Michael Bloomberg

  • Morning Docket: 09.24.20
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 09.24.20

    * Florida’s Attorney General is calling for an investigation over whether Michael Bloomberg’s pledge to pay off fines for ex-felons in Florida so they can vote was unlawful. You know what they say, no good deed… [Politico]

    * Facebook has been hit with a lawsuit alleging that it failed to remove hateful pages which allegedly led to the Kenosha shootings. [ABC News]

    * A judge has ordered Eric Trump, son of President Trump, to sit for a deposition conducted by the Attorney General of New York before the election. [NBC News]

    * A new trial has been ordered on a murder charge that was nixed because a lawyer did not object to an erroneous jury instruction. [Bloomberg Law]

    * A disbarred Florida lawyer has been found guilty of forging a court order even though his twin brother claimed he himself did the forgery. And I can’t even get my triplet brothers to go on a road trip with me… [Herald-Tribune]

  • Morning Docket: 06.16.20
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 06.16.20

    * Michael Bloomberg is requesting that a judge dismiss a lawsuit filed by former campaign staffers alleging that Bloomberg promised the staffers they would have jobs until November. Maybe Bloomberg was just really optimistic about his prospects… [Hill]

    * Check out this interesting profile of the lawyer who is representing the family of George Floyd. [New Yorker]

    * Executives at Ebay have been criminally charged for allegedly sending live roaches, spiders, and other nasty items to a couple who criticized the website. [Tech Crunch]

    * A transgender woman at the center of a landmark Supreme Court case did not live to see the outcome of the matter. [CNN]

    * A former corporate lawyer is now a top instructor at Peloton. Looks like this attorney was on the fast track to success… [Fortune]

  • Morning Docket: 03.24.20
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 03.24.20

    * A lawyer for the Red Sox is adamant that the franchise is not guilty of sign stealing. But underhanded tactics is kind of a tradition for Boston-area teams… [Yahoo News]

    * A former staffer for Mike Bloomberg’s presidential campaign has filed a class action lawsuit alleging that numerous staffers were promised jobs through November and were actually laid off after Bloomberg suspended his campaign. [Hill]

    * A Detroit courthouse has been disinfected after an attorney who visited the courthouse tested positive for COVID-19. If Detroit’s courts are even open, they’re a few weeks behind New York and New Jersey… [Detroit Free Press]

    * The New Jersey Attorney General has said that citizens who break a stay-at-home order may face jail time or fines of up to $1,000. [Hill]

    * Goldman Sachs paid its top in-house lawyer over $8 Million last year. I’m in the wrong field. [Bloomberg Law]

  • Morning Docket: 03.06.20
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 03.06.20

    * A Brooklyn court has been disinfected over coronavirus fears. While they’re at it, they should clean out the attorneys’ room at 360 Adams — that place has smelled bad for years… [New York Post]

    * Actor Ed Norton skipped out of a deposition over a deadly fire that erupted at a location at which he was filming. [New York Post]

    * Harvey Weinstein spent his first night at Riker’s Island yesterday, a far cry from the red carpet. [CNN]

    * The New York Attorney General is cautioning televangelists not to peddle unproven coronavirus cures. [Washington Post]

    * Check out a piece on the complicated legacy of Michael Bloomberg’s “stop and frisk” policy. [The Appeal]

    * The Supreme Court has lifted a stay of execution for an Alabama man who has been sentenced to death even though he didn’t kill anyone. [NBC News]

    * Two members of the band “Journey” have been kicked out of the group over a trademark lawsuit. Don’t stop beleivin’ that there will be a solution to this dispute. [Fox News]

  • Non-Sequiturs: 06.21.17
    Non-Sequiturs

    Non-Sequiturs: 06.21.17

    * “Trump’s Most Lasting Legacy? America’s courts.” [The Atlantic via How Appealing]

    * Speaking of the Supreme Court, which justice is most frequently first out of the gate when it comes to questioning at oral argument? Adam Feldman runs the numbers. [Empirical SCOTUS]

    * Floyd Abrams, celebrated First Amendment lawyer and author (affiliate link), laments the sad state of freedom of speech on college campuses today. [Concurring Opinions]

    * Well, this is interesting: DOJ Pride, the Justice Department’s group for LGBT employees, will honor Gavin Grimm this year, as Chris Geidner reports. [BuzzFeed]

    * Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who’s not exactly a Donald Trump fan, thinks the Donald has a better than even chance of winning reelection in 2020. [Instapundit]

    * And he’s not alone, as Ann Althouse’s round-up of reactions to Jon Ossoff’s failed congressional run suggests. [Althouse]

  • Non-Sequiturs: 06.02.17
    Non-Sequiturs

    Non-Sequiturs: 06.02.17

    * Michael Bloomberg has offered to pay the United States’ share to the United Nations as part of the Paris climate agreement that Trump is trying to stop. It’s a nice gesture, but it also feels like how Old World oligarchs used to pay people to look the other way instead of overthrowing the incompetent king. [Forbes]

    * Former Penn State officials, including former president Graham B. Spanier, have been sentenced to jail time in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky scandal. [New York Times]

    * Evergreen State remains on lockdown due to threats related to its “Day of Absence.” Massa don’t like it much when you lock him out. [KIRO 7]

    * Thief stole a backpack off one of the dying heroes in the Portland attack. Looks like they caught him. [Gizmodo]

    * You’re still not allowed to protest at the Supreme Court. [Courthouse News Service]

    * Wasn’t there a Law and Order about a fertility specialist who used his own sperm instead of the donor sperm people thought they were getting? [Slate]

    * Time for some promos: If you are interested in Loving, there’s a great event centered around it at the WNYC Green Space on Monday, June 12th. [Greene Space]

    * If, on the other hand, you happen to be in San Francisco, join us on June 13th for Better Know A Circuit. We’ll be discussing the Ninth Circuit… which has been in the news recently, for some reason. [Above the Law]

    * Now for our weekly check-in with White Pride media. … Oh God, they’re still on the Kathy Griffin story. When it comes to having a persecution complex, right-wing media makes Jesus on the Cross look like a brother crying over a splinter. [Breitbart]

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  • Morning Docket: 08.12.15

    * Michael Jordan was present during jury selection for his case against defunct supermarket Dominick’s, but potential jurors didn’t seem the least bit fazed. In fact, just a single one of them considered the basketball star their “personal hero or idol.” Ouch. [Chicago Tribune]

    * Maryland Law will be offering a very topical “Law and ______” class this semester, entitled “Freddie Gray’s Baltimore: Past, Present and Moving Forward.” Students enrolled in the course will be asked to create fixes for social problems. This’ll be interesting. [WSJ Law Blog]

    * According to the GC of Fannie Mae, Biglaw’s profit structure is broken, but the solution he proposes to the problem may not sit well with associates who are slaves to the billable hour — but only if they care about their hourly rates. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg BNA]

    * Unlike most of his colleagues, Larry Sonsini of Wilson Sonsini didn’t immediately join a brand name Biglaw firm after he graduated from law school. Instead, he created his own brand name Biglaw firm, so that worked out well. Your own mileage may vary. [Forbes]

    * It seems that New York City’s Responsible Banking Act is unconstitutional because it conflicts with existing state and federal banking laws. To be fair, between dueling mayoral policies, this law was completely FUBARed from the get go. [DealBook / New York Times]

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    Morning Docket: 06.27.14

    * Funny that SCOTUS just struck down a law imposing a 35-foot buffer zone around abortion clinics, yet it heavily enforces its own buffer zone. Some call it “supreme irony.” [WSJ Law Blog]

    * Despite the slacking demand for legal services — down by 8.8 percent in terms of billable hours — members of the Am Law 100 still managed to keep their heads above water. [Am Law Daily]

    * Lorin Reisner, chief of the criminal division of S.D.N.Y.’s USAO and Preet Bharara’s right-hand man on Wall Street convictions, is leaving for greener pastures at Paul Weiss. Congrats! [Reuters]

    * New York State’s highest court has rejected New York City’s ban on gigantic drinks that was previously proposed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Go on, have yourself a nice Quadruple Big Gulp. [Bloomberg]

    * When the long arm of the law flushes the toilet, it sometimes explodes, raining down jagged shards of justice. But on a more serious note, we’re happy no one was hurt at this courthouse. [Billings Gazette]

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