West Virginia

  • Morning Docket: 01.26.22
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 01.26.22

    * Making man a better friend: a recent Texas law aims to protect dogs left out in the cold. And the hot. [Fox]

    * Transparency each day keeps the bankruptcy away: a new bill will prevent surprise charges on medical bills. [Kare11]

    * Connecticut’s Supreme Court recently ruled that women only gyms break discrimination laws. The jury is out if it is okay for the women that would have attended the women’s only gym to yell “You lift like a girl!” at men doing deadlifts at Planet Fitness. [AP]

    * Arizona makes $1.2b in revenue from its first year of legal weed sales. That’s a lot of iced tea! [NY Post]

    * Soon, it may be legal to make homemade hard liquor in this state. West Virginia…Bootleg mama… [WBOY]

  • Morning Docket: 06.08.21
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 06.08.21

    * R. Kelly’s attorneys are requesting to withdraw as his counsel and say it is “impossible” to properly represent him. Bet the lawyers hope they aren’t “trapped” in the courtroom… [Fox News]

    * A prominent West Virginia attorney passed away this week following a car crash. [Metro News]

    * The Department of Justice says it will defend former president Trump in a private defamation lawsuit. [Forbes]

    * Stormy Daniels says her attorneys are cooperating with investigators looking into the operations of the Trump Organization. [Hill]

    * A Boca Raton attorney was allegedly intoxicated around four times above the legal limit when she was involved in a car crash. Wild even by Florida standards… [Boca News Now]

  • Morning Docket: 12.31.20
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 12.31.20

    * An appellate court was divided about whether a lawyer should be given slack for missing a filing deadline because of COVID-19. The judges not giving this attorney a break are real “juristicklers”… [Texas Lawyer]

    * A West Virginia lawyer has been disbarred for attempting to barter sex in exchange for handling a stripper’s divorce case. [Bluefield Daily Telegraph]

    * The Manhattan District Attorney is reportedly hiring forensic accountants as the criminal probe into President Trump’s activities deepens. [Washington Post]

    * A new lawsuit alleges that a black man was misidentified and jailed due to facial-recognition technology. [NBC News]

    * The Space Force is delaying a $12 billion deal after a court found that a contractor may have engaged in fraudulent conduct. Steve Carrell must be behind this conscientious move… [Hill]

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  • Morning Docket: 05.26.16
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 05.26.16

    * David Mourey, the former assistant dean for bar preparation and academic success at Barry Law, was fired after students continued to fail the bar exam, but in a recently filed gender discrimination and retaliation lawsuit, he claims he was discriminated against because he was “singled out for discipline by an all-female management team.” We may have more on this later. [Orlando Sentinel]

    * Despite the wishes of the public and rumors of his firing in the face of the Baylor University coverup of reports of rape and sexual assault by football players, “Ken Starr is [still] president and chancellor of Baylor University.” According to a university spokeswoman, the school has not yet finished reviewing Pepper Hamilton’s report on the matter, but Baylor will likely make an announcement by June 3. [Associated Press]

    * “We are willing to fight this all the way to the Supreme Court if we have to.” Eleven states have filed suit against the Obama Administration in an effort to get around its guidance on transgender rights for children in schools, calling the policy a “massive social experiment.” The states suing are Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Louisiana, Maine, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. [Reuters]

    * Sumner Redstone turns 93 years old tomorrow, and he’s been in and out of court for the past few months in a battle to prove he’s mentally competent. The salacious case filed by his former female companion may have been dismissed, but now he’s attempting to fend off claims from Viacom directors who were ousted from a trust that will control his media holdings if he dies or is found incompetent. [DealBook / New York Times]

    * Now that the world knows that PayPal’s co-founder provided funding for Hulk Hogan’s invasion of privacy suit against Gawker, it’s time to take a look at the lawyer who’s been representing the wrestler. Charles Harder is no stranger to Hollywood cases, and may be a longtime fan of litigation finance since he “[tries] to win and do so in a way that’s cost effective for a client, so they don’t lose when they’re winning.” [WSJ Law Blog]

    * Since revenge litigation finance’s recent invention, what’s there to keep billionaires from destroying you with lawsuits? Unfortunately, the answer to this question is not much, especially when “there is no obligation to disclose the litigation financing arrangements” that have been made. Ethical issues aside, we really hope the super-rich wield their new power to ruin lives through rented lawsuits carefully. [Fortune]

  • Non-Sequiturs: 03.09.16
    Non-Sequiturs

    Non-Sequiturs: 03.09.16

    * Karma alert: West Virginia lawmakers celebrated legalizing raw milk by drinking some… and they promptly got sick. [Gizmodo]

    * Porn stars with some real talk about the First Amendment — all while being tastefully blurred. [Funny or Die]

    * Everything old is new again — an illuminating interview with Marcia Clark. [American Lawyer]

    * Inside the financial disclosure of Donald Trump’s sister, Judge Maryanne Trump Barry. [National Law Journal]

    * Another Trump lawsuit — this time he is accused of stealing tips from servers. [Wonkette]

    * Contract attorney by day, bestselling author by night — congrats to Chloe Neill on all her success! [Omaha.com]

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