Alan Dershowitz

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 05.27.21

* A lawsuit filed by a former college basketball player against Adidas has been dismissed. Maybe he should take Adidas's slogan "impossible is nothing" to heart if filing an appeal... [Oregonian] * A man accused of shooting a New Hampshire pastor has pleaded guilty to assaulting his own lawyer. [AP] * The University of Miami has fired the dean of its law school, and members of the law school community are reportedly not pleased. [Miami Hurricane] * Alan Dershowitz is reportedly suing Netflix over a docuseries about Jeffrey Epstein. [Fox Business] * A judge has lowered a sentence after a defendant alleged "shady shenanigans" by a federal prosecutor. Surely, the lawyer didn't use the word "shenanigans" lightly... [ABA Journal]

Morning Docket

Morning Docket 02.10.21

* A woman is apparently considering a lawsuit against the maker of Gorilla Glue after she purportedly sustained damage from using the product in her hair. Not sure the claims will "stick"... [Fox News] * Alan Dershowitz added his own voice to the chorus of commentators who believe Donald Trump's impeachment lawyers did not do a good job on the first day of the impeachment trial. [Yahoo News] * An animal rights lawyer is accused of hiring a hitman to kill her ex-husband and his girlfriend. [New York Daily News] * The Senate has set a hearing date to advance the nomination of Merrick Garland to be Attorney General of the United States. [Hill] * The union that represents performers who dress up as Disney characters is facing some legal challenges. It would be interesting to see those union members walk a picket line... [ABC News]

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 01.22.21

* Google is asking that an antitrust lawsuit filed against it be moved from Texas to California. Interesting, seems like Silicon Valley types keep moving from California to Texas... [Reuters] * A group called Lawyers Defending American Democracy are calling for Rudy Giuliani to face professional discipline over his work for President Trump. [Hill] * A judge has ruled that a lawsuit seeking to dissolve the National Rifle Association can move forward. [ABC News] * Numerous lawsuits have been filed over the helicopter crash last year that killed NBA star Kobe Bryant, his daughter, and several other passengers. [USA Today] *Alan Dershowitz claims that the Senate does not have jurisdiction to hold President Trump's impeachment trial. Sounds a little like a "sovereign citizen" argument... [Law & Crime]