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Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 01.28.21

* A new lawsuit alleges that tuna served at Subway is not really tuna. Guess they knew something smelled fishy... [Washington Post] * A prominent entertainment attorney, who represented novelists like Dan Brown and John Grisham, has passed away at 77. [Variety] * A New York attorney has been charged for allegedly defrauding real estate investors. [Department of Justice] * Investors are suing AstraZeneca for allegedly sustaining losses due to purported issues testing the company's COVID-19 vaccine. [Bloomberg Law] * President Biden's brother supposedly advertised his relationship with the president in a law firm advertisement. Didn't President Carter's brother use his celebrity to sell beer? [NBC News]

By Jordan Rothman
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 07.31.18

* Children's lawsuit over climate change moves forward. [Courthouse News Service] * If you're an armed terrorist organization, AstraZeneca may be able to help. [Corporate Counsel] * In "dog bites man" news, profitable partners accused of sexual harassment can easily get new jobs. [Wall Street Journal] * "We'll Get You And Mangle You" takes on new meaning as Weil holds attorney to a six month waiting period before he can lateral to Kirkland. [American Lawyer] * Maybe cyberinsurance isn't really insurance at all. [Slate] * North Carolina awards man $8.8 million because his wife doesn't love him anymore. Apparently being a loser can be profitable. [KCRA] * Cleary's in-house outsourcing company slapped with another sexual harassment suit. [Law360] * A conversation with Michele Coleman Mayes, general counsel for the New York Public Library and former GC at Allstate and at Pitney Bowes about the persistent bias against black women lawyers. [Law.com]

By Joe Patrice