Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 07.10.24

* Young Thug lawyer files new motion calling the trial a farce and... it's pretty hard to disagree at this point. [Fox 5] * "Menendez Atty Accuses Feds Of 'Trickery' As Trial Nears End." Did they tell him there was a hidden pot of gold? [Law360] * Law firms cite lack of resources for DEI struggles. A litigious bigot brigade chasing down every imaginable DEI program can't be helping either. [American Lawyer] * Brett Favre realizes that his defamation suit against Shannon Sharpe may be legally shaky, but... it's the Fifth Circuit where the rules are made up and the legal points don't matter. [Bloomberg Law News] * Speaking of "where the rules are made up," Judge Pauline Newman loses lawsuit challenging Federal Circuit's "pocket impeachment" as unconstitutional. [Reuters] * Lawsuit accuses Legal Aid union of retaliation against members who objected to an earlier resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. [NY Post] * Experts clash on the strength of case against mattress industry merger, which is ironically vertical. [National Law Journal]

By Above the Law on July 10, 2024 9:14 am

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* Young Thug lawyer files new motion calling the trial a farce and… it’s pretty hard to disagree at this point. [
Fox 5]

* “Menendez Atty Accuses Feds Of ‘Trickery’ As Trial Nears End.” Did they tell him there was a hidden pot of gold? [Law360]

* Law firms cite lack of resources for DEI struggles. A litigious bigot brigade chasing down every imaginable DEI program can’t be helping either. [American Lawyer]

* Brett Favre realizes that his defamation suit against Shannon Sharpe may be legally shaky, but… it’s the Fifth Circuit where the rules are made up and the legal points don’t matter. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Speaking of “where the rules are made up,” Judge Pauline Newman loses lawsuit challenging Federal Circuit’s “pocket impeachment” as unconstitutional. [Reuters]

* Lawsuit accuses Legal Aid union of retaliation against members who objected to an earlier resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. [NY Post]

* Experts clash on the strength of case against mattress industry merger, which is ironically vertical. [National Law Journal]