Barack Obama

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 02.28.20

* Representatives of Barack Obama have sent a cease and desist letter to a Republican Super PAC for using snippets from Obama's audio books. But soundboarding is so much fun! [CNN] * A Texas judge is blaming low blood sugar on a tirade that he leveled against a criminal defense lawyer. [Texas Lawyer] * A law firm accountant is facing grand theft and attempted murder charges for a rampage she committed against coworkers earlier this year. [Gainesville Sun] * South Carolina is facing litigation over a law that bans teachers from discussing LGBTQ issues in the classroom. [Guardian] * An attorney who gave up the practice of law five decades ago has decided to reinstate his law license at the age of 82. It's never to late to resume the practice of law. [ABA Journal]

By Jordan Rothman
Morning Docket

Morning Docket 12.31.19

* Joe Biden stated that he may nominate Barack Obama to the Supreme Court if the former president was interested. Obama should brush up on his con law just in case... [The Hill] * A retired law professor is suing commentors who discussed him online. [Reason] * We lost some amazing lawyers in 2019, check out the list. [Bloomberg Law] * A judge has dismissed an impeachment witness' lawsuit after the House rescinded its subpoena. [CNN] * An attorney has been hospitalized after a client punched him. This happens far too often. [Star Tribune]

By Jordan Rothman
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 10.30.17

* Former President Barack Obama has been called for jury duty in November, and unlike most Americans, he's not looking for a way to get out of serving. [ABC Chicago] * The pivot you're looking for is in another castle: Now that a grand jury's approved the first charges in the Russian collusion investigation and someone's about to be taken into custody, President Trump took to Twitter to demand that Hillary Clinton be investigated. [New York Times] * Paul Manafort is turning himself in. Surprise! (Is this really a surprise?) [CNN] * Like it or not, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is planning to be around for the long haul. Don't count on this "flaming feminist litigator" retiring any time soon. [The Hill] * Justice Don Willett of the Texas Supreme Court, the state's Tweeter Laureate, hasn't tweeted a single time since he was nominated to the Fifth Circuit. How long will this god-awful silence from everyone's favorite Twitter judge last? [Texas Lawyer] * So long, borrower-defense rule? Betsy DeVos is thinking about only partially forgiving loans for students who were defrauded by for-profit schools. [AP]

By Staci Zaretsky
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 10.17.17

* Wells Fargo has a new compliance officer. Imagine a job that easy. Just saying "no, for the love of God, don't do that!" over and over again pretty much covers it. [Law.com] * Post McDonnell, Shelly Silver still thinks we need more protection for political bribery.[Law360] * Rockland County doesn't think everyone's a winner at Nixon Peabody. [New York Law Journal] * Former congressman and convicted felon Michael Grimm paid off his nearly half a million debt to Biglaw. And he'll probably be back in the House soon because Staten Island is the absolute worst. It's where New York put its garbage. [National Law Journal] * When access to justice includes a foreign sovereign. [Litigation Finance Journal] * Literally EVERYTHING about the Obama years was done with one hand tied behind his back. [Empirical SCOTUS] * A review of Gaslight Lawyers (affiliate link), the history of steampunk criminal trials. [Foreward Reviews]

By Joe Patrice