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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]

By Jordan Rothman
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]

By Jordan Rothman