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* Kanye West allegedly called his lawyer “f*cking stupid” and stormed out of a hearing. Sounds pretty “heartless“… [Sun]
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* Meet the former lawyer who started a successful accessories brand. [Cut]
* The Supreme Court has tossed a lawsuit challenging Obamacare. [Politico]
* Lawyers for Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of Theranos, are not happy with the judge’s changes to a jury questionnaire in Holmes’s criminal case. [Yahoo News]
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* A Long Island judge is accused of shoving a lawyer and calling another one “anti-Semitic.” You’d expect someone from “Strong” Island to have a lot of personality… [New York Post]
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].