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* A Cincinnati lawyer has pleaded guilty to buying a $3,000 tiger-skin rug in violation of the Endangered Species Act. Maybe he was just a huge fan of Joe Exotic? [Enquirer]
* A South Florida lawyer says he has spent around $700,000 to recover $100,000 over the principle of it all. [Daily Business Review]
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* Parents are claiming in a new lawsuit that remote learning because of COVID-19 denies some children a basic education. [News Tribune]
* The Florida lawyer who wore a grim reaper outfit to warn about the dangers of COVID-19 is now using a mobile billboard to protest Governor Ron DeSantis’s response to the pandemic. [Florida Phoenix]
* A California lawyer who called a female judge’s opinion “succubustic” is suing over potential ethics consequences for the comment. If it weren’t for South Park, I would have no idea what that meant… [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].