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  • Morning Docket: 02.01.21
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 02.01.21

    * The Supreme Court may soon decide if churchgoers have the right to sing indoors during the pandemic. This could be the plot of another sequel to Sister Act… [Vox]

    * Donald Trump has named two additional lawyers who will defend him at his upcoming impeachment trial. [AP News]

    * The general counsel of Coca-Cola is getting tough with law firms who do not promote diversity. [ABA Journal]

    * A class action has been filed alleging that a smoked cheese brand was misleading since the company used artificial flavors instead of actual smoke. [National Law Review]

    * A Peruvian lawyer was caught having sex during a virtual court hearing last week. The judge was not pleased. [New York Post]

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    Morning Docket: 05.09.12

    * Dewey get the chance to reap revenge against all of the partners who defected? Only in bankruptcy clawback suits. Many are keeping an eye on the Coudert and Thelen Chapter 11 cases to see if they’ll have to pay up. [Thomson Reuters News & Insight]

    * “People have bigger concerns on their mind than whether Elizabeth Warren is 1/32 Cherokee.” Well, Scott Brown isn’t most people. He wants all of her job records from her career as a law professor. [Washington Wire / Wall Street Journal]

    * “We are not anti-gay, we are pro-marriage.” I don’t think “pro-marriage” means what you think it means. Last night, North Carolina voters passed a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage in the state. [CNN]

    * Mike McQueary is filing a whistleblower lawsuit against Penn State. Hate to say it, but that’s definitely not the first time Penn State’s seen a lawsuit over something being blown in the locker room. [Centre Daily Times]

    * Washington University in St. Louis Law is launching an online LL.M. program for foreign lawyers for the low, low price of $48K. The exchange rate surely can’t be good enough for that to be worth it. [New York Times]

    * Joran van der Sloot will likely be extradited to the United States from Peru this summer. His lawyer, Maximo Altez, isn’t a fan, because he thinks that we’ll charge his client with murder. America, f**k yeah! [ABC News]

    * Oh, of course a member of the Village People’s claim just had to be the test case for 35-year copyright transfer termination. Well, kudos to you, Mr. Motorcycle Cop. You’re a real “Macho Man.” [Bloomberg]

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