Corona
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 04.12.21
* A lawsuit about the use of the “Corona” brand name with hard seltzers is heating up. It’s an interesting name to be associated with these days… [Yahoo News]
* Ramsey Clark, the former United States Attorney General and a civil rights lawyer, has passed away at 93. [New York Times]
* An Oklahoma City attorney, who allegedly fell in love with a client, has been charged in the triple murder of the client’s girlfriend and parents. [Oklahoman]
* Congressman Matt Gaetz has hired a lawyer who is also representing the Trump Organization in a criminal probe. [NBC News]
* President Biden has established a commission to consider reforms to the Supreme Court and the federal judiciary. [Politico]
* The State of Florida has filed a lawsuit aimed at reopening the cruise industry. This would make a great plot of a sequel for Speed 2: Cruise Control… [CBS News]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 02.18.21
* A lawsuit has been filed over the name for Corona Hard Seltzer. Maybe they can resolve the despite by kicking back a few… [Chicago Tribune]
* A California woman is accused of impersonating two lawyers and committing PPP loan fraud. Going to refrain from making a My Cousin Vinny reference here… [SF Gate]
* A former Disney employee is accusing the company of bad accounting in a new lawsuit. Maybe they just lost track of their Star Wars money. [Orlando Sentinel]
* The defense teams of three individuals charged in the killing of George Floyd are asking for charges to be dismissed against their clients. [Star Tribune]
* Check out this article on the rate at which federal courts of appeal grant oral argument. The data should be “appealing” to many litigators. [Juris Lab]