Amy Klobuchar

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 11.11.20

* The former CEO of McDonald's is asking to be dismissed from a discrimination lawsuit filed by two former executives. Sounds like he could use a Happy Meal... [Restaurant Business] * A Connecticut lawyer has been sentenced to prison for allegedly fleecing donors of a veterans' charity. [Hartford Courant] * Sources suggest that Senator Amy Klobuchar is being considered as a potential Attorney General in the Biden Administration. [CNBC] * The first woman has been elected to become the new Maricopa County Attorney, leading the third-largest prosecutorial agency in the country. [Arizona Republic] * The Los Angeles Times and Tribune Publishing have settled a longstanding pay disparity lawsuit. It must be interesting for the Times to write an article about itself... [Los Angeles Times]

By Jordan Rothman
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 02.11.19

* “We take the allegations against Justin very seriously.” Justin Fairfax, the lieutenant governor of Virginia who’s embroiled in a sexual assault scandal, has taken a leave of absence from Morrison & Foerster, where he’s a partner, as the firm itself conducts its own investigation into the allegations. [National Law Journal] * High revenue and even higher demand resulted in law firms posting their best results since just before the recession, with Am Law 50 and niche/boutique firms outperforming the rest of their industry counterparts. Unfortunately, all of this good news could come to an end in 2020... [American Lawyer] * Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), a former partner partner at Dorsey & Whitney and Gray Plant Mooty, has officially announced her candidacy for president, making her the fifth major player who’s a lawyer to join the Democratic race for 2020. [POLITICO] * Thanks to the PBS show “Finding Your Roots,” Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) recently learned that he’s not the only lawyer in his family. The show helped him discover that his third great grandfather — a 1786 law graduate of the University of Granada — graduated 210 years before he graduated from Miami Law. [Tampa Bay Times] * “This should be up to the highest court in the land. And she should stay out of jail until this case runs it course.” A lawyer for Michelle Carter, the Massachusetts woman who was convicted for involuntary manslaughter in her friend’s suicide-by-text, has vowed to take her case to the Supreme Court. [Boston Herald]

By Staci Zaretsky