Morning Docket: 07.29.20

* Rapper Master P's lawsuit against a marijuana investment firm has gone up in smoke. Guess the chances at success were just a pipe dream, and the arguments were half baked (I can go all day). [GeekWire] * Although Mitch McConnell may be nervous about a large amount of COVID-19 personal injury lawsuits, only a small number of such cases have been filed to date. [Politico] * Check out the list of Billboard's top music lawyers for 2020. [Billboard] * Attorney General Barr had some heated exchanges with House Democrats at hearings on the Hill yesterday. [USA Today] * A criminal defendant may receive a new trial because a juror who is a lawyer did his or her own legal research on the case. This attorney should know better... [ABA Journal]

* Rapper Master P’s lawsuit against a marijuana investment firm has gone up in smoke. Guess the chances at success were just a pipe dream, and the arguments were half baked (I can go all day). [GeekWire]

* Although Mitch McConnell may be nervous about a large amount of COVID-19 personal injury lawsuits, only a small number of such cases have been filed to date. [Politico]

* Check out the list of Billboard’s top music lawyers for 2020. [Billboard]

* Attorney General Barr had some heated exchanges with House Democrats at hearings on the Hill yesterday. [USA Today]

* A criminal defendant may receive a new trial because a juror who is a lawyer did his or her own legal research on the case. This attorney should know better… [ABA Journal]

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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].

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