Breaking Bad

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 11.16.20

* Judge Judy's lawsuit against a former broadcast partner about allegedly unpaid profits is heating up. Maybe they can resolve their differences on The People's Court... [Deadline] * A lawyer for the first woman to face a federal execution in decades is seeking a delay of the execution because the attorney is battling COVID-19. [Yahoo News] * It has been recently revealed that one of Jeffrey Epstein's defense lawyers, who got Epstein a "sweetheart" plea bargain in 2009, previously dated a top prosecutor involved with the deal. [New York Post] * New Jersey policymakers have moved to name a building at Rutgers University after Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who taught at Rutgers Law between 1963 and 1972. [New Jersey Law Journal] * A lawyer has been sentenced to four years in prison for allegedly smuggling meth to clients in jail. Going to refrain from making a lazy Breaking Bad or Better Call Saul joke here... [Texarkana Gazette]

By Jordan Rothman
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 11.02.20

* A North Dakota lawyer has been disbarred for trying to sell drugs. This might be the perfect mix of Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad. [Bloomberg Law] * Attorney General Barr has reportedly told friends he would like to remain Attorney General if President Trump wins reelection. [Washington Post] * A former Virginia lawyer has been indicted on federal charges related to financial misconduct. [ABC News] * The Attorney General of New York is reportedly preparing a list of Trump actions for Joe Biden to undo if he wins the upcoming election. [NBC News] * Canada Dry has settled a lawsuit alleging that the company falsely claimed health benefits for its ginger ale. They should have advertised how it makes a good chaser instead... [Fox News]

By Jordan Rothman
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 08.04.20

* A Texas lawyer is accused of smuggling meth into a county jail. Maybe this lawyer has been watching too much Breaking Bad. [Houston Chronicle] * The lawyer for a man accused of firing shots after an argument over masks escalated claims his client is "not handling the pandemic well." That seems like an understatement. [NBC News] * A Chinese artificial intelligence company has filed a multibillion-dollar lawsuit against Apple, alleging that Apple infringed on its patents. [CNBC] * Senate Republicans are divided over whether they would move to fill a Supreme Court vacancy that occurs before the election. [Hill] * A mysterious death has resulted in a $2 million life insurance settlement. Sounds like the plot of a John Grisham novel... [Daily Business Review]

By Jordan Rothman
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 05.06.20

An attorney who shook his butt at an adversary during a mediation has avoided court sanctions. Maybe the lawyer was just showing off some dance moves? [Texas Lawyer] * The New York Attorney General's Office is questioning officials at NBC over sexual harassment allegations. [New York Daily News] * HUD has agreed to pay $17,800 to settle a lawsuit about records relating to Ben Carson's bible study. [Fox News] * Adam Neumann, the founder of WeWork, is suing SoftBank for allegedly backing out of a deal to buy stock from Neumann and other shareholders. [New York Times] * A woman who was arrested because her cotton candy mistakenly tested positive for meth has recovered no damages. The officers must have watched a little too much Breaking Bad. [Atlanta Journal Constitution]

By Jordan Rothman
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 11.18.19

* Three Indiana judges are in hot water after they partied until 3 a.m., headed to a strip club, and got shot at during a brawl outside of a White Castles. Apparently another judge who went inside the White Castle was unharmed and avoided discipline, which just shows you the power of the crave. [New York Times] * The Florida Bar is seeking to suspend a Florida lawyer whose pants caught on fire during an arson trial. Maybe he was a "liar, liar"... [Miami Herald] * A Manhattan judge ruled in favor of Marc Kasowitz's client, but never disclosed that he received campaign donations from Kasowitz and an associate. [New York Daily News] * A Texas lawyer has been accused of conspiring with a funeral home to illicitly solicit clients. I guess instead of being an "ambulance chaser" this attorney is accused of being a "hearse chaser." [Texas Lawyer] * Planned Parenthood has won a civil lawsuit against parties responsible for undercover videos of Planned Parenthood activities. [Independent] * Two Arkansas chemistry professors have been charged with cooking meth. Hopefully, they did not use Breaking Bad as their inspiration. [Washington Post]

By Jordan Rothman
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 05.19.15

* Amal Clooney of Doughty Street Chambers, who happens to be married to George Clooney, is being heralded as an "exotic, luxe-brand Princess Diana upgrade." Lesson learned: marry a celebrity and your legal credentials look awesome. [New York Magazine] * If you're into fashion at the high court, this satirical news website managed to get an exclusive photo of all of the Supreme Court justices in their new spaghetti strap sun-robes. You know what Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg must be thinking about her colleagues: "Do you even lift?" [The Onion] * The William Mitchell Law professors who filed suit against the school to protect the tenure code after its merger with Hamline Law was announced have voluntarily dropped their case. Apparently no harm will come to the precious after all. [National Law Journal] * Vicente Sederberg, a firm that focuses on marijuana law, will sponsor a three-year professorship for marijuana law and policy at Denver Law. Sam Kamin will be the first to hold the position. Come see him at ATL's marijuana reception in June. [The Cannabist] * Everyone in the legal community likes to complain about the fact that law reviews are useless because no one reads them. We dare you to complain about an entire law review issue dedicated to the legal problems presented in AMC's Breaking Bad. [WSJ Law Blog]

By Staci Zaretsky
Free Speech

Non-Sequiturs: 10.22.14

* A Saul Goodman Bobblehead. You know you want it. [Amazon (affiliate link)] * It looks like that Jimmy John’s non-compete agreement we reported on is going to spawn a congressional inquiry. [Huffington Post] * His dreams of becoming a solicitor were sidetracked when he was “jailed for slapping a sleeping woman in the face […]

By Joe Patrice
Advertising

Non-Sequiturs: 08.11.14

* Jury writes judge a note asking for a “big bottle of wine.” It’s gonna be a long night. [Southern District of Florida Blog] * As it turns out, some Redditors are morons who don’t understand law. Glad we cleared that up. [The Concourse] * There’s a Kickstarter for an Ally McBeal podcast. If you love talking about unisex bathrooms, here’s a golden opportunity. [Kickstarter] * Attention law students: there’s a $500 prize in it if you can craft a winning blog post. [The Expert Institute] * Terrible, terrible advertising. [Copyranter] * A Simpson Thacher associate is planning to row across the Atlantic to support cancer research. [Remacae] * These teacher tenure suits are so stupid and completely miss the real reason public schools have trouble. And the lead plaintiff inadvertently confessed just how off the mark he is. [Washington Post] * AMC released the teaser for Better Call Saul. After the jump… [via Time Magazine]

By Joe Patrice
Books

Non-Sequiturs: 07.24.14

* Have you all called the Breaking Bad law firm number yet? Because it works, so go for it! [Legal Cheek] * How to make airlines more profitable: make everyone sit on bicycle seats! [Lowering the Bar] * Ilya Somin explains why the D.C. Circuit’s interpretation in Halbig isn’t absurd. And it’s not absurd. It just reflects the hilariously cynical conservative opposition to giving their own citizens tax breaks. [The Volokh Conspiracy / Washington Post] * Ohio State fired its band director amid sexual harassment allegations. To fire a guy, Ohio State must have dotted every “i” in this investigation. [USA Today] * Speaking of sexual harassment, the Navy’s Blue Angels are the subject of a sexual harassment suit. And somehow it involves a blue and gold penis seen from space. [Slate] * The Chevron battle over Ecuador continues. Turns out the star witness Chevron paid upwards of $1 million to testify took 50 days of prep to finally get his ever-shifting story straight. [Huffington Post] * There’s a new book out called Kate’s Escape from the Billable Hour (affiliate link). We haven’t read it, but apparently this tale of “a burnt-out, second-year attorney working in the dysfunctional world of Big Law” mentions ATL. So they definitely did their research. [Amazon] * Watch a drunk guy give cops a lesson in Con Law. Video after the jump…. [Barstool Sports]

By Joe Patrice