Texas
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 10.12.21
* Judge still under fire for having a racist law clerk. I’m surprised he hasn’t just defended his actions as encouraging “thought diversity” or something. [Law.com]
* Texas won’t stand for at least two things: mask mandates and litter. Also, Biden is a bully apparently. [Reuters]
* Lawyer in trouble after allegedly feeding his client answers during a deposition. Expect this to be on the lawyer ethics final. [ABA Journal]
* Federal appeals court brings SB8 back to life. Next stop, SCOTUS? [CBS News]
* And finally, HAPPY INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ DAY! [Law360]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.13.21
* One of the Supreme Court’s six Republican judges worries that the public thinks their decisions are seen as political moves. No word from Barrett on what social scientists think. [Politico]
* Turns out pay as you go isn’t an approved way to get into Harvard. Trial that questions how merit-based Ivy league admissions are starts soon. [Reuters]
* Texas’s governor is trying really hard to let people do a hate speech on social media. [Jurist.org]
* I know Balenciaga appropriating sagging isn’t personal property, but this definitely feels like theft. IP issue, maybe? [CNN]
* Lastly, a moment of silence for those lost on September 11, 2001. Here are a few stories in their honor. [Law.com]
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Government, Health Care / Medicine
Justice Department Sues Texas To Block Restrictive Abortion Law
The Biden administration has issued a legal challenge to invalidate the controversial Texas law that bans abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, claiming that it will strip residents of their constitutional rights. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.09.21
* The first rule of Tax Law: If you’re rich, you don’t pay them. [CBS News]
* Biden prepares to sue Texas over SB8. What’s Sleepy SCOTUS™ gonna do next? [Wall Street Journal]
* United Airlines blesses religious exemption to COVID vaccine, but will put you on unpaid leave. Talk about living on a prayer. [CNBC]
* Prepare for “Do you know how fast you were going? Add me on Facebook.” at your next traffic stop, LA. [The Guardian]
* Prosecutor opts out of charging felonies that stem from minor traffic stops. Rest in Peace, Mr. Castile. [Yahoo]
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Government
If I Owned Hell And Texas, I’d Live In Hell And Rent Out Texas
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.08.21
* Even Britney Spears’s dad thinks it’s time for the conservatorship to be up. Womanizer no more? [Reuters]
* Texas snitch hotline bling’ed to a different platform because of meme lords. [The Guardian]
* Increasingly, Trumpers are the ones saying “L’etat c’est moi.” You either die a swamp drainer or live to become the bog. [CBS News]
* In today’s episode of good news elsewhere: Mexico’s Supreme Court rules criminalizing abortion is unconstitutional. I wonder if they invoked any penumbras‽ [CNN]
* Finally, here’s the content your inner child has been craving. Cheers to being the person Steve knows you could be. [EW.com]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.07.21
* Biglaw hotspots: New York, Texas and… a desert? [CNN]
* It appears ducks can imitate human speech. Prepare yourselves, divorce lawyers. [The Guardian]
* Texas wants Samsung so bad that they’re willing to cut it a huge break. [Reuters]
* DOJ is using Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act to save face after SCOTUS showed they don’t care about the rule of law. [ABC News]
* Robert E. Lee statue about to go the way of the dodo. Good riddance. [Axios]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.03.21
* Dude LARPing as a shaman during the failed insurrection pleads guilty. He might be the son of the witches they tried to burn, but he should have brushed up on his anti-containment spells. [CNN]
* Ex-DA charged with obstructing justice in Ahmaud Arbery’s murder. [CNBC]
* Match CEO and Bumble team up to support folks swiped by SB8. [NBC News]
* The House is trying to codify Roe v Wade after SCOTUS opted out of doing their job. Let’s see how this goes. [PBS]
* Surprising no one, Florida is already in the works styling an abortion law based on the one in Texas. [Forbes]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.01.21
* Lone Star State grouped up on folks with unwanted pregnancies. And SCOTUS did nothing. [The Nation]
* COVID is dropping more remixes than Soundcloud rappers. Mu coming soon. [Forbes]
* Indigenous folks are using sovereignty to buck mandates banning masks. [The Guardian]
* Anti-Nazi teacher under fire for encouraging his students to use the 1st Amendment. [Fox News]
* Beating yourself up for that lackluster complaint you submitted the other day? At least its not as bad as this one. Hopefully. [Reddit]
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Courts
Is This How Abortion Goes Out? Not With A Bang, But A Whimper
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Crime
According To Texas Attorney General, Texas Attorney General Did Nothing Wrong
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.14.21
* Texas, being Texas, enacted a voter restriction law that looks like it will do bad things. Democrats who fled state to break quorum threatened with jail time. [The Hill]
* Today’s episode of things that don’t impact me: SCOTUS clerks likely looking at $450k sign-on bonuses. Maybe now they’ll be able to able to afford avocado toast? [National Law Journal]
* 9th Circuit crushes Lamborghini dreams in trademark suit. Better luck next time, Social Technologies. [Law360]
* 6th Amendment on, cameras off? Missouri Supreme Court will rule on if remote testifying can satisfy the right to confront one’s accusers. [News Tribune]
* Tennessee’s top vaccination official fired for sharing information in line with the CDC. [ArsTechnica]
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Morning Docket
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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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.01.21
* A family is suing an auction house for purportedly losing a rare photograph of Babe Ruth. Could be the plot of a sequel to Sandlot… [Democrat & Chronicle]
* The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has overturned Bill Cosby’s conviction for sexual misconduct. [Business Insider]
* An Ohio lawyer has been suspended from practice after his paralegal embezzled $200,000 under the lawyer’s watch. [Enquirer]
* A Texas lawyer, who allegedly bribed a judge, has resigned from practice. [Texas Lawyer]
* James Franco is paying $2.2 million to settle a sexual misconduct lawsuit. [Fox News]
* Gavin Newsom is filing a lawsuit to be designated as a Democrat in an upcoming recall election after his team inadvertently left his party preference blank on election paperwork. Oops… [CNN]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.29.21
* Antitrust litigation against Facebook has been dismissed. Maybe the court thought that MySpace was a viable competitor… [Wall Street Journal]
* Be sure to check out the Anti-Defamation League’s annual Supreme Court review. [ADL]
* A South Carolina lawyer has been suspended from practice for incendiary Facebook posts he made about George Floyd. [New York Post]
* A Trump attorney claimed yesterday that the Manhattan DA is investigating the Trump Organization for charges relating to company perks. [Hill]
* E-cigarette company Juul has paid $40 million to settle a lawsuit alleging it improperly advertised its products to teens. That’s a lot of money that went up in smoke… [CNN]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.24.21
* NBA Star Tristian Thompson has won a $52,000 default judgment against a paternity accuser. Seems like his lawyers were playing hard in the paint… [People]
* Exxon must face a lawsuit alleging that the company misstated its role in climate change. [Reuters]
* Georgia election officials, who were involved in Donald Trump’s failed election litigation, have had their legal fees paid. [Salon]
* A Texas attorney has been sentenced to prison after defrauding elderly clients. [News-Press]
* A lawyer at Tesla has left to join an autonomous-driving start-up company. Hope she is on the “fast track” at her new shop… [NBC News]
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Sports
Texas Is 6th State To Require College Athlete NIL Rights As Of July 1
Meanwhile, Congress has taken no action on a national NIL law and continues to do nothing despite holding hearings on Capitol Hill concerning the need to provide athletes NIL rights on a nationwide basis. -