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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.28.20
* The owner of the famous bar Cheers is suing its insurance company over business interruption coverage. Guess the carrier doesn’t want to know their name… [Business Insurance]
* A New York lawyer who misappropriated thousands of dollars and continued to practice law while under an interim suspension has been suspended from practice for four years. Seems like the penalty could have been even worse. [New York Law Journal]
* Check out this piece about whether employers are legally allowed to prohibit employees from wearing Black Lives Matter masks. [CNN]
* A lawyer for the Covington Catholic student who sued news agencies for defamation over a viral video released last year says that employees of CNN and The Washington Post have breached confidentiality agreements related to the litigation. [Yahoo News]
* A husband and wife are suing the District of Columbia over speed enforcement cameras. Please let this case go to the Supreme Court… [ABC News]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.27.20
* A couple is arguing in a new lawsuit that weddings and receptions should be exempted from COVID-19 closures on religious grounds. Wouldn’t be surprised if the bride or groom was a lawyer — that’s a creative argument. [NBC News]
* Surveillance footage appears to link the former lawyer accused of murdering the son of a federal judge to the slaying of a “men’s rights” activist in California. [Fox News]
* Check out this interesting piece by an attorney with autism reflecting on the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. [Jurist]
* Criminal courts in Pittsburgh are closed for in-person hearings until further notice after an attorney tested positive for COVID-19. [CBS News]
* The Washington Post has settled a defamation lawsuit filed by a Covington Catholic student over a viral video that was released last year. [New York Times]
* A Florida strip club is in hot water for denying two women entry because they were not with a man. We all saw RBG, this is a suspect practice. [Orlando Weekly]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.29.19
* The House Judiciary Committee has (finally) opened an impeachment investigation against President Trump, and has asked a federal judge to supply subpoenaed grand jury information related to Robert Mueller’s probe. [Washington Post]
* “I was OK this last term. I expect to be OK next term. And after that we’ll just have to see.” Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has no immediate plans for retirement, saying that she’ll continue to take things “year by year” and “stay on this job as long as [she] can do it full steam.” [CNN]
* In case you missed it, here’s what SCOTUS justices have done on their summer vacation thus far: they’re allowing the Trump administration to use $2.5 billion of funds that were previously allocated to the Defense Department to start construction on the border wall. [New York Times]
* Just as LeClairRyan finds itself gasping its presumptive last breaths, the firm finds itself on the wrong end of a gender pay discrimination case. [Big Law Business]
* A federal judge has dismissed Nick Sandmann’s $250 million defamation lawsuit against the Washington Post. This probably means that Sandmann’s similar suits against CNN and NBC will be dismissed soon as well. [USA Today]
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Courts
MAGA Teen Files $250 Million Lawsuit Against The Washington Post
I guess high schools just don't teach defamation law anymore. -
Government
Reminder: Attacks On Birthright Citizenship Are White Nationalist Propaganda Masquerading As Law-Talkin'
The quest to make revoking birthright citizenship a 'mainstream' view needs to end. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 08.26.18
* Jane Genova explores the implications of Jones Day’s representation of the embattled Cardinal Donald Wuerl, former bishop of Pittsburgh. [Law and More]
* Why did President Trump (or his personal lawyers) allow White House Counsel Don McGahn to speak so freely to special counsel Robert Mueller? Here are some thoughts from veteran litigator Joel Cohen. [The Hill]
* As I recently discussed with Judge Jeffrey Sutton, Chevron-style deference to administrative agencies is being reconsidered in a number of states — and you can add Ohio to that list, as Eugene Volokh notes. [Volokh Conspiracy / Reason]
* Charles Glasser calls out the Washington Post for its selective invocation of the value of transparency. [Daily Caller]
* If you’re an ambitious law student or lawyer, then you need to watch your words on social media, as this report from Patrick Gregory makes clear. [Big Law Business]
* The justices will consider more than 1,000 certiorari petitions at the “long conference” on September 24 — and Adam Feldman identifies some of the standouts. [Empirical SCOTUS]
* Speaking of SCOTUS, if you’ll be in or near New Haven this coming Wednesday, please join me and Linda Greenhouse for a wide-ranging discussion of President Trump’s transformation of the federal judiciary. [Yale Federalist Society]
* The World Bank launches the world’s first BONDI, or “blockchain operated new debt instrument,” with an assist from King & Wood Mallesons. [Artificial Lawyer]
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Constitutional Law
Post Runs White Nationalist Propaganda Masquerading As Law-Talkin'
The quest to make revoking birthright citizenship a 'mainstream' view needs to end. - Sponsored
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Movies
Remember The Pentagon Papers Case? Because Steven Spielberg Doesn't.
'The Post' may be cruising to an Oscar, but there's an awfully big problem with its Supreme Court history. -
Government
'Threatens To Sue' Is The New 'Strenuously Object'
Roy Moore is threatening to sue the Washington Post because threats are free. -
Law Schools, Money, Student Loans
Good Grief: These Law School 'Debt Per Job' Numbers Are Ugly
For every job obtained by a graduate of these law schools, an extraordinary debt burden has been accrued. -
Politics, Prostitution, Sex, Sex Scandals, Women's Issues
In Further Defense Of Jonathan Dach, The Yale Law Grad Dragged Into A Sex Scandal
A prominent accuser of Jonny Dach turns out to have a prostitution problem of his own.
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Free Speech, Non-Sequiturs, SCOTUS, Social Media, Sports, State Judges, Supreme Court, Television
Non-Sequiturs: 10.22.14
* A Saul Goodman Bobblehead. You know you want it. [Amazon (affiliate link)] * It looks like that Jimmy John’s non-compete agreement we reported on is going to spawn a congressional inquiry. [Huffington Post] * His dreams of becoming a solicitor were sidetracked when he was “jailed for slapping a sleeping woman in the face […] -
Politics, Prostitution, Sex, Sex Scandals, Women's Issues
In Defense Of Jonathan Dach
Is Yale Law School graduate Jonny Dach getting a bum rap? -
Books, Erwin Chemerinsky, Quote of the Day, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
The Guy Who Wrote Your Con Law Book Thinks The Supreme Court Sucks At Its Job
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Food, Media and Journalism, Quote of the Day, SCOTUS, Social Media, Social Networking Websites, Supreme Court, Washington Post
Lawyer Starves For Your Right To Post Peen Pics Online
When will this lawyer stop his hunger strike? It's up to you, America! -
4th Circuit, Federal Judges, J. Harvie Wilkinson III, Judicial Nominations, Politics, Quote of the Day, Washington Post
And Was His Honor 'Stoked' As Well?
What does a prominent federal judge think of the end of the filibuster for most presidential nominees? -
Old People, Quote of the Day, Reader Polls, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Supreme Court Retirement Watch: RBG Drops Some Hints
Is the oldest member of the Supreme Court going to be retiring any time soon? -
3rd Circuit, Attorney Misconduct, Baseball, Biglaw, Breasts, Education / Schools, Free Speech, In-House Counsel, Law Schools, Legal Ethics, Media and Journalism, Morning Docket, Sports, Technology, Washington Post
Morning Docket: 08.06.13
* Judges on the Third Circuit bench must really ♥ boobies. Breast cancer awareness bracelets can’t be banned by public schools if they aren’t lewd and if they comment on social issues. [Legal Intelligencer]
* A bevy of Biglaw firms were involved as advisers in the sale of the Boston Globe, Newsweek, and the Washington Post, including Cleary Gottlieb, Cravath, and Morgan Lewis, among others. [Am Law Daily]
* After surviving a motion for disqualification, Quinn Emanuel will continue to represent Snapchat. A short video of John Quinn laughing his ass off will be available for the next 10 seconds. [TechCrunch]
* Alex Rodriguez, the only MLB player who will be appealing his drug-related suspension, has hired Reed Smith and Gordon & Rees to hit it out of the park during arbitration proceedings. [Am Law Daily]
* Don’t say we never did you any favors: Here are the top 5 mistakes new in-house counsel make from the perspective of outside counsel. Take a look before you make them yourselves. [Texas Lawyer]
* We saw this coming back in June (seventh item), but now it’s official. Prenda Law has dissolved after posting six figures in bonds for various ethical sanctions. Next step, bankruptcy? [National Law Journal]
* If you’re interested in applying to a top 14 law school, make sure your stats and your story are both compelling. No one likes a boring law student. [Law Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News & World Report]