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Morning Docket: 04.17.20

* President Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen will be released from prison early over COVID-19 concerns. He will still be under house arrest, which is not unlike the situation of many people right now... [NBC News] * Speaking of which, R. Kelly's lawyer is trying to get the incarcerated singer cut loose because of COVID-19 and says R. Kelly thinks he'll die of coronavirus in prison. [New York Daily News] * It's been a decade since the Deepwater Horizon explosion, and the Mark Wahlberg movie would be a lot more boring if it just covered the legal battles that ensued from the incident. [Texas Lawyer] * Check out this Boston lawyer who is volunteering 20 hours a week at Massachusetts General Hospital to give back during the COVID-19 pandemic. [Boston.com] * New York's Appellate Division, First Department, will be going all virtual for the foreseeable future. Hope they still have that nifty light system to tell attorneys how much time they have left. [New York Law Journal] * The trial of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has been delayed because of COVID-19. Thankfully, Theranos isn't around to make faulty COVID-19 tests... [CNN] * Joe Exotic, star of the Netflix docuseries Tiger King, has asked a federal judge for access to a computer and a law library in prison. If he gets a computer, his first priority should be making another music video. [TMZ]

By Jordan Rothman

Morning Docket: 12.13.19

* President Trump's ex-lawyer Michael Cohen is asking for a sentence reduction. Guess President Trump's former fixer is not enjoying his time in "Club Fed." [CNBC] * The alleged Boston Marathon bomber's lawyer has argued that the jury pool was tainted and that the bomber's death sentence conviction should be thrown out. [NBC News] * The Supreme Court has been urged to review a constitutional challenge to the high tolls on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Hopefully, the justices will look into the New Jersey turnpike next. [Penn Live] * A defeated governor is accused of handing out an insane number of pardons on his way out the door, even catching some of the pardoned prisoners completely by surprise. [Washington Post] * Boies Schiller Flexner LLP has begun succession planning so that the firm can continue long past David Boies' tenure. [Wall Street Journal] * A Florida politician is accused of stealing nearly $50,000 from a law firm, and buying items from a sex toy store, among other purchases. Maybe he'll argue that this was a business expense... [CBS Miami]

By Jordan Rothman