Arrested Development

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 08.24.20

* A new lawsuit claims that Chipotle restaurants are not providing customers with appropriate change when they pay for meals in cash. Maybe they are charging more for guac now? [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette] * Utah is allowing individuals without law licenses to offer legal services under certain circumstances. [Desert News] * A federal judge has halted a lawsuit aimed at challenging Pennsylvania's mail-in-voting plans for the upcoming election. [Hill] * A lawyer accidentally offered $10,000 to settle a case instead of the intended $100,000 and this lower number was accepted. This attorney should review the law surrounding scrivener's error... [Daily Business Review] * Check out this profile of a patent lawyer who became a professional poker player. [Card Player] * A lawyer in Texas will appear at a jury trial virtually while his adversary attends the trial in person. The virtual attendee should consider hiring a surrogate to appear in person in his place. [Texas Lawyer]