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  • Morning Docket: 01.13.20
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 01.13.20

    * A-Rod is facing allegations of racketeering and embezzlement in a new lawsuit filed by his former brother-in-law. If true, maybe he just doesn’t like playing by the rules… [New York Post]

    * A Massachusetts lawyer is suing Google for returning search results whenever a user searches his name. [Boston.com]

    * A lawyer for PBS has resigned after he was secretly recorded as part of a Project Veritas sting. [ABC News]

    * A well-known lawyer in Pensacola, Florida, has died of COVID-19 at age 83. [Pensacola News Journal]

    * The lawyer for a man allegedly seen carrying a lectern around the Capitol during the riot last week replied “I’m not a magician” when asked about how he would defend his client. Guess he has no plans to make any charges disappear… [Fox News]

  • Morning Docket: 12.01.20
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 12.01.20

    * A Long Island lawyer has filed nearly 100 lawsuits alleging that companies are falsely claiming their products contain vanilla. He should go after restaurants unfairly advertising they sell New York-style pizza and bagels… [Inside Edition]

    * A Florida lawyer, who dressed as the Grim Reaper on beaches to promote social distancing, is facing legal setbacks in his lawsuit against Florida’s Governor Ron DeSantis over COVID-19-related measures. [News Service of Florida]

    * A number of court proceedings in Durham County, North Carolina, have been canceled because a substantial amount of local prosecutors are quarantining after being exposed to COVID-19. [WRAL.com]

    * A Michigan funeral home recently settled a lawsuit that led to a major LGBT ruling at the Supreme Court. [Star Tribune]

    * Massachusetts is paving the way for marijuana delivery, which may prompt legal action from retailers. Guess Mr. Nice Guy might soon be legal in the Commonwealth… [Mass Live]

  • Morning Docket: 11.20.20
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 11.20.20

    * A California judge has approved some marijuana delivery services within the state. Guess Pineapple Express can now be expressly delivered, and you can get your weed and munchies delivered at the same time… [Los Angeles Times]

    * Joe Biden might be considering Deval Patrick, the former governor of Massachusetts, to be his Attorney General. [CBS Boston]

    * A new lawsuit alleges that employees at a Waterloo, Iowa, meatpacking plant (a facility hit hard by the pandemic) took bets about how many workers would contract COVID-19. Seems pretty morbid. [CNN]

    * A lawyer has been charged with multiple crimes for allegedly luring teenage girls to sleep with him in exchange for being their “sugar daddy.” [New York Post]

    * A former Virginia attorney said that “I may have have made a mistake” after losing his law license for allegedly misappropriating millions from a client. Seems like an understatement… [CBS News]

  • Morning Docket: 10.21.20
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 10.21.20

    * The Department of Justice has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google. Don’t get it, people still use Ask Jeeves, AOL Keywords, and Prodigy, right…? (I’m really dating myself here!) [Wall Street Journal]

    * Lawyers at Jones Day have purportedly donated far more money to Joe Biden than President Trump, even though the firm is working on President Trump’s re-election campaign. [Reuters]

    * The Los Angeles District Attorney and her husband are being sued over an incident earlier this year in which the husband of LA’s district attorney allegedly pointed a gun at protesters. [Fox News]

    * President Trump has requested that Attorney General Barr investigate Hunter Biden for alleged improprieties. [Bloomberg Law]

    * New Hampshire is suing Massachusetts in the Supreme Court of the United States for taxing New Hampshire residents even though they are working remotely. This is going to be a “wicked” interesting case. [Fox News]

  • Morning Docket: 09.30.20
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 09.30.20

    * A lawyer has been suspended from practice for being arrested for allegedly driving while nude. The bar examiners can rest assured that this attorney had nothing to hide… [ABA Journal]

    * A lawyer for Michael Flynn admitted yesterday that she briefed President Trump about Flynn’s case. [Politico]

    * A new lawsuit is claiming that one of Texas’s largest counties is approving voter registrations for noncitizens. [Fox News]

    * The son of a federal judge that was fatally shot in an attack over two months ago has finally been laid to rest. [New York Post]

    * A Massachusetts lawyer has pleaded guilty to defrauding the U.S. government by applying for federal funds to rehabilitate apartments and then never completing the work. This sounds like a scheme depicted in The Sopranos. [Mass Live]

  • Morning Docket: 09.29.20
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 09.29.20

    * Looks like Netflix will be picking up the upcoming Lincoln Lawyer series. Not too newsworthy, but very excited about this! [What’s on Netflix]

    * A federal judge may soon rule if Apple’s App Store runs afoul of antitrust rules. [Wall Street Journal]

    * A Georgia court is allowing a couple to sue a sperm bank for allegedly misrepresenting the background of a sperm donor. [ABC News]

    * A Massachusetts law firm is being sued for allegedly accepting money from a pharmacy in exchange for referring personal injury clients to the business. [Insurance Journal]

    * A lawyer for President Trump’s campaign previously worked for Al Gore. Maybe this attorney can double as a climate change advisor… [NPR]