Morning Docket: 04.13.20
* Michael Avenatti has been temporarily cut loose from prison amid COVID-19 concerns. Avenatti is prohibited from using a computer during his release, so I guess he won't send me another email anytime soon. [AP] * 3M alleges in a new lawsuit that a company charged 600 times the ordinary price for N95 respirators. [MSN] * The Kansas Supreme Court has upheld the governor's executive order limiting the size of religious services. [NPR] * Fox News is facing a lawsuit in Washington State alleging that it violated the law when it called COVID-19 a "hoax" in February and March. [Forbes] * Many attorneys are stepping up and offering pro bono services amid the COVID-19 pandemic. [New York Post] * Julian Assange fathered two children with his lawyer while holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London. They must have some interesting ethics rules overseas... [Reuters]
* Michael Avenatti has been temporarily cut loose from prison amid COVID-19 concerns. Avenatti is prohibited from using a computer during his release, so I guess he won’t be sending me another email anytime soon. [AP]
* 3M alleges in a new lawsuit that a company charged 600 times the ordinary price for N95 respirators. [MSN]
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* The Kansas Supreme Court has upheld the governor’s executive order limiting the size of religious services. [NPR]
* Fox News is facing a lawsuit in Washington State alleging that it violated the law when it called COVID-19 a “hoax” in February and March. [Forbes]
* Many attorneys are stepping up and offering pro bono services amid the COVID-19 pandemic. [New York Post]
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* Julian Assange fathered two children with his lawyer while holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London. They must have some interesting ethics rules overseas… [Reuters]
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