* A teenager dubbed “Baby Al Capone” is being accused in a lawsuit of stealing tens of millions of dollars in cryptocurrency. Geraldo Rivera should see what’s in this kid’s vault… [New York Post]
* A lawsuit about a teacher being fired because students had access to a topless photo of her has been allowed to proceed. [Newsday]
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* A class action against grill manufacturer Traeger went up in smoke because a class has not yet been certified in the matter. [Salt Lake Tribune]
* A New Jersey judge who suggested that a woman could “close your legs” in order to prevent a sexual assault has been removed from the bench. [Newsweek]
* The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas resigned yesterday without an explanation for where he was going. [ABC News]
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* Check out this podcast about whether you can be replaced by a robot lawyer. Hope the machine overlords don’t replace me as the Morning Docket writer. [ABA Journal]
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 [email protected].