Morning Docket: 08.12.20

* An Atlanta attorney has surrendered her law license after she placed a judge's initials on a court order. Those little letters were extremely costly... [Daily Report] * Instagram is facing a lawsuit over allegations that it illicitly harvests biometric data of users. [Bloomberg] * Will Smith and Warner Brothers have settled a lawsuit about an upcoming biopic on the father of Venus and Serena Williams. [Fox Business] * Attorneys for Ghislaine Maxwell are asking for more time for documents to be unsealed due to "critical new information" that has been uncovered in the case. [Hill] * A California attorney is fighting disciplinary proceedings related to colorful comments he made to disparage a judge. [Bloomberg Law] * The New York Attorney General has filed a lawsuit over price gouging regarding eggs. This is the third time I have covered egg price gouging since the start of the pandemic, hope I don't look like I have egg on my face... [New York Law Journal]

* An Atlanta attorney has surrendered her law license after she placed a judge’s initials on a court order. Those little letters were extremely costly… [Daily Report]

* Instagram is facing a lawsuit over allegations that it illicitly harvests biometric data of users. [Bloomberg]

* Will Smith and Warner Brothers have settled a lawsuit about an upcoming biopic on the father of Venus and Serena Williams. [Fox Business]

* Attorneys for Ghislaine Maxwell are asking for more time for documents to be unsealed due to “critical new information” that has been uncovered in the case. [Hill]

* A California attorney is fighting disciplinary proceedings related to colorful comments he made to disparage a judge. [Bloomberg Law]

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* The New York Attorney General has filed a lawsuit over price gouging regarding eggs. This is the third time I have covered egg price gouging since the start of the pandemic, hope I don’t look like I have egg on my face… [New York Law 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 jordan@rothmanlawyer.com.

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