Tennessee

  • Morning Docket: 06.02.22
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 06.02.22

    * The proposed solution to school shootings? Stronger doors. We are in the worst timeline. [News4Jax]

    * New York aims to stop post-crime shaming. Good on them. [WKTV]

    * Tennessee protesters reconsider the ease of gun access. Makes sense after having 17 mass shootings in one week. [WPLN]

    * It may be time for a refresher on Heller. Who better to do it than the clerks involved? [NYT]

    * Choice Havens: Blue cities in Red states could keep abortion access available. [Axios]

  • Morning Docket: 05.23.22
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 05.23.22

    * Redditor asks if it’s okay to show up to their summer gig a different race than what they indicated on their application. Nobody really reads the fine print… right? [Reddit]

    * Arkansas’s governor just signed off on one hell of a “welp, too bad” with this anti-abortion law. [The Guardian]

    * A change to Tennessee’s school zone brings some hope to adults left behind. [Axios]

    * Biglaw has been quite hush-hush about the Alito leak. No need to capitalize on current events with all these billables I guess. [Law.com]

    * Totally not a coup supporter Marjorie Taylor Greene thinks the real racism is blaming white supremacy for mass shootings. [Huff Post]

  • Morning Docket: 03.31.22
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 03.31.22

    * Texan student who was threatened with being given a failing grade for not reciting the Pledge of Allegiance earns a lot of lunch money. Gotta love the 1st Amendment. [Chron]

    * Facebook and Apple were so deferential to cops that they gave sensitive information to kids pretending to be them. What happened to two-factor authentication? [Dudes Code]

    * Loan company hit with a million-dollar fine for misleading its clients about loan forgiveness. Stop playing with people’s money! [Business Insider]

    * Pentagon drops a 700+ list of places named after members of the Confederacy they’re considering renaming. About time we stopped handing out participation trophies to the pro-slavery people. [Military]

    * Tennessee is trying to overturn Obergefell. See what you’ve started now, Texas? [LBGTQNation]

  • Morning Docket: 03.23.22
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 03.23.22

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    * People are salty that Ketanji Brown Jackson thinks Roe v. Wade is settled law. In other news, Marshall v. Madison is back on the chopping block. [The Guardian]

    * Go, cousin! Black folks have been overwhelmingly supportive of KBJ — go figure. [The Cut]

    * Some of you may die: Tennessee reins in the effectiveness of federal vaccine mandates. [JD Supra]

    * Doesn’t work in theory: The folks trying their damndest to make something stick may ask KBJ her thoughts on the Yale “Free Speech” debacle. I wonder if she’ll pull an ACB and refuse to speak on hypotheticals? [New York Post]

    * “In bird culture, this is considered a dick move”: a member of Teddy Cruz’s cohort gives him a little shame for how he went about yesterday’s confirmation hearing. [SF Gate]

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  • Morning Docket: 01.21.22
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    Morning Docket: 01.21.22

    * California has the opportunity to modify or do away with their three strikes law. I hope they take it. [Voice of San Diego]

    * Tennessee creates law intended to penalize kids who make threats online. The first person to get locked up over a TikTok is never gonna live that down. [WKRN]

    * The three officers who did nothing as their coworker killed a man with his knee will also face trial soon.  [NPR]

    * Electronic sniffing dogs are being used to detect child pornography. This is going to end up in a Criminal Procedure casebook isn’t it? [ABC]

    * Green thumbs and orange jumpsuits: man sentenced to two years for smuggling succulents. [LAist]

  • Morning Docket: 12.02.21
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    Morning Docket: 12.02.21

    * The first action under Tennessee’s anti-CRT law is accusing MLK of being un-American. Who would have dreamed of this? [Insider]

    * A clean conscience: Law that protects donors from civil and criminal liability finds it easier to donate female sanitary products. [AP News]

    * Yale student who claims they were blackballed ends up getting the prestigious scholarship anyway. [Yale Daily News]

    * For a lot of people, the current push against abortion rights doesn’t make sense. Here’s a look for how forcing birth will impact Mississippians trying to make cents. [NYT]

    * A thinner blue line: A new North Carolina law makes it so that police have to report their co-workers within 3 days if they see them using excessive force. Sounds like this should have been a duh rule, but I’m glad it’s a law now. [WITN]

  • Morning Docket: 07.02.21
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    Morning Docket: 07.02.21

    * A Tennessee gamer is suing so that he can keep his vanity “69PWNDU” license plate. Hope he isn’t a legal noob… [Yahoo News]

    * A Texas lawyer has been disbarred for allegedly taking his client’s food stamps and purportedly faking the client’s signature. [Texas Lawyer]

    * The Supreme Court has struck down a California law that required charities to disclose their largest donors. [Washington Post]

    * Attorney General Garland has issued a memorandum pausing federal executions. [Fox News]

    * The Tour de France has withdrawn a lawsuit against a spectator who allegedly caused a crash. They deserve the yellow jersey for how fast they withdrew that litigation… [Guardian]

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  • Tennessee Signs NIL Law
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    Tennessee Signs NIL Law

    The Volunteer State's law contains a broad exclusion that will allow a university to prohibit an athlete's involvement in NIL activities 'that are reasonably considered to be in conflict with the values of the institution.'
  • Morning Docket: 01.25.21
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 01.25.21

    * A class action has been filed against Allstate for allegedly using unqualified expert witnesses to drive up legal costs. Hope the company is in good hands… [Texas Lawyer]

    * A Tennessee lawyer has had his law license suspended for allegedly advising someone on how to kill another and make it look like self defense. [New York Post]

    * A South Carolina law firm that purportedly assisted in a scheme to defraud retirees and others has been ordered to pay restitution. [Post and Courier]

    * Three Breonna Taylor grand jurors are seeking to impeach the Attorney General of Kentucky. [CNN]

    * Since Above the Law hasn’t had a “Lawyerly Lairs” segment in a while, just wanted to relate that Gibson Dunn’s Randy Mastro just listed his Upper East Side pad for a hefty sum. [Real Deal]

  • Morning Docket: 01.08.20
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    Morning Docket: 01.08.20

    * A Tennessee lawyer has been suspended from practice for allegedly taking controlled substances from an evidence room while serving as a prosecutor. Maybe he wanted to see if the drugs were legit…? [ABC News]

    * Former Attorney General William Barr has condemned President Trump’s alleged role in the riot that occurred at the U.S. Capitol earlier this week. [New York Daily News]

    * Check out this interview with Judy Sheindlin in which she discusses her career on the bench and on Judge Judy as the show reaches its final episodes. [ABA Journal]

    * The lawyer for a California man accused of having a New Year’s Eve party attended by around 100 people at Eddie Murphy’s former mansion said it “wasn’t supposed to be a big affair.” [Sacramento Bee]

    * The DEA has asked that a lawsuit concerning hemp regulations be dismissed. Bet many hope this challenge goes up in smoke… [Capital Press]

  • Morning Docket: 10.06.20
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    Morning Docket: 10.06.20

    * A Michigan lawyer has changed his name to get more recognition from voters. This definitely worked for Eddie Murphy’s character in The Distinguished Gentleman. [ABA Journal]

    * Eric Trump was deposed yesterday as part of a probe conducted by the New York Attorney General’s Office. [CNN]

    * A Tennessee lawyer has been suspended from practice for allegedly forging a witness’ signature on a court document. [Bloomberg Law]

    * A lawyer has been charged with allegedly trying to extort the University of Maryland Medical Center of $25 million. People should really read my article on attorney shakedowns… [Fox News]

    * The Supreme Court is allowing a class action filed by minor league baseball players who allege they are being paid less than minimum wage to proceed. Bet they’re happy their lawsuit didn’t strike out… [Sports Illustrated]

  • Morning Docket: 07.09.20
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 07.09.20

    * A Tennessee lawyer has been censured for showing up to defend a client’s DUI charge while drunk. Maybe this was part of the lawyer’s defense? [Fox News]

    * Country Music Group Lady A, which recently changed its name from Lady Antebellum, is embroiled in a trademark dispute with a blues singer who also goes by Lady A. [USA Today]

    * Check out this interesting article on why there should be a right to an immigration attorney. [Slate]

    * An attorney for a former police officer charged with aiding and abetting the killing of George Floyd has filed a motion to dismiss the charges. [Fox News]

    * A judge is allowing a defamation lawsuit filed by Roy Moore over a prank by Sacha Baron Cohen to proceed. Moore should count himself lucky he wasn’t pranked by Borat, Bruno, or Ali G. [Hill]

  • Morning Docket: 07.03.20
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 07.03.20

    * Tennessee has become the second state in the country to delay the administration of the summer bar exam. [Nashville Post]

    * A New Jersey lawyer has been disbarred for converting $92,000 from his attorney trust account. [New Jersey Law Journal]

    * A Manhattan judge (before whom I argued my first motion years ago!) has dismissed a conservative group’s defamation lawsuit against the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center. [New York Daily News]

    * Joe Biden’s campaign is preparing an army of lawyers as part of voter protection efforts. [CNN]

    * The ACLU has filed a lawsuit seeking to delay an execution because the inmate’s Buddhist priest is at risk of complications should he contract COVID-19. Have to give props to those lawyers for a creative argument. [Hill]