Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 07.03.20

* Tennessee has become the second state in the country to delay the administration of the summer bar exam. [Nashville Post] * A New Jersey lawyer has been disbarred for converting $92,000 from his attorney trust account. [New Jersey Law Journal] * A Manhattan judge (before whom I argued my first motion years ago!) has dismissed a conservative group's defamation lawsuit against the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center. [New York Daily News] * Joe Biden's campaign is preparing an army of lawyers as part of voter protection efforts. [CNN] * The ACLU has filed a lawsuit seeking to delay an execution because the inmate's Buddhist priest is at risk of complications should he contract COVID-19. Have to give props to those lawyers for a creative argument. [Hill]

By Jordan Rothman on July 03, 2020 8:30 am

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* Tennessee has become the second state in the country to delay the administration of the summer bar exam. [Nashville Post]

* A New Jersey lawyer has been disbarred for converting $92,000 from his attorney trust account. [New Jersey Law Journal]

* A Manhattan judge (before whom I argued my first motion years ago!) has dismissed a conservative group’s defamation lawsuit against the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center. [New York Daily News]

* Joe Biden’s campaign is preparing an army of lawyers as part of voter protection efforts. [CNN]

* The ACLU has filed a lawsuit seeking to delay an execution because the inmate’s Buddhist priest is at risk of complications should he contract COVID-19. Have to give props to those lawyers for a creative argument. [Hill]

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].