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Morning Docket: 12.30.21

* Michigan and other states saw a lot more fraudulent claims where people asked the government for financial assistance. Probably wouldn't be a thing if there was UBI, but hey. [NPR] * Playing both sides partnered well for her legal career. Maybe you should do the same? [Law.com] * California wants businesses to open their black boxes. Maybe this is a sign we should all be more transparent come 2022. [Marketplace] * Florida judge found love in a hopeless place and got his license suspended for it. Is recusal not a thing down there or something? [Tampa Bay Times] * High hopes for equity could mean abolishing the bar. I can't wait for last call on unnecessary testing. [The Hill]

By Chris Williams
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 11.08.21

* Felonious Monkfish: the surf of your turf may actually be criminally good. [LA Times] * Looking to naturalize in the US? Hope you're up to date on your COVID immunity. And very lucky. [NY Daily News] * ...I think a town in Cali just seceded over vaccines? Am I reading this right? [The Guardian] * SCOTUS will be hearing a case about coal that will determine the strength of the EPA's bite. [Inside Climate News] * Some of them that work forces, are the same that keep oaths. They tried to tell you. [NPR]

By Chris Williams
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 10.14.21

* California is making sure 23andMe doesn't become 23andUs with new genetic data privacy law. [JD Supra] * California appeals court upholds law banning fracking. They have been on fire lately! No, not like that. [Jurist] * Law firms are facing a big burnout problem. I realized things were bad when they run the risk of losing their star lawyers to TikTok. [Law.com] * Montana lawsuit claims that prohibition on holding voting drives at high traffic college campus areas suppresses students' right to vote. And that makes sense. I'd probably still be unregistered if not for being hounded on my way to Philosophy 102. [Daily Interlake] * Missouri man who followed and killed two people over $200 found not guilty because of stand your ground law. This feels really familiar. [KSHB] * Texas's juvenile prisons are being investigated by the Department of Justice. [New York Times]

By Chris Williams
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 10.13.21

* A lawyer was suspended for forging a judge’s signature. There’s a good pun about lacking judgment somewhere in that. [Bloomberg Law] * Judge who jailed kids under a bogus law still under fire. If cancel culture is real, she should be the Cancelee of the Month. [WKRN] * SCOTUS Justice thinks about if cops can be sued vis a vis cigarette-smoking centaurs. I didn’t think I’d ever write that string of words, yet here we are. [Bloomberg Law] * Beware, lovers: Ohio has an antiquated law that allows for marriage as a defense to rape. [Dispatch] * California passes a law requiring a gender-neutral aisle in toy stores. Mx. Potato Heads are about to be flying off the shelves! [USA Today] * California schools now required to provide free menstrual products to their students. About damn time. [NBC News]

By Chris Williams
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 10.08.21

* Paul Kirgis, University of Montana's School of Law's former dean, quits post after multiple Title IX cases have been filed against the school. Would anyone else rather quit than dissuade sexual misconduct and the use of slurs? If so, please do. [ABA Journal] * Donnie wants 4 former aides to keep insurrection info in the darko. Hopefully they'll rebel against him. [Politico] * Jan Wolfe hopes that recent ruling on Texas's abortion ban will have a chilling effect on other states adopting similar rule of law work arounds. Take that, South Dakota. [Reuters] * Slavery still profitable. What would it take to make prisons for justice instead of for profit? [WSJ] * Today in good news: California made stealthing illegal! Three cheers for consent! HIP HIP! [NPR]

By Chris Williams