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* A company run by Evel Knievel’s son is suing Disney because a character in Toy Story 4 allegedly resembles the late performer. Assuming Disney already has the license for Mr. Potato Head… [AP]
* A black British lawyer has received an apology after being mistaken as a criminal defendant instead of a lawyer multiple times in a single day. [New York Daily News]
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* A New York attorney has been disbarred for sending “disturbing” emails to the New York City Bar Association and then failing to respond to ethics inquires. [New York Law Journal]
* A defamation lawsuit filed against Tucker Carlson by Karen McDougal, an alleged paramour of Donald Trump, has been dismissed. [Hill]
* A well-known immigration lawyer in Milwaukee, Wisconsin has been killed following an altercation with a bicyclist. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
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* An NCIS investigator has won a lawsuit for unpaid overtime pay. Since NCIS is entering its 18th season, everyone involved with that show probably deserves some overtime pay as well… [Bloomberg]
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].