Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 02.18.20

* Harvey Weinstein's lawyer penned an op-ed imploring jurors to look past the headlines in her client's case. [Page Six] * A robo lawyer app has been developed to sue robocallers under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. They took our jobs! [Consumer Affairs] * Over a thousand former DOJ lawyers have called for Attorney General Barr to resign. [Slate] * A Missouri peach grower has been awarded $265 million in damages in a weedkiller lawsuit. I guess you need help to grow peaches outside of Georgia... [Reuters] * A Seattle lawyer withdrew from a criminal defendant's case after his client punched him in court. Pretty sure the punch demonstrates the breakdown of the attorney-client relationship. [KOMO News]

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* Harvey Weinstein’s lawyer penned an op-ed imploring jurors to look past the headlines in her client’s case. [Page Six]

* A robo lawyer app has been developed to sue robocallers under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. They took our jobs! [Consumer Affairs]

* Over a thousand former DOJ lawyers have called for Attorney General Barr to resign. [Slate]

* A Missouri peach grower has been awarded $265 million in damages in a weedkiller lawsuit. I guess you need help to grow peaches outside of Georgia… [Reuters]

* A Seattle lawyer withdrew from a criminal defendant’s case after his client punched him in court. Pretty sure the punch demonstrates the breakdown of the attorney-client relationship. [KOMO News]

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