special counsel Robert Mueller has agreed to testify in open hearings before the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees on July 17. How rare that someone would actually comply with a Congressional subpoena these days! [Washington Post]
* “What are they hiding? Tell Joe Biden. Trump released his list. Why won’t you?” In case you missed it, a conservative legal advocacy group plans to spend big money on national ads demanding that 2020 Democratic presidential candidates release a shortlist of their potential Supreme Court nominees. [POLITICO]
* Harvard Law’s Pipeline Parity Project, a group that’s working to end mandatory arbitration among Biglaw firms, is going national. Now known as the People’s Parity Project, the group has expanded its mission and hopes to form chapters at least six other law school campuses. [Law.com]
* “It is time to do away with the stigmatization of women who challenge discrimination and harassment in their workplaces.” Three of the four women who were previously proceeding anonymously in their gender bias case against Jones Day have come forward to reveal their names. [Big Law Business]
* The latest high-dollar addition to the Yankees is Mike Mellis, formerly the top lawyer at Major League Baseball, who will slide into home as the Bronx Bombers’ executive vice president and chief counsel. [New York Law Journal]
* Timothy Thornton, CEO of 150-lawyer Greensfelder Hemker & Gale, RIP. [American Lawyer]