Elizabeth Holmes

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 06.18.21

* Kanye West allegedly called his lawyer "f*cking stupid" and stormed out of a hearing. Sounds pretty "heartless"... [Sun] * Meet the former lawyer who started a successful accessories brand. [Cut] * The Supreme Court has tossed a lawsuit challenging Obamacare. [Politico] * Lawyers for Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of Theranos, are not happy with the judge's changes to a jury questionnaire in Holmes's criminal case. [Yahoo News] * A Long Island judge is accused of shoving a lawyer and calling another one "anti-Semitic." You'd expect someone from "Strong" Island to have a lot of personality... [New York Post]

By Jordan Rothman
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 06.04.21

* Emails between blood-testing company Theranos's founder Elizabeth Holmes and lawyers at Boies Schiller will be permitted as evidence at Holmes's criminal trial. Hope there is no "bad blood" between Holmes and the lawyers... [Wall Street Journal] * Noted defense lawyer F. Lee Bailey passed away yesterday at 87. [Washington Post] * Check out this article on how amicus briefs impacted the Supreme Court's 2020 term. [Juris Lab] * A lawsuit claims metal shards were put in a worker's meal after she complained about racial slurs being used in her presence. [AP] * Illinois has extended a law permitting cocktails to go and is allowing bars to offer free alcohol to vaccinated patrons. Bottoms up! [CBS News]

By Jordan Rothman
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 03.15.21

* Buckingham Palace is reportedly hiring a law firm to investigate Megan Markle's bullying claims. Wonder what it would be like if the firm from Suits did this job... [Business Insider] * Google will face a lawsuit claiming that it still tracks users in Incognito Mode. [Verge] * The criminal trial of Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of Theranos, may be delayed due to her recently announced pregnancy. [Guardian] * The Manhattan District Attorney recently announced he will be retiring at the end of his term. [Washington Post] * A Florida lawyer has been charged with first-degree murder. [ABC News] * The Clemson University Track and Field Team has hired counsel over the elimination of their program. Hope they don't have too many "hurdles" to pursuing a claim... [ESPN]

By Jordan Rothman
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 12.17.20

* Sanctions have been upheld for a lawyer who included a haiku and cited to Bugs Bunny in litigation papers. "That's all folks!"... [ABA Journal] * A New York man, who allegedly posed as a lawyer to bilk elderly victims of money supposedly needed to bail out grandchildren, has been indicted. [New York Post] * A fake immigration lawyer in Florida has pleaded guilty to aggravated identity theft and other charges. Lots of lawyer wannabes in the Morning Docket today! [Tampa Bay Times] * A judge has ruled that the Trump Organization must turn over more documents to the New York Attorney General. [CNN] * Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes is trying to keep documents from the company's lawyers a secret. [Wall Street Journal] * A server at Denny's is suing for back pay. Her lawyers probably think the case is a "grand slam"... [Connecticut Law Tribune]

By Jordan Rothman
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 04.17.20

* President Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen will be released from prison early over COVID-19 concerns. He will still be under house arrest, which is not unlike the situation of many people right now... [NBC News] * Speaking of which, R. Kelly's lawyer is trying to get the incarcerated singer cut loose because of COVID-19 and says R. Kelly thinks he'll die of coronavirus in prison. [New York Daily News] * It's been a decade since the Deepwater Horizon explosion, and the Mark Wahlberg movie would be a lot more boring if it just covered the legal battles that ensued from the incident. [Texas Lawyer] * Check out this Boston lawyer who is volunteering 20 hours a week at Massachusetts General Hospital to give back during the COVID-19 pandemic. [Boston.com] * New York's Appellate Division, First Department, will be going all virtual for the foreseeable future. Hope they still have that nifty light system to tell attorneys how much time they have left. [New York Law Journal] * The trial of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has been delayed because of COVID-19. Thankfully, Theranos isn't around to make faulty COVID-19 tests... [CNN] * Joe Exotic, star of the Netflix docuseries Tiger King, has asked a federal judge for access to a computer and a law library in prison. If he gets a computer, his first priority should be making another music video. [TMZ]

By Jordan Rothman
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 01.27.20

* Elizabeth Holmes, the former CEO of Theranos, is now representing herself after he lawyers quit for lack of payment. [Fox Business] * President Trump's impeachment lawyers began their defense over the weekend, and the impeachment trial is scheduled to resume today. [Washington Post] * Jon Lovitz played Alan Dershowitz on SNL this past weekend. Seems like SNL could find someone who looks a little more like Dershowitz... [Daily Beast] * A gamer has lost a lawsuit claiming human rights abuses for being muted on a popular online game. [Vice] * The Supreme Court of Canada just heard a case about whether corporations have protections against cruel and unusual punishment. Can't wait for that argument to be made in the States. [The Conversation]

By Jordan Rothman
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 11.06.19

* Roger Stone left early from his trial yesterday because he complained of food poisoning. At least this is better than R. Kelly's infected toenail excuse... [CNN] * An attorney alleged to have smuggled a hit list out of jail has been denied the reinstatement of her law license. [East Bay Times] * Attorneys for Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes have filed a motion to withdraw from the case, stating that they haven't been paid for more than a year. Holmes has come a long way from paying numerous attorneys hefty fees to go after Theranos whistleblowers. [CNBC] * The Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda has asked that Harvard Law make reparations to that country for the impact Antiguan slave labor had on the creation of Harvard Law School. [Toronto Star] * A celebrated cellist has won $11M in a slip and fall lawsuit against an upscale food market. That's a lot of cheddar. [New York Post] * Kentucky elected its first African American attorney general last night. [The Hill] * The Supreme Court yesterday seemed to frown upon North Carolina's use of copyrighted images of a pirate ship that sunk off its shores. If you want to see good images of a pirate ship, there's a ride you should check out... [USA Today]

By Jordan Rothman
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 10.07.19

* It's back to work for the justices of the Supreme Court as the October Term 2019 gets started today, with major cases on LGBTQ rights, immigration, abortion, guns, and religion scheduled to be heard over the course of this year. Here's a good summary of five cases to watch. [New York Times] * Are appellate advocates ready for a kinder, gentler experience before the Supreme Court? They’ll now receive two minutes of uninterrupted time at the beginning of oral arguments. This is a “dramatic change” of pace for the high court. [National Law Journal] * According to Mark Zaid, the lawyer for whistleblower #1, there are now two whistleblowers on President Donald Trump's dealings with Ukraine, and the second one reportedly has firsthand knowledge of some of the allegations detailed in the original complaint. [ABC News] * "All of you know your Constitution. The way that impeachment stops is a Senate majority with me as majority leader.“ Sen. Mitch McConnell is promising to end the impeachment proceedings against Trump in his latest campaign ads. [Louisville Courier Journal] * Disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes hasn’t paid her lawyers in more than a year, and now they’ve asked a judge to let them off her case. “It is unfair and unreasonable to require Cooley to continue representing Ms. Holmes in this action,” her disgruntled attorneys wrote in their motion. [Mercury News] * “[If] I cannot keep my oath of office, I’d rather die than live without honor.” A judge in Thailand shot himself in court in an apparent attempt to take his own life after acquitting men of murder charges whom he’d reportedly been pressured to convict. [The Guardian]

By Staci Zaretsky