* An appellate court was divided about whether a lawyer should be given slack for missing a filing deadline because of COVID-19. The judges not giving this attorney a break are real “juristicklers”… [Texas Lawyer]
* A West Virginia lawyer has been disbarred for attempting to barter sex in exchange for handling a stripper’s divorce case. [Bluefield Daily Telegraph]
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* The Manhattan District Attorney is reportedly hiring forensic accountants as the criminal probe into President Trump’s activities deepens. [Washington Post]
* A new lawsuit alleges that a black man was misidentified and jailed due to facial-recognition technology. [NBC News]
* The Space Force is delaying a $12 billion deal after a court found that a contractor may have engaged in fraudulent conduct. Steve Carrell must be behind this conscientious move… [Hill]
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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].