Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 12.18.19

* The Florida Bar is requiring a Florida attorney to take a professionalism workshop after he shooed a stowaway raccoon off of his boat in open waters. Bet the Florida Bar was moved by the heartbreaking pictures of the raccoon in the water. [Tampa Bay Times] * Notorious RBG threw cold water on President Trump's impeachment law knowledge yesterday after President Trump suggested that the impeachment process could be stopped by the Supreme Court. [USA Today] * A California lawyer has been found guilty of running a scheme to secure foreign investment visas when legitimate investments were often not being made. [Mercury News] * The Washington State Attorney General has sued the Trump Administration over ICE arrests made in state courthouses. [Seattle Times] * Progressive groups are calling for Justice Brett Kavanaugh to recuse himself from a case involving the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. [CNBC] * It looks like the CBD industry could be facing a flood of new lawsuits, and that's not just people being paranoid. [Bloomberg Law] * Lawyers for a stuntman who was killed on the set of The Walking Dead is asking for up to $100 Million in damages from AMC. [Yahoo Entertainment]

By Jordan Rothman on December 18, 2019

* The Florida Bar is requiring a Florida attorney to take a professionalism workshop after he shooed a stowaway raccoon off of his boat in open waters. Bet the Florida Bar was moved by the heartbreaking pictures of the raccoon in the water. [Tampa Bay Times]

* Notorious RBG threw cold water on President Trump’s impeachment law knowledge yesterday after President Trump suggested that the impeachment process could be stopped by the Supreme Court. [USA Today]

* A California lawyer has been found guilty of running a scheme to secure foreign investment visas when legitimate investments were often not being made. [Mercury News]

* The Washington State Attorney General has sued the Trump Administration over ICE arrests made in state courthouses. [Seattle Times]

* Progressive groups are calling for Justice Brett Kavanaugh to recuse himself from a case involving the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. [CNBC]

* It looks like the CBD industry could be facing a flood of new lawsuits, and that’s not just people being paranoid. [Bloomberg Law]

* Lawyers for a stuntman who was killed on the set of The Walking Dead is asking for up to $100 Million in damages from AMC. [Yahoo Entertainment]

Jordan Rothman is a partner of The Rothman Law Firm, a full-service New York and New Jersey law firm. He is also the founder of Student Debt Diaries, a website discussing how he paid off his student loans. You can reach Jordan through email at [email protected].