* Kroger is being sued for allegedly reneging on an $85 million contract to purchase hand sanitizer. Maybe they thought they were buying another kind of alcohol… [Enquirer]
* Rudy Giuliani, personal attorney of President Trump, has reportedly tested positive for COVID-19. [New York Times]
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* A California lawyer has been accused of insurance fraud for allegedly submitting phony invoices for translation and interpretation services to insurance carriers. [Insurance Journal]
* President-elect Biden has chosen Xavier Becerra, the California Attorney General, to be his Health and Human Services Secretary. [NBC News]
* A New York man alleges in a new lawsuit that he was seriously hurt after a flight attendant gave him dry ice to help with an injury he sustained on a flight. Comparative negligence might be at play here… [New York Post]
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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].