Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 08.20.19

* Law firm expenses outpaced revenue for the first half of 2019 and there's no way that's going to come back and haunt us. [American Lawyer] * The DOJ is siding with Led Zeppelin in the Stairway to Heaven copyright fight. Good to know this DOJ has everything else under control. [Rolling Stone] * California has a new law that says police should only kill when "necessary" and consider the kind of dystopian world we live in where this needed to be spelled out in a law. [NPR] * Barr announces new BOP head to exploit Epstein's death for the sake of some boondoggle in prison spending. [Courthouse News Service] * The NRA tried to insert itself into Oliver North's deposition in an act of stunning chutzpah. They got denied. [Law360] * A follow-up on law student's suicide and his family's efforts to help others. [Good Men Project] * CFTC faces scrutiny for "being honest." [National Law Journal]

By Joe Patrice on August 20, 2019 8:20 am

* Law firm expenses outpaced revenue for the first half of 2019 and there’s no way that’s going to come back and haunt us. [American Lawyer]

* The DOJ is siding with Led Zeppelin in the Stairway to Heaven copyright fight. Good to know this DOJ has everything else under control. [Rolling Stone]

* California has a new law that says police should only kill when “necessary” and consider the kind of dystopian world we live in where this needed to be spelled out in a law. [NPR]

* Barr announces new BOP head to exploit Epstein’s death for the sake of some boondoggle in prison spending. [Courthouse News Service]

* The NRA tried to insert itself into Oliver North’s deposition in an act of stunning chutzpah. They got denied. [Law360]

* A follow-up on law student’s suicide and his family’s efforts to help others. [Good Men Project]

* CFTC faces scrutiny for “being honest.” [National Law Journal]