Morning Docket

Morning Docket 01.21.20

* Litigation formerly known has the wrongful death case involving Prince has been resolved. [Marin Independent Journal] * A Syracuse man has been freed from jail eight months after he gave a false confession to the police. [Syracuse.com] * A New York jurist is in hot water after calling a lawyer's clients "pig-headed Greeks." [New York Post] * An NAACP attorney is accusing Amtrak of wrongdoing after a conductor forced her to relinquish her seat on an Amtrak train. [The Root] * U.S. Marshalls have transported Michael Avenatti to New York by private jet ahead of his upcoming criminal trial. At least he's travelling in style. [Los Angeles Times]

By Jordan Rothman on January 21, 2020 8:30 am

Prince (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty)

* Litigation formerly known has the wrongful death case involving Prince has been resolved. [Marin Independent Journal]

* A Syracuse man has been freed from jail eight months after he gave a false confession to the police. [Syracuse.com]

* A New York jurist is in hot water after calling a lawyer’s clients “pig-headed Greeks.” [New York Post]

* An NAACP attorney is accusing Amtrak of wrongdoing after a conductor forced her to relinquish her seat on an Amtrak train. [The Root]

* U.S. Marshalls have transported Michael Avenatti to New York by private jet ahead of his upcoming criminal trial. At least he’s travelling in style. [Los Angeles Times]

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].