Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 07.14.20

* Reese Witherspoon is facing a class action over statements that allegedly implied she'd give teachers an unlimited amount of free dresses. Elle Woods and Tracy Flick would have talked to counsel before making any offers... [Hollywood Reporter] * Mitch McConnell is proposing sweeping immunity from claims relating to COVID-19 in exchange for additional government relief. [CNN] * Check out this article on the challenges facing bar candidates this summer. [Forbes] * Alex Jones has hired a new lawyer to represent him in Sandy Hook defamation litigation. [Connecticut Law Tribune] * The feds have shut down the website of a Kentucky man who claimed to have a vaccine for COVID-19. Real life is looking more and more like the movie Contagion with every passing day. [Courier Journal]

By Jordan Rothman on July 14, 2020 8:30 am

* Reese Witherspoon is facing a class action over statements that allegedly implied she’d give teachers an unlimited amount of free dresses. Elle Woods and Tracy Flick would have talked to counsel before making any offers… [Hollywood Reporter]

* Mitch McConnell is proposing sweeping immunity from claims relating to COVID-19 in exchange for additional government relief. [CNN]

* Check out this article on the challenges facing bar candidates this summer. [Forbes]

* Alex Jones has hired a new lawyer to represent him in Sandy Hook defamation litigation. [Connecticut Law Tribune]

* The feds have shut down the website of a Kentucky man who claimed to have a vaccine for COVID-19. Real life is looking more and more like the movie Contagion with every passing day. [Courier 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].