Utah

  • Morning Docket: 02.14.22
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 02.14.22

    * Missouri’s “Make Murder Legal Act” was kind enough to not actually become a law. Had us worried there for a bit. [USA Today]

    * Prescriptive law is just what the doctor ordered: Utah has lower rate of crashes after setting a more restrictive blood alcohol limit. [CNN]

    * A new Frontier: word of a big airline merger dropped and law firms are jumping at their cut. [Law.com]

    * Justice pending: A Florida civil rights case hinges on if trasngender folks should be allowed to use the bathrooms they want to. [WUSF]

    * Those who can do, dean: Case Western’s Michael Scharf will be arguing about presumption shifts in insanity defense cases before the International Criminal Court. If TiVo is still a thing, can you record this for me? [News 5 Cleveland]

  • Morning Docket: 02.11.22
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 02.11.22

    * The 5th Circuit effectively ruled that the Constitution is unconstitutional. Calling balls and strikes is one thing, but I think they just tackled the team mascot. [Slate]

    * The Senate just passed a bill ending forced arbitration for workplace sexual assault claims. Hurry up with that signature, Biden! [CNN]

    * Utah just made it a lot easier for about half a million folks with non-violent criminal records to move on with their lives. First Pennsylvania, now Utah. Who’s next? [Salt Lake Tribune]

    * Penn Law is having a conference discussing pre-textual traffic stops and searches. Drop in — it’s virtual and you might be able to catch it live! [Penn Live]

    * Been looking for something to bore your friends with the next time they try to bring up watching Euphoria? I’m sure they’ll love to hear about a review of last year’s developments in antitrust. [WSGR]

  • Morning Docket: 02.04.22
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 02.04.22

    * Not on my watch! Montana judge rules that last minute changes to a law were unconstitutional. [Billings Gazette]

    * Deal with it: Despite Republican frustrations, New Jersey’s Supreme Court finds no issue with their congressional map. [Politico]

    * Broken clocks need an attorney at least twice a day: Guy committing identify fraud is arrested because the dude he’s frauding also had a warrant. [Richmond Register]

    * Utah bill is set to give parents full reign over what teachers are able to teach children. Helicopter mommy and daddy better be chipping in on school supplies too! [Salt Lake Tribune]

    * A bill just got introduced in Oklahoma that would let you sue teachers for $10k if they teach something against your religion. The biggest display of faith here is the thought that teachers could make good on that judgment. [Independent]

  • Morning Docket: 06.17.21
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 06.17.21

    * A trademark lawsuit filed by Ice Cube against Robinhood has been dismissed. Guess the judge put “ice” on that litigation… [Yahoo News]

    * Prosecutors say Michael Avenatti, Stormy Daniels’s former lawyer, deserves “very substantial” prison time for crimes he purportedly committed. [NBC News]

    * The Justice Department has ended a criminal inquiry and lawsuit over the publication of a book by John Bolton. [New York Times]

    * Congressman Mo Brooks has purportedly accused the person who served process on him for a lawsuit related to the Capitol riots of trespassing. [Hill]

    * A Utah prosecutor has apologized for telling a lawmaker to “die and go to hell” for interrupting his afternoon nap. Guess someone was a little grumpy… [New York Post]

  • Morning Docket: 03.24.21
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 03.24.21

    * Legal tech startup Clearbrief is raising money to provide AI-driven writing technology to the legal sector. Hope they don’t make AI that writes the Morning Docket… [Geek Wire]

    * Senator Chuck Schumer is asking President Biden to appoint candidates who would be the first black U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. [Politico]

    * A lawsuit alleging that an NHL owner broke rent-stabilization laws with tenants is being allowed to proceed. Guess the judge will decide who belongs in the penalty box. [Crain’s New York Business]

    * A member of a prominent Utah family is accusing the Mormon Church of fraud in a new lawsuit. [Washington Post]

    * A Pennsylvania lawyer is in hot water after he allegedly copy and pasted a substantial amount of his trial-level arguments in an appeal. At least he didn’t need to bill much extra for the work… [ABA Journal]

  • Morning Docket 02.25.21
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket 02.25.21

    * A lawyer has pleaded guilty to billing a state for more than 24 hours of legal work in a single day. Maybe he had a time machine… [ABA Journal]

    * Donald Trump, Jr. was deposed as part of an investigation launched by the DC Attorney General concerning the use of funds for President Trump’s inauguration. [CNN]

    * The Supreme Court is evaluating a major case about when police can enter a home without a warrant. [NPR]

    * A class action has been filed alleging that insurance companies charged excessive rates for car insurance during the pandemic. [ABC News]

    * The Texas Attorney General is in hot water for allegedly heading to Utah while Texans were without power last week. At least he didn’t go to an international resort like other politicians from Texas… [People]

  • Morning Docket: 08.24.20
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 08.24.20

    * A new lawsuit claims that Chipotle restaurants are not providing customers with appropriate change when they pay for meals in cash. Maybe they are charging more for guac now? [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]

    * Utah is allowing individuals without law licenses to offer legal services under certain circumstances. [Desert News]

    * A federal judge has halted a lawsuit aimed at challenging Pennsylvania’s mail-in-voting plans for the upcoming election. [Hill]

    * A lawyer accidentally offered $10,000 to settle a case instead of the intended $100,000 and this lower number was accepted. This attorney should review the law surrounding scrivener’s error… [Daily Business Review]

    * Check out this profile of a patent lawyer who became a professional poker player. [Card Player]

    * A lawyer in Texas will appear at a jury trial virtually while his adversary attends the trial in person. The virtual attendee should consider hiring a surrogate to appear in person in his place. [Texas Lawyer]

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  • Morning Docket: 07.13.20
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 07.13.20

    * The mayor of Bridgeport, CT, is suing Delta Airlines for being bitten by a dog during a flight. This sounds like a law school civil procedure hypothetical. [USA Today]

    * A Utah prosecutor’s office was damaged by protesters after police officers were cleared in a contested shooting. [Salt Lake Tribune]

    * Robert De Niro’s lawyer claimed in a proceeding involving De Niro’s ex-wife that COVID-19 has caused the actor to experience financial issues. Guess De Niro can always use Cameo to pick up some extra scratch… [Newser]

    * Follow-up steps are being taken after the Supreme Court ruled last week on the availability of President Trump’s financial records. [NBC News]

    * Ghislaine Maxwell’s siblings are willing to endorse her $5 million bond, according to Maxwell’s lawyers. And I have trouble just getting gas money from my four brothers… [Washington Post]

  • Morning Docket: 03.19.20
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 03.19.20

    * Three Utah County prosecutors have resigned after a defense attorney paid for their tickets to see the Utah Jazz. If you’re going to forfeit your job over some graft, it should be way more valuable than some measly basketball tickets… [Salt Lake Tribune]

    * The attorney at the heart of the New Rochelle COVID-19 cluster is awake and recovering well. [New York Post]

    * Netflix is facing a lawsuit filed by the prosecutor involved in the infamous Central Park jogger case because the Netflix series dramatizing the matter allegedly depicted the prosecutor in a bad light. [Guardian]

    * Katy Perry has defeated a lawsuit alleging that she plagiarized one of her songs from a Christian artist. There’s a South Park reference in here somewhere… [Christian Post]

    * A company that bought Theranos patents is using them to sue a company that is working on COVID-19 tests. Seems like a worthy legacy for Theranos. [Business Insider]

    * The Baltimore State’s Attorney will stop prosecuting drug possession, prostitution, and other crimes because of the COVID-19 pandemic. This would have made a great plot line in The Wire. [Baltimore Sun]

  • Morning Docket: 02.05.20
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 02.05.20

    * A Baltimore man is claiming a constitutional right to sell pizza out of his food truck. Didn’t Patrick Henry say “give me pizza, or give me death”?… [Baltimore Sun] * A New York lawyer has been suspended from practice for assaulting a woman he met through an online dating service. [Bloomberg Law]

  • Morning Docket: 12.12.19

    Morning Docket: 12.12.19

    * President Trump is considering Alan Dershowitz for his impeachment legal team. Seems like he is taking a page out of O.J. Simpson’s book… [ABC News]

    * An attorney was entitled to more disability benefits since he was scheduled for a pay raise one day after he suffered a heart attack. [Bloomberg Law]

    * Former judges are faulting presidential candidate Deval Patrick for unequal pay and retaliation suffered by the jurists. [Boston Globe]

    * Another Fox News host has filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against the network. [Axios]

    * Utah’s high court has made it easier for Dreamers to legally practice law within the state of Utah. [Desert News]

    * The University of California is being sued for requiring the SAT and ACT to be taken for admission. It would be amazing if this lawsuit had legs… [CBS News]

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