Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 10.23.20

* A lawyer for Edward Snowden claims the whistleblower has received permanent residency from Russia. Guess he'll be going without Hot Pockets for a while longer... [New York Daily News] * A judge has thrown out the Trump Campaign's lawsuit against New Jersey's mail-in-voting plans. [Politico] * A Pennsylvania lawyer who was disbarred in 2000 for substance abuse issues and criminal convictions was denied reinstatement, even though he completed rehabilitation. [Bloomberg Law] * President Trump has seemingly selected his pick to replace Judge Amy Coney Barrett on the Seventh Circuit. [Chicago Tribune] * Walmart has sued the federal government in anticipation of being litigated against for opioid claims. [Wall Street Journal]

* A lawyer for Edward Snowden claims the whistleblower has received permanent residency from Russia. Guess he’ll be going without Hot Pockets for a while longer… [New York Daily News]

* A judge has thrown out the Trump Campaign’s lawsuit against New Jersey’s mail-in-voting plans. [Politico]

* A Pennsylvania lawyer who was disbarred in 2000 for substance abuse issues and criminal convictions was denied reinstatement, even though he completed rehabilitation. [Bloomberg Law]

* President Trump has seemingly selected his pick to replace Judge Amy Coney Barrett on the Seventh Circuit. [Chicago Tribune]

* Walmart has sued the federal government in anticipation of being litigated against for opioid claims. [Wall Street 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 [email protected].