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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.28.21
* A lawsuit over a house that looks out of the Flintstones has been settled, and the home can stay as it is. Yabadabadoo! [NBC News]
* Trump lawyers have purportedly been warned of potential forthcoming charges against the Trump Organizations and its officials. [CNBC]
* A class-action lawsuit has already been filed over the building collapse in Surfside, Florida last week. [CBS News]
* Johnson & Johnson has settled opioid litigation with the State of New York for $230 million. [Hill]
* A prominent Chicago-area attorney was found dead in his home last week. [Chicago Tribune]
* The management firm that represents Connor McGregor is suing Manny Pacquiao over breach of contract and other claims. Seems like a knockout… [ESPN]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.13.21
* To-go alcohol from restaurants and bars has been made permanently legal in the Lone Star State. Time to order some Texas-sized cocktails to go… [People]
* An Orlando lawyer allegedly left her kids at home to run an SUV into their father’s house. [Miami Herald]
* A Central Pennsylvania lawyer, who is accused of threatening to kill United States Senators and shoot his wife, has been disbarred. [Patriot News]
* The top federal prosecutor in Chicago was hospitalized recently after suffering stroke-like symptoms. [Chicago Tribune]
* A lawsuit has been filed over a failed sale over the domain name “bird.com” and other URLs. The buyer should have known a bird in hand is better than two in the bush… [Domain Name Wire]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 03.31.21
* A lawsuit alleging that a company conspired to fix the price of pork has settled. Guess their actions didn’t sound kosher and they were allegedly acting piggish… [Meat+Poultry]
* Check out this profile of a retired lawyer who found a new calling as a writer. [Post and Courier]
* Bigelow Aerospace is suing NASA for around a million dollars for purportedly not paying for work. That number doesn’t seem out of this world… [CBS News]
* Representatives of Dominion Voting Systems have not ruled out suing President Trump over remarks he made over alleged fraud in the 2020 election. [Independent]
* Since Above the Law has not had a “lawyerly lairs” segment in a while, wanted to relate that a well-known Chicago attorney is selling his posh mansion. [Crain’s Chicago Business]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 03.29.21
* Florida’s Ron DeSantis threatened litigation unless the CDC greenlights cruises to resume by summer. Maybe he just wants to galivant around the Caribbean… [Yahoo News]
* Amazon is facing litigation over allegations that it failed to provide required meal breaks. [Verge]
* A Brooklyn judge has dismissed a case because a lawyer refused to wear a mask. [Daily News]
* A Minnesota lawyer has been sanctioned for allegedly filing election challenges without the plaintiffs’ knowledge. [Twin Cities Pioneer Press]
* A small Chicago bookseller is suing Amazon for allegedly using anticompetitive tactics. Sounds like this could be a sequel for You’ve Got Mail… [Oregonian]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 01.26.21
* Mike Lindell, the CEO of MyPillow, is filing a defamation lawsuit against a tabloid that said he was having an affair. Guess people should stop circulating “pillow” talk… [E! Online]
* An attorney has been sentenced to two years in prison for failing to file tax returns and pay taxes. [Chicago Tribune]
* A Texas lawyer and client were ordered to pay $150,000 for “outright lies” in court. [Texas Lawyer]
* A Chicago attorney is racking up wins on the game show Jeopardy! [Chicago Tribune]
* A lawyer is giving $20 Starbucks gift cards to teachers as a way to express his gratitude for educators. Guess it’s more useful than apples…[Fox News]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.14.20
* A PA lawyer has been sentenced to prison for allegedly stealing client funds to purchase (among other things) tickets to Superbowl LII in which the Eagles beat the Patriots. Maybe it was worth it to see Tom Brady lose… [Lehigh Valley Live]
* A lawyer at the Department of Labor has been reassigned after accusing the Secretary of Labor of retaliation. [Bloomberg Law]
* New details have surfaced about the Chicago attorney couple who were found stabbed to death in their home earlier this year. [Chicago Tribune]
* Senator Ted Cruz is another potential Supreme Court pick on President Trump’s most recent list to indicate he has no desire to serve on the high court. [CNN]
* An employee at the Washington State Attorney General’s Office has been put on administrative leave after leaving a note on a restaurant check that read: “BLM pin = no tip.” [Spokesman-Review]
* A contractor is in legal hot water for allegedly fleecing a congregation of $454,000 to build a church and then performing little work. The contractor should be most afraid of getting struck by lighting or something like that… [Stamford Advocate]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.05.20
* A Chicago lawyer featured on the Netflix show Indian Matchmaking is facing a tough adjustment after experiencing the fame of being on the show. This series keeps showing up on my queue… [Chicago Sun Times]
* The Los Angeles District Attorney’s husband will face charges for waiving a gun at protesters near his home. [Hill]
* A new lawsuit is demanding that White House briefings have sign language interpreters. [New York Times]
* The American Bar Association has voted on a set of best practices for third-party litigation funding. That sentence may sound boring, but the implications are profound. [American Lawyer]
* A new class-action lawsuit claims that the popular app TikTok steals consumer data and sends it to China. [NPR]
* Check out this story of a lawyer who paid off $200,000 in student loans in two years. Man, she beat me by 22 months, hope she doesn’t start a blog… [Business Insider]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.28.20
* The owner of the famous bar Cheers is suing its insurance company over business interruption coverage. Guess the carrier doesn’t want to know their name… [Business Insurance]
* A New York lawyer who misappropriated thousands of dollars and continued to practice law while under an interim suspension has been suspended from practice for four years. Seems like the penalty could have been even worse. [New York Law Journal]
* Check out this piece about whether employers are legally allowed to prohibit employees from wearing Black Lives Matter masks. [CNN]
* A lawyer for the Covington Catholic student who sued news agencies for defamation over a viral video released last year says that employees of CNN and The Washington Post have breached confidentiality agreements related to the litigation. [Yahoo News]
* A husband and wife are suing the District of Columbia over speed enforcement cameras. Please let this case go to the Supreme Court… [ABC News]
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An Update On The Chicago Legal Market During COVID-19
The Chicago attorney hiring market has persisted -- and now shows signs of increased activity in certain areas, as firms refocus and adapt to remain competitive in a COVID-19 economy. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.28.20
* Three members of a $31.7 million fraudulent slip-and-fall ring have been sentenced to prison. Wonder if they got the idea from Slippin’ Jimmy. [Insurance Journal]
* Former presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard has abandoned her short-lived defamation lawsuit against Hillary Clinton. [CNN]
* A Louisiana attorney who was suspended from practice for chest bumping a prosecutor has been reinstated as a lawyer. Apparently the chest bump was not like the kind seen in football. [Advocate]
* The Los Angeles City Attorney has sued a company for selling allegedly fake COVID-19 tests. [Orange County Register]
* There is some hope that a TV series based on The Lincoln Lawyer will be produced after all. Thought I already saw the reboot, but realized it was just a Matthew McConaughey car commercial. [Hollywood Reporter]
* Since this website has not published a Lawyerly Lairs article in a while, just wanted to report that a top Chicago criminal lawyer has listed his posh pad for sale. [Crain’s Chicago]