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They put Al Capone away for less.
Morning Docket: 05.27.20
* A teenager dubbed "Baby Al Capone" is being accused in a lawsuit of stealing tens of millions of dollars in cryptocurrency. Geraldo Rivera should see what's in this kid's vault... [New York Post] * A lawsuit about a teacher being fired because students had access to a topless photo of her has been allowed to proceed. [Newsday] * A class action against grill manufacturer Traeger went up in smoke because a class has not yet been certified in the matter. [Salt Lake Tribune] * A New Jersey judge who suggested that a woman could "close your legs" in order to prevent a sexual assault has been removed from the bench. [Newsweek] * The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas resigned yesterday without an explanation for where he was going. [ABC News] * Check out this podcast about whether you can be replaced by a robot lawyer. Hope the machine overlords don't replace me as the Morning Docket writer. [ABA Journal]
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