Deval Patrick

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 11.20.20

* A California judge has approved some marijuana delivery services within the state. Guess Pineapple Express can now be expressly delivered, and you can get your weed and munchies delivered at the same time... [Los Angeles Times] * Joe Biden might be considering Deval Patrick, the former governor of Massachusetts, to be his Attorney General. [CBS Boston] * A new lawsuit alleges that employees at a Waterloo, Iowa, meatpacking plant (a facility hit hard by the pandemic) took bets about how many workers would contract COVID-19. Seems pretty morbid. [CNN] * A lawyer has been charged with multiple crimes for allegedly luring teenage girls to sleep with him in exchange for being their "sugar daddy." [New York Post] * A former Virginia attorney said that "I may have have made a mistake" after losing his law license for allegedly misappropriating millions from a client. Seems like an understatement... [CBS News]

By Jordan Rothman
Uncategorized

Morning Docket: 12.12.19

* President Trump is considering Alan Dershowitz for his impeachment legal team. Seems like he is taking a page out of O.J. Simpson's book... [ABC News] * An attorney was entitled to more disability benefits since he was scheduled for a pay raise one day after he suffered a heart attack. [Bloomberg Law] * Former judges are faulting presidential candidate Deval Patrick for unequal pay and retaliation suffered by the jurists. [Boston Globe] * Another Fox News host has filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against the network. [Axios] * Utah's high court has made it easier for Dreamers to legally practice law within the state of Utah. [Desert News] * The University of California is being sued for requiring the SAT and ACT to be taken for admission. It would be amazing if this lawsuit had legs... [CBS News]

By Jordan Rothman
Biglaw

Morning Docket: 11.12.12

* With Eric Holder questioning his job, and Deval Patrick dining at the White House, perhaps we’ll see our second black attorney general. Or not, because one of the Governor’s aides says he’ll continue his reign as a Masshole. [Washington Times; Buzzfeed] * When it came to sanctions for discovery violations in the Apple v. Samsung case, this judge was all about pinching pennies. Last week, both Quinn Emanuel and MoFo got taken to task over their apparently “sloppy billing practices.” [The Recorder] * What’s the most inappropriate thing for a federal judge to say to jurors when delivering the news that a defendant of Asian descent killed herself after testifying? “Sayonara.” Ugh. [Careerist via New York Times] * “Law school is very unforgiving, but classes must go on.” Law schools in the New York metropolitan area are still trying to make sure their students are safe and sound -- and studying, of course. [New York Law Journal] * Another one bites the dust: Team Strauss/Anziska’s lawsuit against John Marshall Law School over its allegedly phony post-graduate employment statistics has been dismissed with prejudice. [Chicago Tribune] * Are you ready for some litigation? Lawyers for Nick Saban’s daughter are showing the sorority girl who sued her what it’s like to get rolled by the Alabama tide in a flurry of more than 40 subpoenas. [Times Leader]

By Staci Zaretsky
Education / Schools

Morning Docket: 03.15.11

* The GOP is right — September is a totally arbitrary deadline to re-write No Child Left Behind. Really, why would we need a new education law by the time school starts up again for the year? [Washington Post] * Protip: if your client is suing a preschool over its TTT curriculum, you probably shouldn’t […]

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