* An attorney who put price tags for cheaper items on more expensive products at Walmart has just received a one-year stayed suspension from practice. [Bloomberg Law]
* A plaintiffs lawyer involved in litigation against Monsanto has been charged with extortion for offering to cease legal action against a large company in exchange for a $200 million consulting fee. Hasn’t Michael Avenatti taught this lawyer anything? [CBS News]
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* Boeing has been hit with another lawsuit involving its 737 Max jets. [CNN]
* The first African-American Attorney General in the history of Kentucky was sworn in this week. [NBC News]
* An attorney has been suspended for among other things submitting fake expense receipts for an ABA conference. [Bloomberg Law].
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* It’s been a while since Above the Law published a “Lawyerly Lairs” segment, but check out famed “Making a Murderer” attorney Kathleen Zellner’s pad, which just hit the market. [Chicago Tribune]
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].