Thailand
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 10.28.20
* The U.S. government is demanding in a new lawsuit filed against a California museum that two relics allegedly stolen from Thailand be returned. This sounds like a good plot for an Indiana Jones sequel… [ABC News]
* A New Jersey lawyer has been disbarred after pleading guilty to committing securities fraud. [New Jersey Law Journal]
* A well-known St. Louis attorney fell to his death from his high-rise office building yesterday. Sending our condolences to the family of the deceased. [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
* A former police officer is running as a reformer to unseat the first black District Attorney of Los Angeles. [Mother Jones]
* A Colorado public defender was found in contempt of court for refusing to show up for a trial amid heightened concerns over COVID-19. [Gazette]
* A group of California restaurants has filed a lawsuit seeking to recover liquor, health, and tourism fees that are still being collected during the COVID-19 pandemic. Kind of seems like these restaurants are asking for “crumbs.” [Eater LA]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 10.07.19
* It’s back to work for the justices of the Supreme Court as the October Term 2019 gets started today, with major cases on LGBTQ rights, immigration, abortion, guns, and religion scheduled to be heard over the course of this year. Here’s a good summary of five cases to watch. [New York Times]
* Are appellate advocates ready for a kinder, gentler experience before the Supreme Court? They’ll now receive two minutes of uninterrupted time at the beginning of oral arguments. This is a “dramatic change” of pace for the high court. [National Law Journal]
* According to Mark Zaid, the lawyer for whistleblower #1, there are now two whistleblowers on President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine, and the second one reportedly has firsthand knowledge of some of the allegations detailed in the original complaint. [ABC News]
* “All of you know your Constitution. The way that impeachment stops is a Senate majority with me as majority leader.“ Sen. Mitch McConnell is promising to end the impeachment proceedings against Trump in his latest campaign ads. [Louisville Courier Journal]
* Disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes hasn’t paid her lawyers in more than a year, and now they’ve asked a judge to let them off her case. “It is unfair and unreasonable to require Cooley to continue representing Ms. Holmes in this action,” her disgruntled attorneys wrote in their motion. [Mercury News]
* “[If] I cannot keep my oath of office, I’d rather die than live without honor.” A judge in Thailand shot himself in court in an apparent attempt to take his own life after acquitting men of murder charges whom he’d reportedly been pressured to convict. [The Guardian]
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Closing the Loop on the Case of Bro Versus Thailand
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Northwestern Law 'Bro' Offends Most Of Law School, All Of Thailand
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Morning Docket: 10.18.11
* How can you pick a side when it comes to fairness and the law? Can you straddle the fence? Don’t ask Justice Alito, because he’s still not really sure what the answers are. [New York Times] * Paul Ceglia is finding out the hard way that court orders aren’t like annoying Facebook friend requests. […]