* A lawsuit has been filed over Floyd Mayweather's fight against Logan Paul next month. Sounds like the claims might be a knock out... [Fox News]
* Allegations made in litigation suggest that a former Trump lawyer is raiding a nonprofit for her own personal use. [AP]
* The Mississippi Supreme Court has overturned a medical marijuana initiative in that state. Hopefully legalized marijuana there isn't just a "pipe" dream... [Mississippi Today]
* A Louisiana lawyer has been charged with attempting to bring contraband into a local jail. [ABC News]
* A top lawyer is investigating the disappearance of Tiger King star Carole Baskin's husband. Maybe he'll make a music video about his theories... [TMZ]
* Taylor Swift and a Utah theme park have have dropped their copyright infringement claims against one another. Guess they no longer have "bad blood" and would rather "shake it off"... [Rolling Stone]
* A top Obama lawyer is being vetted for an antitrust position at the Department of Justice. [Politico]
* A Louisiana man is in hot water for pretending to be a lawyer. [ABC News]
* The University of Southern California has agreed to a $852 million payout to settle sexual abuse claims against a longtime campus gynecologist. [Yahoo News]
* Marijuana will soon be legal in the Empire State. Kind of gives new meaning to a "New York state of mind"... [New York Post]
* 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]
* 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]
* Harvey Weinstein is trying to delay a civil lawsuit because he is suffering from back injuries. [New York Post] * Coca-Cola is looking for a new general counsel. They should make candidates take the “Pepsi Challenge.” [Corporate Counsel]
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* A Florida woman who has a law degree but never passed the bar has been charged with stealing the identity of an admitted attorney. This was funny in My Cousin Vinny but not in real life. [Tampa Bay Times]
* Sarah Palin said she first learned of her husband's divorce plans in an email from his attorney. Jeeze, that's cold. [San Francisco Chronicle]
* A U.S. service member is challenging a ban on active military personnel suing their doctors for malpractice. [NBC News]
* The Louisiana Supreme Court has refused to revive a lawsuit against the NFL regarding a missed call at a Saints game. Hope the plaintiff is not a sore loser. [ESPN]
* Massachusetts lawmakers are considering whether to make coerced suicide a crime after the suicide of Conrad Roy III at the encouragement of his girlfriend. [CNN]
* A Nevada attorney has been disbarred for letting clients use her cellphone during jailhouse consultations. Seems harsh — prisoners use cellphones in Orange is the New Black all the time... [Bloomberg Law]
* During an interview on “Face the Nation,” President Donald Trump was wishy-washy as to whether he’d be comfortable with special counsel Robert Mueller’s full report being released to the public, saying, “I don’t know. It depends. I have no idea what it’s going to say.” He was really comfortable saying it was time to “get rid” of the probe, though. [New York Times]
* Speaking of the special counsel’s Russia inquiry, a former federal prosecutor predicts that Mueller will indict Donald Trump Jr. to get leverage over his father. After all, “[w]e’ve seen Mueller use people’s kids to get to folks in the past.” Will his son’s actions be President Trump’s undoing? [Newsweek]
* Here’s a headline we bet you thought you’d never see: “Justice Alito Temporarily Blocks a Louisiana Abortion Law.” The sad part here is that this case may place a burden women’s abortion rights if the full Court hears it. [New York Times]
* “I can’t do this for the rest of my life. I can’t sit in a room and look at documents. I won’t get into what that is, but it’s deadly. Deadly. Document production.” Doc review might have been “deadly” in Michelle Obama’s day, but has it improved? [American Lawyer]
* Remember Bruce Reilly, the convicted murderer who went on to become a student at Tulane Law? He’s since graduated, and while he’d like to take the bar exam to practice as a lawyer, he doesn’t think he’ll be able to overcome his character and fitness issues. [New York Times]
* Earth’s finest lawsuit? The #FijiWaterGirl (aka Kelleth Cuthberg née Kelly Steinbach), the model who inadvertently photobombed celebrities on the red carpet during the Golden Globes, has filed suit against Fiji Water for allegedly using her likeness to promote its brand without her permission. [CBS News]
* The ACLU is ready to fight a Louisiana school district after they told student athletes they must stand for the national anthem or they'll get kicked off the team. [Huffington Post]
* New York landlords that harass rent stabilized tenants beware -- AG Eric Schneiderman has his eye on you. [Cityland]
* The Supreme Court's role in building Hugh Hefner's naked empire. [Law and More]
* Starting a new Biglaw job? Tips to keep your finances in order. [Corporette]
* Will lowering California's bar cut score do more harm than good? [Lawyerist]
* The party behind Brexit has a new logo that looks a little like they cribbed it from a law school. [LegalCheek]
