Arnold Schwarzenegger

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 09.11.20

* Lindsay Lohan is being sued by a publisher for collecting her $365,000 advance and never writing an autobiography. When she writes the book, hope she explains why there was never a sequel to "Mean Girls"... [USA Today] * A Florida attorney was allegedly killed by his son earlier this week in an apparent murder-suicide. [New York Daily News] * Parents for a Northeastern University student who was suspended for breaking anti-COVID-19 measures have lawyered up. [Boston Globe] * Federal prosecutors are asking that civil cases against Ghislaine Maxwell be put on hold while the criminal prosecution moves forward. [ABC News] * A lawyer who falsely claimed he needed to have cancerous tumors removed to get discovery extensions may be suspended from the practice of law. As Arnold Schwarzenegger would say, "it's not a tumor!" [ABA Journal]

Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 07.25.17

* Is Paul Manafort planning on responding to his Congressional subpoena with receipts? [The Root] * A much needed W for the First Amendment. [Patterico's Pontifications] * Arnold Schwarzenegger's Supreme Court strategy. [Politico] * This case will make you think about burping more than you care to. [Lowering the Bar] * Trump can't stop talking about Sessions. [Huffington Post] * Your job is killing your posture. Can anything be done to stop you from developing a computer hunch? [Corporette] * What is Jared Kushner hiding? [Slate] * Learning the value of being a troublemaker. [Ghostwriting-Speechwriting] * Maybe I'm biased (I definitely am), but Girl Scouts > Boy Scouts. [Jezebel]

Bernie Madoff

Morning Docket: 05.20.11

* A former Ropes & Gray attorney caught up in the Galleon Group insider trading scandal, Brien Santarlas, testified yesterday that he was paid thousands of dollars for tips. Then, he was told “to dispose of the phone — break it in half, submerge it in water and put it in a garbage can.” He […]