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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.07.21
* Lawsuits were filed mere minutes after Florida’s new election reform was signed into law. Those attorneys must be fast typers… [Newsweek]
* Check out this article on a law grad who has netted $83,000 a year as an underwear model on OnlyFans. [Law and More]
* Roy Moore’s lawyer was reportedly absent from a hearing in the case he filed against Sacha Baron Cohen related to Moore’s appearance on Who Is America. [Courthouse News]
* Devin Nunes’s attorney has been ordered to pay CNN $21,000 in legal fees for filing frivolous defamation litigation. [Law and Crime]
* The Attorney General of Texas has unblocked critics on Twitter following a lawsuit. [Yahoo News]
* A lawsuit filed by an astronomer against a company that created a doll in her likeness has been dismissed. Like many things, very reminiscent of a Seinfeld episode… [Chicago Sun Times]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 02.22.21
* A Georgia lawyer, who some believed may have been the inspiration for the “Matlock” character, has passed away. Wonder if he wore Matlock suits himself… [WSB TV]
* A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit that alleged James Franco created a sexually exploitative environment at an acting school. [New York Times]
* Authorities say that the man who killed the son of Judge Esther Salas last year may have also targeted Justice Sonia Sotomayor. [NBC News]
* A lawsuit has been filed against a Texas utility over the death of a child during the winter weather and power failures that hit Texas last week. [Hill]
* A federal judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit Congressman Devin Nunes filed against CNN. [Politico]
* Democratic lawmakers are suggesting that President Biden steer clear of candidates with Ivy League educations when considering possible Supreme Court picks. Happy to still be eligible… [New York Times]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 11.13.20
* A lawyer for Britney Spears claims the singer will not hold any performances until her father steps down from a court-appointed conservatorship over her. Seems like she’s at a “crossroads” and they should leave Britney alone! [Fox News]
* Check out this piece from my former boss on the possibility of President Trump being pardoned. [CNN]
* A Louisiana attorney has been reprimanded for allegedly attempting to intimidate an expert witness. [Bloomberg Law]
* The Trump Campaign is using a fair use defense to ward off a copyright infringement lawsuit involving the 80s hit “Electric Avenue.” To be fair, it’s a catchy song. [Hollywood Reporter]
* A defamation lawsuit filed against CNN by the Trump Campaign has been dismissed. Guess CNN doesn’t suck so much… [Yahoo News]
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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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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 01.08.20
* A donor connected to President Trump’s inaugural committee has plead guilty to obstruction of justice. [Fox News] * A Long Island lawyer has been charged with stealing 300k from a former client. That’s not even a lot of money for “Strong” Island. [Newsday]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 03.11.19
* According to House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), special counsel Robert Mueller is making “a mistake” by not putting President Trump under oath for in-person testimony, since “he’s made plain in the past [that] he feels it’s perfectly fine to lie to the public.” [NBC News]
* Per his lawyer, Covington Catholic student Nick Sandmann will be suing CNN for at least $250M because the news network was “probably more vicious in its direct attacks” than the Washington Post. [The Hill]
* Lynne Patton, purported “law school grad” and actual prop for Rep. Mark Meadows, will soon be seen on reality TV, with Trump’s permission, of course. [CNN]
* Texas lawyers have filed suit against the State Bar of Texas, claiming that the use of their mandatory dues to fund diversity programming and other legislative initiatives is unconstitutional. [SE Texas Record]
* Women are dominating the playing field at this year’s SXSW festival and conference, making up about 68 percent of the attorneys who will be featured as speakers or panelists during the event. [Texas Lawyer]
* In a split vote, the Maryland Court of Appeals reinstated “Serial” podcast subject Adnan Syed’s murder conviction, ruling that even though he may have had ineffective assistance of counsel, that wasn’t enough to overcome the rest of the evidence against him. [Reuters]
* Bill Powers, former UT president and former UT Law dean, RIP. [Statesman]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 11.16.18
* After delaying the decision, Judge Tim Kelly will be releasing his ruling in CNN’s First Amendment case at 10 a.m. Is it lawful to revoke a reporter’s press pass after an argument with the president? We’ll soon find out. [USA Today]
* “[W]e’re not going to leave any judges behind over these next two months.” According to Senator Tom Cotton, the Senate is apparently planning to work through Christmas and New Year’s Eve to confirm all of President Trump’s judicial nominees in an effort to head off any obstruction by the Democrats. [Washington Times]
* “I’m not trying to be rude. I can see your résumé. You’re a rock star.” Despite her strong résumé, Allison Jones Rushing, the 36-year-old Fourth Circuit nominee, was repeatedly questioned by the Judiciary Committee about her “life experience” — or lack thereof, since she graduated from law school 11 years ago. [National Law Journal]
* What is David Boies planning for his next act? Is retirement on the table? He and the other name partners at Boies Schiller Flexner have apparently “been planning succession for 15 years.” He said if he retired today, “the firm would be in good shape,” but he thinks he “still [has] some things to contribute.” [New York Law Journal]
* Stormy Daniels says that while the “serious and obviously very troubling” domestic violence allegations against her lawyer Michael Avenatti are “only allegations” and that she’ll “reserve judgement” [sic] until the investigation ends, she’ll be “seeking new representation” if it turns out that the allegations are true. [New York Magazine]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 11.15.18
* Michael Avenatti arrested on domestic violence charges. There’s not a lot of detail yet — initial reports indicated his ex-wife made the call, but when reporters talked to her, she debunked that. [Vox]
* We should be seeing a CNN case ruling today. Does anyone else feel like Don McGahn’s absence looms over all of this? Like, he’d have put a stop to this nonsense out of the gate, wouldn’t he? [National Law Journal]
* This was, literally, a sitcom. [The Recorder]
* Law firms aren’t up to snuff when it comes to cybersecurity. [Law360]
* Jeff Flake says he’ll block all judicial nominees until he gets some guarantees about the sanctity of the Mueller probe. We’re all looking forward to watching him cave on this like he has everything else. [Courthouse News Service]
* You can’t copyright a cheese. In case you were wondering. [Washington Post]
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CNN Preparing To Sue Trump Administration On First Amendment Grounds
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 07.07.17
* Indiana Jones v. Hobby Lobby. JUSTICE ALITO delivered the opinion of the court. [Held] As applied to closely held corporations, regulations prohibiting the purchase of stolen antiquities violate the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which clearly states the Christian companies like Hobby Lobby can indirectly fund ISIS should the black market or stolen artifacts have relevance to their deeply held beliefs. Petitioners’ claim that it belongs in a museum is denied. [NBC News]
* The Supreme Court lifted the injunction against Wisconsin’s “cocaine mom” law, which allows the state to send expectant mothers to jail because it claims jurisdiction over the unborn fetus. It just goes to show that it’s better to be unborn in Wisconsin than actually having to live there. [ABA Journal]
* States are suing because Betsy DeVos is delaying Obama regulations designed to protect students from for profit colleges. Given that the head of one of these “universities” is now the President of the United States, I do wonder what good a few regulations are going to do. The fox is already in the hen house, do I really care if he opens the gate for the rest of his friends? At this point, I blame the dumb ass chickens for being such easy prey anyway. [U.S. News]
* Man arrested for assaulting his roommate during an argument about Star Wars vs. Star Trek. We don’t know what side he was on, but I’d like to point out that the alleged assailant is black. Dear everybody who called me “oreo” in middle school: this brother here was willing to go to jail over Trek v. Wars. He grabbed the blade end of a knife with his bare hands. Please, go tell him he’s not black enough because he has a deeply held opinion about science fiction. Report back how that goes for you. [The Root]
* Penn State football is being counter-sued by a coach who claims that there were “intolerable” working conditions. I know nothing about the veracity of the coach’s claims, but I’m pretty sure they could have forced him to diagram plays in his own blood and that wouldn’t make the top ten “intolerable things that have happened in the Penn State locker room.” [Deadspin]
* Obviously, the big Alt-Right story this week was the CNN blackmail letter. The Alt-Right pot caught the kettle being black as night with CNN’s veiled doxxing threat. The thing that’s weird about the Alt-Right’s obsession with CNN is: they seem to be the only ones watching the network. Like, this story details CNN’s recent ratings struggles, but who is really surprised by that? CNN is not a #resistance network, and it’s not a white supremacist network. Running a network for “moderates who like to be screamed at by partisans from both sides,” seems like a good idea to who? CNN is not balanced: it just gives equal airtime to both extremes, creating a dystopian false equivalency that venerates Don Lemon’s ability to make every thoughtful person on the planet hate his guts. If CNN is the great scalp the Alt-Right wants to take, they can have it. Wake me up when they come for the NewsHour. [Breitbart]
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 06.16.17
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* Cop found not guilty for killing Philando Castile because it’s simply not illegal for cops to kill black men. Maybe this will just sag, like a heavy load. Or maybe explode. [NPR]
* Professor Orin Kerr thinks that self-driving cars will change police strategies. Maybe, but cops will still find a way to murder unarmed black men for automated “menacing” driving or something. [Volokh Conspiracy]
* Hero Pop shows these men of will what will really is. And Trumpsters are “heartbroken.”
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* David Lat was on The Takeaway today to talk about the Avengers-level team of witch hunters Robert Mueller has assembled. [The Takeaway]
* Dreamers can stay, their parents must go. This passes for a “victory” in these times. [ABA Journal]
* There’s a scene in Star Trek 3 where Captain Kirk asks Klingon Christopher Lloyd to beam up teenage Spock. The Klingon says no, Kirk asks why, and Lloyd says, “Because you wish it!” Trump’s Cuba reversal, and general political strategy, seems to follow the same logic as Klingon Christopher Lloyd. If Captain Obama wished it, the Trump does not do it. [New York Times]
* Breitbart is covering and promoting a protest in response to the Congressional shooting. A protest of — I’m not making this up — a protest of CNN. Guns don’t kill people, fact-based journalism kills people. [Breitbart]