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Morning Docket: 08.20.24

* Disney drops "watching Disney+ means arbitration" bid. [Reuters] * Judge who carried on secret long-term relationship with lawyer repping clients in his courtroom must take ethics training... over trying to skip deposition. [ABA Journal] * Billionaire and the Clifford Chance partner who helped acquit him of fraud missing after yacht sank. [Law360] * Adidas not liable for failing to appropriately disclose the risks of signing a deal with Kanye. [Bloomberg Law News] * Law firm nabs 100,000sf lease on new office space. [The Real Deal] * Judge agrees to 30-day suspension in exchange for confidentially closing 58 formal ethics counts against him. Should do wonders for public trust! [Daily Report Online]

By Above the Law on August 20, 2024 9:03 am

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* Disney drops “watching Disney+ means arbitration” bid. [

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* Judge who carried on secret long-term relationship with lawyer repping clients in his courtroom must take ethics training… over trying to skip deposition. [ABA Journal]

* Billionaire and the Clifford Chance partner who helped acquit him of fraud missing after yacht sank. [Law360]

* Adidas not liable for failing to appropriately disclose the risks of signing a deal with Kanye. [Bloomberg Law News]

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* Law firm nabs 100,000sf lease on new office space. [The Real Deal]

* Judge agrees to 30-day suspension in exchange for confidentially closing 58 formal ethics counts against him. Should do wonders for public trust! [Daily Report Online]