The Cryptkeeper in courtroom attire via YouTube screenshot
* A $50 million lawsuit is being filed on behalf of a woman who was declared dead and later found alive at a funeral home. This sounds like an episode of Tales from the Crypt… [Fox News]
* A Maine lawyer is accused of sexual misconduct and other unethical acts against indigent clients he represented. [ProPublica]
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* Michael Flynn’s lawyer is calling for the disqualification of a judge overseeing Flynn’s criminal case. [National Law Journal]
* A New Jersey lawyer has been suspended from practice for accepting retainers from clients and performing no work on the files. [New Jersey Law Journal]
* The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Yale University yesterday over admissions practices that are allegedly unfair to Asian and white applicants. Yale must have some decent lawyers that can represent it… [Wall Street 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].