Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 05.13.20

* An Ohio lawyer has been suspended for allegedly stealing millions of dollars from clients to pay for his wife's breast implants, trips to Vegas, a Mercedes, jewelry, and other extravagances. Hope he saved enough money for a good attorney... [ABA Journal] * Ikea is facing a class-action lawsuit for allegedly defective dressers. [USA Today] * A lawyer is in hot water for telling a federal judge that his client has COVID-19 to get an early release when the client had in fact already recovered from the disease. [New York Post] * Another Texas attorney has put her law practice on hold to be a nurse in an area hard hit by COVID-19. [Fox News] * President Trump's lawyers were grilled at Supreme Court oral arguments this week over the release of President Trump's tax returns. [The Guardian] * Skadden Arps has reportedly paid around $11 million to avoid a lawsuit involving the former Prime Minister of Ukraine. That's a lot of cheddar, even for Skadden. [Hill]

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* An Ohio lawyer has been suspended for allegedly stealing millions of dollars from clients to pay for his wife’s breast implants, trips to Vegas, a Mercedes, jewelry, and other extravagances. Hope he saved enough money for a good attorney… [ABA Journal]

* Ikea is facing a class-action lawsuit for allegedly defective dressers. [USA Today]

* A lawyer is in hot water for telling a federal judge that his client has COVID-19 to get an early release when the client had in fact already recovered from the disease. [New York Post]

* Another Texas attorney has put her law practice on hold to be a nurse in an area hard hit by COVID-19. [Fox News]

* President Trump’s lawyers were grilled at Supreme Court oral arguments this week over the release of President Trump’s tax returns. [The Guardian]

* Skadden Arps has reportedly paid around $11 million to avoid a lawsuit involving the former Prime Minister of Ukraine. That’s a lot of cheddar, even for Skadden. [Hill]

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