Morning Docket: 04.16.20

* A Florida attorney is suing over his county's COVID-19-related curfew, arguing that "[i]t's not like the virus is Count Dracula." With an argument like that, he can't lose. [New York Post] * A husband and wife (who were both lawyers) were found dead in their Chicago home on Monday under suspicious circumstances. [NBC News] * The top lawyer of Twitter saw his pay decrease last year, but don't worry, he still makes millions of dollars a year. [Bloomberg Law] * An attorney won around $106,000 during a five-day winning streak on Jeopardy! Should cover about a year's worth of law school loans... [Online Athens] * Selena Gomez has filed a $10 million lawsuit against a game developer for the unauthorized use of her likeness. [Variety] * A lawyer has discovered a way to make plastic face shields from plastic covers on legal documents. Is this attorney named MacGyver? [ABA Journal]

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* A Florida attorney is suing over his county’s COVID-19-related curfew, arguing that “[i]t’s not like the virus is Count Dracula.” With an argument like that, he can’t lose. [New York Post]

* A husband and wife (who were both lawyers) were found dead in their Chicago home on Monday under suspicious circumstances. [NBC News]

* The top lawyer at Twitter saw his pay decrease last year, but don’t worry, he still makes millions of dollars annually. [Bloomberg Law]

* An attorney won around $106,000 during a five-day winning streak on Jeopardy! Should cover about a year’s worth of law school loans… [Online Athens]

* Selena Gomez has filed a $10 million lawsuit against a game developer for the unauthorized use of her likeness. [Variety]

* A lawyer has discovered a way to make face shields from plastic covers on legal documents. Is this attorney named MacGyver? [ABA Journal]

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