Manhattan DA

  • Morning Docket: 06.29.21
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 06.29.21

    * Antitrust litigation against Facebook has been dismissed. Maybe the court thought that MySpace was a viable competitor… [Wall Street Journal]

    * Be sure to check out the Anti-Defamation League’s annual Supreme Court review. [ADL]

    * A South Carolina lawyer has been suspended from practice for incendiary Facebook posts he made about George Floyd. [New York Post]

    * A Trump attorney claimed yesterday that the Manhattan DA is investigating the Trump Organization for charges relating to company perks. [Hill]

    * E-cigarette company Juul has paid $40 million to settle a lawsuit alleging it improperly advertised its products to teens. That’s a lot of money that went up in smoke… [CNN]

  • Morning Docket: 12.31.20
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 12.31.20

    * An appellate court was divided about whether a lawyer should be given slack for missing a filing deadline because of COVID-19. The judges not giving this attorney a break are real “juristicklers”… [Texas Lawyer]

    * A West Virginia lawyer has been disbarred for attempting to barter sex in exchange for handling a stripper’s divorce case. [Bluefield Daily Telegraph]

    * The Manhattan District Attorney is reportedly hiring forensic accountants as the criminal probe into President Trump’s activities deepens. [Washington Post]

    * A new lawsuit alleges that a black man was misidentified and jailed due to facial-recognition technology. [NBC News]

    * The Space Force is delaying a $12 billion deal after a court found that a contractor may have engaged in fraudulent conduct. Steve Carrell must be behind this conscientious move… [Hill]

  • Morning Docket: 02.10.20
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 02.10.20

    * A Daytona Beach attorney has been disbarred in part for using money out of his trust account to run a strip club. That sounds Florida af. [News Journal]

    * Harvey Weinstein’s lawyer caused a stir for implying that women may share some of the blame for being the targets of sexual assault. [New York Daily News]

    * Michael Avenatti is still unsure if he will take the stand in his ongoing criminal trial. [New York Post]

    * A federal appeals court handed President Trump a win last week when it threw out a lawsuit filed by Democratic lawmakers about business payments. [Fox News]

    * The Manhattan DA’s office may be reopening its case on the assassination of Malcolm X. Just started watching the Netflix series about this! [Washington Post]

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