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  • Morning Docket: 03.17.21
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    Morning Docket: 03.17.21

    * The first general counsel of DraftKings is joining legal tech startup LinkSquares. Guess he’s taking a “gamble” on the new company… [Bloomberg Law]

    * Three more people have been arrested in connection with a home invasion that left a well-known Maryland lawyer dead. [WTOP News]

    * A mysterious person named “Ricky” seemingly accepted service of litigation papers for Donald Trump. Maybe it was John Barron. [Insider]

    * A U.S. Attorney in Ohio is accusing individuals of using a kosher meat store as a front for drug trafficking and money laundering. Can understand their beef. [Cleveland Jewish News]

    * A San Antonio fire chief was caught cursing at a lawyer during an arbitration hearing held via Zoom. Guess he needs to put out another kind of fire now… [ABC News]

  • Morning Docket: 03.10.21
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    Morning Docket: 03.10.21

    * A lawsuit has been filed in Alaska claiming that 21 poultry companies ran an illicit cartel. Maybe the chickens are coming home to roost… [Insurance Journal]

    * Twitter has sued the Texas Attorney General, claiming the AG started investigating Twitter after the platform banned Donald Trump. [NBC News]

    * An Ohio lawyer has been disbarred for stealing millions from clients and using the money on cosmetic surgeries, gambling, and other expenses. [Journal-News]

    * Prosecutors allege that an attorney in the Jussie Smollett criminal case has a conflict of interest. [Chicago Tribune]

    * A lawyer, who was arrested over allegedly breaching the Capitol on January 6th, seemingly asked the judge during a bail hearing whether he could have a drink with his friends after his release. Alcohol should be the least of his issues. [Law & Crime]

  • Morning Docket: 11.06.20
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    Morning Docket: 11.06.20

    * A lawsuit has been filed over the rights to Breakfast at Tiffany’s. “And I said, ‘what about Breakfast at Tiffany’s?'”… [Deadline]

    * An Ohio lawyer is facing ethics charges because he allegedly offered to exchange legal services for a client cleaning the lawyer’s home in the nude. [ABA Journal]

    * An purported extra-marital affair of the Attorney General of Texas is being connected to criminal allegations against the official. [U.S. News and World Report]

    * Check out this article on the latest status of election lawsuits filed by the Trump Campaign. [Fox News]

    * The Michigan Attorney General pleaded with residents to stop telling election officials to shove sharpies in their butts. Michigan residents sure are creative. [New York Post]

  • Morning Docket: 10.26.20
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 10.26.20

    * Johnny Depp’s lawyer has been reportedly thrown off a defamation case for revealing information covered by a protective order. Maybe the information was “pirated” or the judge should make the attorney “walk the plank”… [Courthouse News Service]

    * A lawyer for the Lincoln Project told Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner to “peddle their scare tactics elsewhere” after the couple threatened to sue the anti-Trump group over billboards in New York City. [Wrap]

    * An Ohio lawyer has been arrested on human trafficking, racketeering, and related charges. [Cincinnati Enquirer]

    * The Trump Campaign and the Nevada GOP have filed a lawsuit aimed at blocking election officials from counting early votes. [Business Insider]

    * A photographer has filed a lawsuit after being hit with the horns of a steer after the 2019 Sugar Bowl. Sounds like a law school hypothetical… [AOL]

  • Morning Docket: 10.08.20
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    Morning Docket: 10.08.20

    * McDonald’s is paying $26 million to settle a wage-theft lawsuit. That would go a long way on the dollar menu… [Business Insider]

    * Senate Democrats met with Judge Amy Coney Barrett yesterday ahead of Supreme Court confirmation hearings next week. [Fox News]

    * A new ABA ethics opinion suggests that lawyers need to disclose friendships and intimate relationships they have with opposing counsel to their clients. But some of us try to be friends with everyone… [Bloomberg Law]

    * A lawyer for Britney Spears has purportedly likened Britney’s mental state to a comatose patient, and says that she is unable to give testimony. Maybe this lawyer is watching too much South Park. [TMZ]

    * An Ohio lawyer has been suspended for calling another attorney a “complete idiot” and making other purportedly inappropriate responses. They must have some strict civility standards in the Buckeye State… [ABA Journal]

  • Morning Docket: 08.14.20
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 08.14.20

    * A lawsuit challenging New York’s quarantine has been dismissed partly because an Arizona woman did not suffer harm by not being able to help a New York friend move. The judge obviously doesn’t know how fun assembling Ikea furniture can be… [New York Daily News]

    * Georgia’s governor has withdrawn a lawsuit challenging a mask mandate instituted by the Mayor of Atlanta. [CNN]

    * Claims of sexual impropriety are roiling the Texas Supreme Court. [Texas Lawyer]

    * An Ohio lawyer has been granted the green light to provide financial planning services along with legal representation in certain circumstances. [Bloomberg Law]

    * Carole Baskin of Tiger King fame has been served with papers related to a lawsuit about her missing former husband. Baskin took a selfie with the process server, maybe “service selfies” will trend on insta one day… [CBS News]

  • Morning Docket: 07.02.20
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 07.02.20

    * Novartis has settled a lawsuit which included allegations that the drugmaker gave money to doctors to induce them into prescribing certain medications. These claims would have spiced up the movie Love and Other Drugs… [NBC News]

    * An Ohio attorney has been arrested on federal bribery and extortion charges. [Toledo Blade]

    * Only seven law firm mergers and combinations have occurred during the second quarter of 2020 according to Altman Weil, likely due to the chilling effects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. [The American Lawyer]

    * The New York Attorney General has agreed to settle sexual misconduct lawsuits against Harvey Weinstein for $19 million. [Guardian]

    * A lawyer has lost his bid to avoid the bankruptcy discharge of his $156,000 in legal fees for handling a client’s divorce. [Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly]

    * A former judge and lawyer has been suspended from practice for participating in an inappropriate email chain nicknamed the “forum for hate.” Be sure to check out the messed up things that were said by the group which are included in the article. [ABA Journal]

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  • Morning Docket: 06.19.20
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    Morning Docket: 06.19.20

    * A college student from Portland, Oregon, has filed her ninth lawsuit against the City of Portland over police action against protesters. This student is getting good practice if she ever heads to law school. [Oregonian]

    * The Wisconsin attorney accused of spitting on a protester last week has entered a plea of not guilty. [Fox News]

    * An indicted Texas judge is in a heated battle for re-election to the bench. [Texas Lawyer]

    * An attorney representing the officer accused of killing Rayshard Brooks alleges that the victim was not running away from police when he was shot and killed. [Fox News]

    * A lawsuit has been filed to try and prevent the removal of a statue of Christopher Columbus outside the city hall of Columbus, Ohio. Pretty sure citizens of Columbus will remember Christopher Columbus without a statue… [CBS News]

  • Morning Docket: 05.21.20
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 05.21.20

    * Michael Cohen, President Trump’s former attorney, will finally be released today from prison to serve the rest of his sentence at home. His situation is not unlike many Americans right now. [BBC]

    * Environmental lawyer Steven Donziger has been ordered to continue his home confinement pending a contempt of court trial in September. Again, less of a burden given the current environment. [Intercept]

    * A New York lawyer who forgot to attend oral arguments has been forced to pay his adversary’s costs for coming to the courthouse. [ABA Journal]

    * The College Board is facing a class action lawsuit over glitches with online Advanced Placement exams. [Washington Post]

    * An Ohio lawyer has been suspended for a number of ethical violations, including offering a client a Xanax. [Bloomberg Law]

    * Kendall Jenner has agreed to pay $90,000 because of her promotion of the ill-fated Fyre Festival. If you haven’t seen the documentaries about this dumpster fire of an event, check them out! [Page Six]

  • Morning Docket: 05.13.20
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 05.13.20

    * An Ohio lawyer has been suspended for allegedly stealing millions of dollars from clients to pay for his wife’s breast implants, trips to Vegas, a Mercedes, jewelry, and other extravagances. Hope he saved enough money for a good attorney… [ABA Journal]

    * Ikea is facing a class-action lawsuit for allegedly defective dressers. [USA Today]

    * A lawyer is in hot water for telling a federal judge that his client has COVID-19 to get an early release when the client had in fact already recovered from the disease. [New York Post]

    * Another Texas attorney has put her law practice on hold to be a nurse in an area hard hit by COVID-19. [Fox News]

    * President Trump’s lawyers were grilled at Supreme Court oral arguments this week over the release of President Trump’s tax returns. [The Guardian]

    * Skadden Arps has reportedly paid around $11 million to avoid a lawsuit involving the former Prime Minister of Ukraine. That’s a lot of cheddar, even for Skadden. [Hill]

  • Morning Docket: 02.19.20
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 02.19.20

    * An 80-year-old atheist has won a lawsuit allowing him to have “IM GOD” on his license plates. Only Morgan Freeman should have those tags. [The Hill]

    * Harvey Weinstein’s lawyer is being accused of improperly influencing the jury after publishing an op-ed piece about the case. [New York Daily News]

    * The Oregon Bar has denied admission to an ex-cop who used his badge to exploit vulnerable women for sex. [The Oregonian]

    * The Idaho parents of two missing children have moved to Hawaii as officials have faced difficulties bringing charges against the couple. [Knewz]

    * An Ohio lawyer has been suspended from practice for having sex with a client. [Bloomberg Law]

    * There is a pretty amazing 97-year-old attorney who is trying what could be his 100th murder trial in my stomping ground. [NorthJersey.com]

  • Morning Docket: 07.25.18
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 07.25.18

    * Lanny Davis, lawyer to Michael Cohen, was instrumental in leaking the Trump/McDougal tape to CNN last night. It’s now official: Cohen has turned on Donald Trump. Listen to it here. [CNN]

    * Michael Avenatti, lawyer to porn actress Stormy Daniels, says he’s interested in discussing a settlement with Michael Cohen about his client’s “hush agreement” to keep quiet about her 2006 affair with Trump. Avenatti says a meeting was scheduled, then canceled by Cohen’s other lawyer, and now they’re calling each other liars. This is all par for the course. [CNN]

    * A split three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit has ruled that the Second Amendment allows the open carrying of guns in public. This comes two years after the court ruled that the Second Amendment did not allow the concealed carrying of guns in public. You can expect this to be appealed to the Ninth Circuit en banc. [Associated Press]

    * Dentons has come out swinging with denials against a sexual harassment case that was filed by a business development specialist last month, claiming that not only is the suit without merit, but that it also “misappropriates” the #MeToo movement. We’ll have more on thisinteresting development later today. [American Lawyer]

    * If you live in a two-lawyer household, should you be sharing client secrets? The Ohio Supreme Court is about to answer that question for us, since there’s apparently no case on the books about anything remotely like this. [Big Law Business]

    * If you’re thinking about applying to law school ahead of a career in politics, then you may have to work a little harder to — wait, nevermind, you can go to pretty much any law school since having a J.D. seems to be the gateway to government. [U.S. News]

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