* A disbarred attorney has been sentenced to prison for stealing his dead client’s pension for twelve years. This former lawyer puts the guys in Weekend at Bernie’s to shame. [Providence Journal]
* Two attorneys, including a Biglaw lawyer, have been charged with throwing a Molotov cocktail at an NYPD police vehicle during protests this weekend over the killing of George Floyd. [New York Daily News]
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* The Supreme Court has held that states have the power to regulate how many people can attend religious services during the COVID-19 pandemic. [Vox]
* The top lawyer at the FBI is resigning, purportedly over pressure to remove officials at the Bureau who investigated Russian interference in the 2016 election. [CNN]
* The Minnesota Attorney General will be taking over prosecutions over the killing of George Floyd. [NBC News]
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* A judge who is recovering from COVID-19 will be deciding if Washington State’s safer-at-home orders should be suspended. Have to admire this judge’s resolve. [Komo News]
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].