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  • Morning Docket: 12.13.19

    Morning Docket: 12.13.19

    * President Trump’s ex-lawyer Michael Cohen is asking for a sentence reduction. Guess President Trump’s former fixer is not enjoying his time in “Club Fed.” [CNBC]

    * The alleged Boston Marathon bomber’s lawyer has argued that the jury pool was tainted and that the bomber’s death sentence conviction should be thrown out. [NBC News]

    * The Supreme Court has been urged to review a constitutional challenge to the high tolls on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Hopefully, the justices will look into the New Jersey turnpike next. [Penn Live]

    * A defeated governor is accused of handing out an insane number of pardons on his way out the door, even catching some of the pardoned prisoners completely by surprise. [Washington Post]

    * Boies Schiller Flexner LLP has begun succession planning so that the firm can continue long past David Boies’ tenure. [Wall Street Journal]

    * A Florida politician is accused of stealing nearly $50,000 from a law firm, and buying items from a sex toy store, among other purchases. Maybe he’ll argue that this was a business expense… [CBS Miami]

  • Morning Docket: 12.02.19
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 12.02.19

    * A fraudster tried to convince top lawyers David Boies and John Stanley Pottinger that he had sex videos of public figures that were taped by Jeffrey Epstein. [New York Times]

    * New Jersey has experienced a surge in sexual abuse lawsuits since the state loosened the statute of limitations for certain sexual abuse claims starting on December 1st. [NJ.com]

    * A New York Assistant U.S. Attorney was arrested over the weekend in a drunk driving stop, and she wasn’t even driving the car. I’m sure this lawyer knows a few good attorneys who can represent her. [New York Post]

    * The Supreme Court today will hear its first substantial Second Amendment case in over a decade. [Wall Street Journal]

    * An Ohio attorney has been suspended from practice for helping clients evade taxes. Don’t worry tax attorneys, this lawyer was doing far worse deeds than simply giving clients tax advice. [Bloomberg Law]

  • Morning Docket: 10.24.19
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 10.24.19

    * Rudy Giuliani is reportedly looking for another defense lawyer.  Guess he listened to the old adage about he who represents himself… [CNN]

    * Rose McGowan is suing the lawyers Harvey Weinstein enlisted to discredit her, including David Boies.  I’m sure the defendants know a few good attorneys to represent them. [New York Times]

    * The D.C. Bar just released an ethics opinion on what managers and employees should do if they think a lawyer is impaired. Based on some of the stories on this website, such guidance is sorely needed. [American Lawyer]

    * A Clarence Thomas documentary is set to be released in 2020.  Guess Justice Thomas wanted his own RBG. [Time]

    * A lawyer who is suing her former employer must pay the legal fees of her former law firm because she failed to produce critical evidence for 17 months. [New Jersey Law Journal]

    * A man caught on video punching his own lawyer in court was acquitted of the assault, since the injuries were deemed not serious.  Apparently being injured with a concussion and a broken nose from an assault by a client is just a job hazard for lawyers. [WTVR.com]