Alex Jones
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GovernmentAlex Jones Just Got A New Boss Forever, And It Is The Sandy Hook Plaintiffs
Speech is free. Defamation is not. -
Courts
Alex Jones Might Just Make An Appearance In The Georgia Election Interference Trial
If this goes anything like Jones's last court appearance, prosecutors will be rejoicing. 
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Morning DocketMorning Docket: 08.30.23
* Does the First Amendment protect criticizing a public school softball coach? Yes. Of course it does. How is this case still going? [Law.com]
* A study of law students using AI on exams found that low performing students did better, high performing students did worse. [Reuters]
* UK judge receives “formal advice” after falling asleep during trial. Presumably the advice was to blame the English accents for lulling him to sleep. I mean… has anyone ever actually finished that Stephen Fry story? [LegalCheek]
* There’s chutzpah and then there’s a company that declared bankruptcy in a dubious bid to avoid liability asking permission to pay its leader a $1.5 million salary. [Bloomberg Law News]
* What’s the appropriate alternative term for “nonlawyer” that we’re supposed to use? Because there’s some pretty important ethical reasons to make that distinction clear to firm outsiders. [ABA Journal]
* When the Obama DOJ walked away from probing right-wing terror groups, it set the stage for racially motivated attacks like the one in Jacksonville. [Revolving Door Project]
* LeClair Ryan founder inching closer to a deal in bankruptcy fight. [Law360]
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GovernmentSandy Hook Plaintiffs Call Alex Jones Too Malicious To Discharge $1.4B Damage Award In Bankruptcy
Turns out that bankruptcy is way less fun than this guy thought it would be. -
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GovernmentPattis Out, B*tches
There goes that Proud Boy's chance of losing a billion dollars at his seditious conspiracy trial. -
Courts
Alex Jones's Lawyer Norm Pattis Suspended From Practicing Law, Discovers There's Something Worse Than Losing A Billion Dollars For Your Client On Live TV
Turns out there are worse things than getting a billion-dollar verdict against your client on national television. -
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GovernmentAfter Sandy Hook Verdicts, Alex Jones Declares Personal Bankruptcy. Also Claims To Be Owed $55 Million By His Company.
The US Trustee will probably have some notes. -
Morning DocketMorning Docket: 11.23.22
* It takes a village worth of billables: this Texas firm has Thanksgiving covered. [12 News Now]
* You know these STOP WOKE laws will probably impact Republicans at some point, right? [The Atlantic]
* Bad news for Bitcoin Bros: Looks like the normies with 9-5s were right. [CNBC]
* Time to pay up Big Boy! [NYT]
* The constitutionality of an Idaho law banning transgender athletes hits the 9th Circuit. Again. [Boise State Public Radio]
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TechnologyAvoiding The Alex Jones Phone Fiasco Requires A Pretty Simple Fix
We all had a good laugh, but... -
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From Bankruptcy In Texas To Sanctions In Connecticut, Alex Jones's Legal Problems Are Just Beginning
And his lawyers are in the shit with him. -
Government
Alex Jones Slapped With $49M Damage Award, Pay Cut, And Possible Sanctions
Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. -
Government
Texas Damages Cap Looms Over Alex Jones Sandy Hook Defamation Case
But Jones offered to let the plaintiffs come on his show, so, yay! -
