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By Barbri
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 01.31.22

* GULC's Black Law Student Association wants Ilya Shapiro's teaching contract revoked. My only question is, how do you get fired on your day off? [Newsone] * Swiper, No Swiping! Jersey has new heavy penalties for porch thieves. [UPI] * Another gun rights case could be headed to the Supreme Court soon if these 25 states get their way. [The Center Square] * Is recording officer arrests speech? The legality of a law meant to prevent interference with Miami officer's arrests may be unconstitutional. [Miami Herald] * An Arizona senator wants to make the state more crypto-friendly by recognizing Bitcoin as legal tender. I'll give it two weeks before an employee who makes $1500 a week sues for receiving a paycheck below the federal minimum wage because  the crypto-market tanks after a spicy Elon tweet. [CryptoPotato]

By Chris Williams
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 12.02.20

* A civil rights lawyer, who filed a federal lawsuit over a snatched pen, was awarded $2 in damages. Guess it was a "bic"timless act... [New York Post] * Twenty-five former presidents of the District of Columbia Bar are calling on lawyers not to participate in President Trump's alleged attack on democracy. [News Break] * An attorney, who was criminally charged for allegedly threatening online critics, has been suspended from practice. [Bloomberg Law] * A cybersecurity official fired by President Trump is purportedly contemplating legal action after a Trump Campaign lawyer said he should be shot. [NBC News] * A Miami lawyer has allegedly admitted that he tried to extort a bank of $7.5 million in exchange for not revealing damaging information. Maybe this attorney could have learned a lesson from Michael Avenatti... [Daily Business Review]

By Jordan Rothman
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 10.20.20

* A lawyer has been suspended from practice for five drunk driving arrests. This attorney needs to learn how to "pass" a bar... [Bloomberg Law] * A pregnant Pennsylvania lawyer completed a hearing in a murder case last week after her water broke during the proceedings. [Today] * A curfew in Miami, Florida, has been eliminated thanks to a lawsuit filed by a local strip club. [Fox News] * Los Angeles is facing a lawsuit over mamajuana delivery licenses. [Independent] * Goodwin Procter has promoted a trans lawyer to equity partnership. [Bloomberg Law] * A Rhode Island criminal trial may be decided by a semicolon in a statute. Still waiting for the Oxford comma to make an appearance in a criminal trial... [Providence Journal]

By Jordan Rothman
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 02.14.20

* A Miami lawyer has been charged for allegedly offering to make a defendant's criminal case go away in exchange for sex. Seems like we have been discussing Florida lawyers acting badly a lot lately... [USA Today] * Harvey Weinstein's defense lawyer told jurors that the prosecutors have presented an "alternate universe" when arguing their case. [CNN] * Thirty-nine prosecutors are blasting the actions of Attorney General Barr. [Washington Post] * Female Connecticut high school athletes are filing suit to prevent transgender students from competing in female sporting events. [Fox News] * The Los Angeles County District Attorney has announced the dismissal of 66,000 marijuana convictions. That's not a pipe dream... [The Hill]

By Jordan Rothman