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Morning Docket: 06.28.23

* Trump countersues in the E. Jean Carroll defamation suit. He also asserts that the defamatory statements themselves are "privileged and protected under the doctrine of absolute presidential immunity." For those of you studying for the bar, that's what we mean when we say, "first eliminate the obviously wrong answer." [New York Times] * Rudy Giuliani interviewed in the January 6 probe. He's gonna need to make some more Cameos! [AP News] * Term limits for active status federal judges is a sensible, simple reform to maintain the integrity of the judiciary and disrupt the "race to the bottom" incentivizing the nomination of unqualified young judges. But if that's NOT the system, then you all need to leave Judge Newman alone. [Bloomberg Law News] * Amazon has some sort of blacklist to undermine IP attorneys, "while directing them to their own Amazon Accelerator Program and their ‘curated’ attorneys." They've settled defamation claims already, but I'd imagine some state bar might be interested in knowing what, exactly, goes into joining that "curated" list. [Law.com] * Chancellor laughs off Disney investor suit looking to make a case out of the company's decision to oppose bigotry and, ultimately, drag Supreme Court dicta into a fight. [Law360] * Kevin Spacey goes to court in wide-ranging sex offense trial. [Reuters]

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Morning Docket: 08.09.22

* The Law and Order party is just openly describing themselves as terrorists now. What's that Maya Angelou quote about trusting people when they tell you who they are the first time? That one. [Chron] * You know the more I think about it, the less I understand why this acquisition was cleared. [Business Insider] * Good to be back: The Rappahannock just got back a vital piece of their land. [CNN] * Hypocrisy or Assumed Risk?: Guy who says guns make things safer doesn't allow them at his rally. Hmm... [Business Insider] * Blue lives might matter, but Trump's estate matters more. [Rolling Stone]

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 05.03.22

* You’ve probably already heard about the Alito leak. How’s this impact NY? [NBC NY] * Not in New York and have the same questions? Got you covered. [Newsweek] * Covered A to Z: Amazon will reimburse travel expenses for its employees if they live in a state that restricted abortion access. [BBC] * Crimes like fraud don't pay... after the 15-year mark. [Smithsonian Mag] * Recent history: There may still be hope for reparations to be paid out for the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot. [CNN]

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 04.19.22

* Sovereignty denied: The Supreme Court decides to not rule on the Penobscot Nation’s control of their river. [AP] * Hating from outside the club: Judge green lights suit to prevent Marjorie Taylor Greene from holding office again. [Common Dreams] * Harvard Law prof gives legal argument for how a barrel of Russia’s food is worth twenty of Ukraine’s . [MSNBC] * You can’t fire me in a way that matters: Judge rules employee fired for protesting work conditions has to get his job back.  [ABC News]

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 04.11.22

* Habeas Corpus? Discarded body determined to be a thrown-out sex toy. These things are really getting realistic. I hear... [Region News Source] * COVID made the takings clause relevant again. What's next, the Third? [Reason] * During the Judge Jackson confirmation, several Republicans accused Democrats as being the party of pedophiles. Projection, maybe? [Slate] * Remember that viral video of police officers busting a 75-year-old man's head open last year? Turns out nothing wrong happened. [CBC.ca] * Amazon pushes back against unionization, alleging that voters were bribed with marijuana. Is this why the plant isn't legalized federally? [Business Insider]