Bank Robbery

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 12.11.19

* Apple is accused of monitoring employee text messages. Those employees must've not read the terms and conditions... [CNBC] * Harvey Weinstein is scheduled to undergo back surgery ahead of his sexual assault trial in the coming months. [Yahoo!] * Rudy Giuliani and his former wife have finally settled their contentious divorce. [Page Six] * A former bank robber was sworn in by the same judge who put this person away decades ago. [Washington Post] * Chevron is trying to recover money against a lawyer who made claims against the company. [Bloomberg Law]. * Former FBI lawyer Lisa Page is suing the Justice Department for releasing her text messages. [CBS News]

By Jordan Rothman
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 03.09.17

* Amazon Echo: The first "smart" witness? [Ohio Bar Association] * Appeals court finds showing a jury clips of Ben Affleck's "The Town" didn't unfairly prejudice the trial of bank robbers that allegedly drew inspiration from the movie. But isn't that cruel and unusual punishment for that poor jury? [The Hollywood Reporter] * I mean, you know Obama won't do this, but it is fun to think about a libel case against Trump for his insane Tweeting. [Slate] * 144,000 pages of documents on Neil Gorsuch were dumped on the Senate Judiciary Committee. [Politico] * Speaking of SCOTUS, tune in to Twitter next Tuesday to hear a panel of experts -- including our own David Lat -- discuss the future of the Supreme Court. [Bloomberg BNA] * More counterfeiter lawsuits. [The Fashion Law] * Branding in SmallLaw -- more important than you think. [Law and More] * Try, try again. [Huffington Post]

By Kathryn Rubino
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 05.27.15

* You down with R.B.G.? Yeah, you know me! Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore wants SCOTUS Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Elena Kagan to be impeached for having performed same-sex marriage ceremonies. Haters gonna hate. [Huffington Post] * Here's a jury duty chart of those you'll be forced to sit next to, from the "idiot who treats the Jury Foreman selection like a presidential campaign" to the "elderly woman who compares everything to an episode of 'Matlock' she once saw." [Mandatory] * It turns out that the state trooper who failed to do anything about Josh Duggar's criminal sexual activity with a minor and allowed the statute of limitations to run had a penchant for child porn. According to court records, this guy is... pretty damn disgusting. [Jezebel] * "May I please have some of that money you've got under the counter there, miss?" Are you really robbing a bank if you acted like a Boy Scout, asked nicely for money, and then received it -- to the tune of $28,000? Kevin Underhill doesn't think so. [Lowering the Bar] * If you've never seen a Dealbreaker dramatic reading before, then here's your sneak peek. Watch "the greatest intern Wall Street has ever seen" invite everyone and their mother to a party via company email, and then fail in the most epic sense of the word. [Dealbreaker]

By Staci Zaretsky
American Bar Association / ABA

Morning Docket: 02.10.12

* “All My Justices” may soon be coming to daytime television station near you. In a close vote, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill that calls for television access to Supreme Court proceedings. [Legal Times] * A former Cravath associate’s law license has been suspended as a result of a DV assault charge. For […]

By Staci Zaretsky