Morning Docket: 05.22.20

* The lawyer for Carole Baskin's missing husband says the signature on his former client's will may have been forged. Please let there be more Tiger King episodes about this. [Fox News] * An NFL player has filed a lawsuit against United Airlines over an alleged sexual assault that occurred on a recent flight. [ABC News] * The Supreme Court decided against considering an appellate ruling that ordered the State of Idaho to pay for a transgender prisoner's reassignment surgery. [New York Times] * Lawyers are looking to reopen cases in which Tara Reade, who accuses Joe Biden of sexual assault, served as an expert witness, since Reade may have exaggerated her educational background. [Politico] * Harvard Law School has made its "Zero-L" classes available to all law students online for free even though HLS originally planned on charging a fee for the courses. [Harvard Crimson] * Richard Simmons has won a lawsuit against a media company that installed a tracking device on his vehicle. Can kind of understand the desire to know where he's been recently. [Hollywood Reporter]

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* The lawyer for Carole Baskin’s missing husband says the signature on his former client’s will may have been forged. Please let there be more Tiger King episodes about this. [Fox News]

* An NFL player has filed a lawsuit against United Airlines over an alleged sexual assault that occurred on a recent flight. [ABC News]

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* The Supreme Court decided against considering an appellate ruling that ordered the State of Idaho to pay for a transgender prisoner’s reassignment surgery. [New York Times]

* Lawyers are looking to reopen cases in which Tara Reade, who accuses Joe Biden of sexual assault, served as an expert witness, since Reade may have exaggerated her educational background. [Politico]

* Harvard Law School has made its “Zero-L” classes available to all law students online for free even though HLS originally planned on charging a fee for the courses. [Harvard Crimson]

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* Richard Simmons has won a lawsuit against a media company that installed a tracking device on his vehicle. Can kind of understand the desire to know where he’s been recently. [Hollywood Reporter]

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 jordan@rothmanlawyer.com.