Morning Docket: 07.15.20
* A law professor will be hosting a fake class about Seinfeld in order to raise money for charity. Guess it's easy to have a fake class involving a show about nothing... [ABC News] * The first federal execution in two decades was carried out yesterday after the final stay of execution was lifted. [CNN] * Ghislaine Maxwell's lawyer cited the the case of attorneys accused of fire bombing an NYPD car when making arguments about Maxwell's bail. [New York Post] * Some bar candidates are expressing trepidation over the prospect of taking the bar exam online. [Hill] * Defense lawyers in the case involving George Floyd's death are accusing the Minnesota Attorney General of allegedly violating a gag order. [Star Tribune] * An attorney made the news for having a deposition in his backyard. Please, I've done depositions in a school, a firehouse, hospitals, homes, a church, restaurants, hotel rooms, a gym, a college campus, a casino, and other odd places, and this never made the news... [CBS News]
* A law professor will be hosting a fake class about Seinfeld in order to raise money for charity. Guess it’s easy to have a fake class involving a show about nothing… [ABC News]
* The first federal execution in two decades was carried out yesterday after the final stay of execution was lifted. [CNN]
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* Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyer cited the the case of attorneys accused of fire bombing an NYPD car when making arguments about Maxwell’s bail. [New York Post]
* Some bar candidates are expressing trepidation over the prospect of taking the bar exam online. [Hill]
* Defense lawyers in the case involving George Floyd’s death are accusing the Minnesota Attorney General of allegedly violating a gag order. [Star Tribune]
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* An attorney made the news for having a deposition in his backyard. Please, I’ve done depositions in a school, a firehouse, hospitals, homes, a church, restaurants, hotel rooms, a gym, a college campus, a casino, and other odd places, and this never made the news. [CBS 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 jordan@rothmanlawyer.com.
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