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Morning Docket: 06.29.21

* Antitrust litigation against Facebook has been dismissed. Maybe the court thought that MySpace was a viable competitor... [Wall Street Journal] * Be sure to check out the Anti-Defamation League's annual Supreme Court review. [ADL] * A South Carolina lawyer has been suspended from practice for incendiary Facebook posts he made about George Floyd. [New York Post] * A Trump attorney claimed yesterday that the Manhattan DA is investigating the Trump Organization for charges relating to company perks. [Hill] * E-cigarette company Juul has paid $40 million to settle a lawsuit alleging it improperly advertised its products to teens. That's a lot of money that went up in smoke... [CNN]

Morning Docket

Morning Docket 07.31.20

* The Law School Admission Council has lost the scores for a number of individuals who took the July LSAT. The affected test-takers are being offered refunds, so there's that... [ABA Journal] * A New York ethics committee says that lawyers cannot practice law and provide wealth management services to the same clients. [Bloomberg] * Check out this former Biglaw associate who quit her firm gig to launch her own estate administration startup. [LegalTech News] * Employers across the country are being sued for allegedly failing to protect workers from being exposed to COVID-19. [Washington Post] * Be sure to check out the ADL's Supreme Court review next week. We can all use some CLE credits! [ADL] * Fireworks companies are suing New York officials over COVID-19-related restrictions. Hopefully their lawsuit starts off with a bang.... [New York Law Journal]