Colorado

He's facing a felony menacing charge.

* A lawsuit between the Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee and the national organization is reportedly imperiling cookie sales. The Samoas must flow… [Tennessee Lookout]

* A Colorado lawyer’s discipline for using an anti-gay slur has been upheld. [Colorado Politics]

* A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against McDonald’s by black franchisees claiming racial discrimination. [CNBC]

* The Texas State Bar is purportedly investigating whether efforts by the Attorney General of Texas to allegedly undermine the 2020 election violated ethical rules. [AP]

* Roblox, the popular videogame company, is facing a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by a group of music publishers. Seems like they aren’t playing “games”… [Fox Business]

The new law-to-be makes it clear that the intended parents would have the protection of state law regardless of their genetic connection -- or lack thereof -- to their child.

* The NRA’s top lawyer claims he was not consulted on the group’s bankruptcy filing. Guess the organization might be shooting from the hip… [LAw360]

* A high-profile Nevada lawyer has seemingly admitted to failing to safeguard client funds and other ethical breaches. [Las Vegas Review-Journal]

* Several Italian-American organizations are filing a lawsuit against the City of Philadelphia and local officials over canceling Columbus Day and removing statutes of Christopher Columbus. [CBS News]

* Colorado is considering mandatory diversity training for all attorneys. [Denver Post]

* Drinker Biddle must face a lawsuit alleging it broke a promise when it purportedly promised to retain an attorney so long as she “performed as an average associate.” Seems like a low bar… [ABA Journal]

* A lawyer for a Pennsylvania man, who allegedly pretended to be his dead mother to cast an extra vote, claims his client was engaged in “civil disobedience.” Pretty sure Gandhi and MLK didn’t use that strategy… [Yahoo News]

* President Trump issued a flurry of pardons and commutations yesterday to many individuals in his political circle and others. [CNN]

* A Colorado lawyer is accused of allegedly mishandling $2 million earmarked by clients to purchase personal protective equipment. [Denver Post]

* Walmart is being sued over allegations that the company helped fuel the opioid crises. [New York Times]

* A New York lawyer, who allegedly went on a racist rant at a restaurant in 2018, has been disciplined for his conduct. [New York Post]

* Somewhat relatedly, a Texas judge, who allegedly used racial slurs against Mexicans, has been sanctioned. [Texas Lawyer]

* A Florida lawyer has been charged with extortion against two NFL players for allegedly asking for cash in exchange for clients recanting robbery and assault allegations. Guess the attorney might be liable for “unnecessary roughness”… [New York Times]

* An Iowa lawyer, who allegedly forged his client’s name on court documents, has been suspended from practice. [Bloomberg Law]

* The Supreme Court may soon determine whether governments can restrict church functions to curb the spread of COVID-19. [New York Times]

* A Colorado lawyer, who was purportedly arrested four times in 2019, has been suspended from practice for over a year. [Denver Post]

* A federal appeals court has revived a lawsuit filed by former New York Knick’s player Charles Oakley over a televised scuffle at a game. Guess Oakley is flexing his muscle in another “court”… [New York Post]

* Jennifer Lopez’s production company has successfully dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed by the alleged inspiration for the film Hustles. Guess JLo refused to get hustled… [Hollywood Reporter]

* Lawyers for the Trump Campaign are facing rebukes from judges because of post-election lawsuits. [Washington Post]

* An LA judge has refused to remove Britney Spears’s father from his role in a court conservatorship over his daughter. [Guardian]

* A Colorado lawyer is in hot water for allegedly having sexual relations with a client, among other purported ethical violations. [Denver Post]

* Google is facing antitrust lawsuits in addition to the one recently filed by the Department of Justice. Looks like a case of pile-on. [National Law Journal]

* GrubHub may be facing a class-action lawsuit for adding restaurants to the service without permission. Sounds like GrubHub was “hungry” for more listings… [Fox News]

* A disgraced and disbarred lawyer is set to enter a guilty plea for stealing from 9/11 victims. [New York Daily News]

* A pastor is facing a $2 million lawsuit for allegedly peeing on a fellow passenger during a flight. [Fox News]

* A Colorado attorney, who was formerly affiliated with Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP, has pleaded guilty to sending obscene and harassing texts. [Aspen Daily News]

* The former U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas, who resigned from that office earlier this month, will be joining Quinn Emanuel. Seems like he landed on his feet… [Texas Lawyer]

* The U.S. government is demanding in a new lawsuit filed against a California museum that two relics allegedly stolen from Thailand be returned. This sounds like a good plot for an Indiana Jones sequel… [ABC News]

* A New Jersey lawyer has been disbarred after pleading guilty to committing securities fraud. [New Jersey Law Journal]

* A well-known St. Louis attorney fell to his death from his high-rise office building yesterday. Sending our condolences to the family of the deceased. [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]

* A former police officer is running as a reformer to unseat the first black District Attorney of Los Angeles. [Mother Jones]

* A Colorado public defender was found in contempt of court for refusing to show up for a trial amid heightened concerns over COVID-19. [Gazette]

* A group of California restaurants has filed a lawsuit seeking to recover liquor, health, and tourism fees that are still being collected during the COVID-19 pandemic. Kind of seems like these restaurants are asking for “crumbs.” [Eater LA]

Have you taken all of your superspreader event prep courses?

At this point, any amount of personal accountability is better than none. 

It's been a rough week out there.

Colorado has some explaining to do.

With the advancement of medical technology and DNA testing, more cases like this are bound to be filed.

With a 45-page opinion and a 15-page dissent, it's a lot to chew on. So, what did the court say?

What happens when a bar exam fact pattern on negligence happens during the bar exam itself?

* Michael Cohen has until 2 p.m. this afternoon to produce the names of his clients with proof of their relationship, lest his attorneys’ temporary restraining order over the alleged privilege of the “thousands, if not millions of documents” that were taken in the FBI raid upon his office get tossed. [New York Law Journal]

* In other news, President Trump wants to review all of the material that was seized by the FBI from his lawyer Michael Cohen before federal investigators are able to take a look at it — after all, as the president says, attorney-client privilege “is dead.” [Washington Post]

* Many partners at Allen & Overy are “dead against” the firm’s reportedly proposed merger with O’Melveny & Myers, which is probably just fine, considering the fact that O’Melveny “[has] no plans to merge [with A&O] and never [has].” [Legal Week]

* Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is supposed to make his debut at the Supreme Court later this month on April 23 to argue a case regarding sentencing guildelines on behalf of the United States government. We’ll see how things go if he’s already been fired by President Trump by the time oral arguments roll around. [CNN]

* According to Senate Republican Cory Gardner of Colorado, now that he’s struck a deal with President Trump that will undercut Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s recission of the Cole memo, he’ll be happy to puff-puff-pass votes on all of the Department of Justice nominees he’s been holding up. [Washington Post]

* “[T]op tier firms [must] take a more ‘people-centric’ approach, and break the tyranny of the billable unit as the overriding priority.” This managing partner says that work/life balance and mental health for lawyers will never improve unless the legal profession addresses “onerous billable hour targets.” [Lawyers Weekly]

In this case, the Colorado Supreme Court will decide what to do with the 'leftover' frozen embryos of two feuding exes.

* Matthew Riehl, the gunman in the Colorado shooting this weekend who killed a deputy sheriff and wounded four police officers and two civilians, was a former lawyer in Wyoming whose alma mater, Wyoming Law, warned students about his “suspicious behavior” in early November. [Denver Post; Laramie Live]

* In his 2017 State of the Judiciary Report, Chief Justice John Roberts focused on court emergency preparedness, but included an addendum about sexual harassment within the judiciary, announcing that proper procedures must be in place to “ensure an exemplary workplace for every judge and every court employee.” No mention of the recently retired Judge Alex Kozinski was made. [Washington Post]

* Joel Sanders, the former CFO of failed firm Dewey & LeBoeuf who was convicted on securities fraud and conspiracy charges, has reached a settlement with the SEC, but the agency will move forward with proceedings against Stephen DiCarmine, the firm’s ex-executive director. [New York Law Journal]

* As usual, the new year brings with it a slew of new laws. In some states, voter ID laws will go into effect, while in others, police won’t be able to arrest people for immigration enforcement purposes. Plus, pets will be treated more like children after divorces in at least one state. [CNN]

* Speaking of new laws, marijuana is now fully legal in California, and if you’re 21 or older, you can now purchase and possess up to an ounce for recreational use. This a “monumental moment” for the Golden State, but don’t forget that the Feds still consider the drug to be an illegal Schedule I narcotic. [Los Angeles Times]

Carving out exceptions to a law that protects the public and employees from discrimination is not the direction we want to be headed in.