Guns / Firearms
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 02.03.23
* Just because the law determines that someone is a dangerous threat to others, the Fifth Circuit rules that court orders still can’t take away their guns because that’s a fundamental right. You know, walking around as a free person is a fundamental right too… can the justice system still put criminals in prison? [Reuters]
* Lizzo is now officially 100 percent that bitch. [Law360]
* Baker McKenzie office managing partner steps aside amid investigation into office-wide discrimination claims. [LegalCheek]
* Mergers are going to get bigger. Which is the point of all mergers, but we mean a lot bigger. [American Lawyer]
* Data breaches are going to get costlier to deal with. So maybe plan ahead? Or don’t… plaintiffs lawyers need work too. [Law.com Barometer]
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Crime
Alec Baldwin Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter In Shooting Death Of Cinematographer
Criminal charges here were certainly unexpected.
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 01.12.23
* FINALLY. Firm leaders willing to come right out and say that “recession” fears are overblown at this point. Regular followers of Above the Law might have heard this point five or six hundred times over the last six months. [American Lawyer]
* Covington sued for non-compliance in client data leak investigation. If a leak happens in the woods and no one properly investigates it, does it even happen, really? [Law.com]
* Supreme Court allows New York gun regulations to stand while Second Circuit litigation continues. Congratulations New York! You get to exercise the state sovereignty to regulate guns guaranteed by the actual text of the Second Amendment… for a few more months. [Law360]
* Sam Bankman-Fried is blogging on Substack now? Perfect client, 10 out of 10, no notes! [Reuters]
* New high-powered firm set up to fight threats to democracy. It’s a growth industry. [New York Times]
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Courts
Alex Jones's Lawyer Norm Pattis Suspended From Practicing Law, Discovers There's Something Worse Than Losing A Billion Dollars For Your Client On Live TV
Turns out there are worse things than getting a billion-dollar verdict against your client on national television. -
Courts
Lawyer Challenging NY Gun Regulations Accidentally Says Quiet Part Out Loud
This is how a state should regulate guns... if they could find the political will to do it. -
Courts
Texas Appeals Court Is FURIOUS That 'Civil Procedure' Won't Let Them Strike Down New Jersey Laws
The hypo for your Federal Courts exam was not this stupid. -
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Courts
Court Rules That Since The Framers Didn't Care Much About Domestic Abuse, Abusers Get To Have All The Guns They Want!
The opinion is real, but is the reasoning serious or satire? -
Courts
Given Our Gun Jurisprudence, It Is Now Even Easier To Illegally Sell Guns. Yay!
If only George Washington would have told his men to etch numbers into their muskets on the way to Liberty. -
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Courts
Gun Nuts Throw Saddest Tantrum Ever Learning That There Was A World Before Heller
When you're addicted to originalism, sometimes you have to change history to avoid the cognitive dissonance.
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Biglaw
23 Year Prison Sentence For Murderer Of Mayer Brown Partner
The defendant pleaded guilty to first degree murder. -
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From Bankruptcy In Texas To Sanctions In Connecticut, Alex Jones's Legal Problems Are Just Beginning
And his lawyers are in the shit with him. -
Government
Alex Jones Slapped With $49M Damage Award, Pay Cut, And Possible Sanctions
Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. -
Government
Texas Damages Cap Looms Over Alex Jones Sandy Hook Defamation Case
But Jones offered to let the plaintiffs come on his show, so, yay! -