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Since when are lawyers this tech savvy?

* A class action about Xbox controllers that allegedly “drift” has been beefed up. I used to blame controllers when I lost at GoldenEye as a kid… [Video Games Chronicle]

* Andrew Cuomo apparently has “no interest in going to Washington” to become Attorney General if Joe Biden is elected president. [Fox News]

* A Connecticut lawyer who served time in federal prison for fraud is seeking reinstatement to the Connecticut Bar. [CT Post]

* Law School Transparency is hosting an event on the future of the bar exam that you should all check out! [Law School Transparency]

* A black man who was allegedly led through Galveston, Texas, by a white police officer on horseback is suing the city for $1 million. [CNN]

* The Florida Bar says a lawyer acted so poorly, the judge had to “resort to a discipline strategy typically reserved to parents separating bickering siblings.” This sounds like so many depositions I’ve attended… [Daily Business Review]

* 17 firefighters in Detroit have been sued for taking a picture in front of a burning building. Pretty sure they’re supposed to do more than just take pictures of fires… [Detroit Free Press]

* The Indiana Attorney General has had his law license restored after being suspended from practice for inappropriate behavior toward women. [NWI Times]

* 56 former prosecutors have signed a letter advocating that two lawyers accused of firebombing an NYPD police car be granted bail. [Washington Post]

* The general counsel of the Florida Department of Transportation is being investigated by the Florida Bar after he allegedly admitted to forging signatures on government documents. In the meantime, he’s still keeping his $132,000-a year-job. [Miami Herald]

* A Tennessee attorney has been arrested for allegedly coercing clients to have sex with him in lieu of paying fees. [WJHL News]

* The Illinois Attorney General is recovering well after testing positive for COVID-19. Wishing the attorney general a speedy recovery! [NBC News]

* The Attorney General has asked Apple to unlock iPhones belonging to a Pensacola, Florida navy base shooter. [Engadget]

* A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed relating to a 2019 boat fire that resulted in 34 deaths. [ABC News]

* Former UN Ambassador Samantha Power had a unique path to Harvard Law School. [Coverage Opinion]

* The Florida Bar is seeking to disbar a lawyer who cleared out his attorney trust accounts and left his clients in the lurch. [ABC News]

* The Supreme Court has declined to review a “free the nipple” case concerning women who were arrested for showing their nipples in public even though men may freely do so. The record in this case must be very interesting. [The Hill]

* “Coming to SCOTUS: Battle of the dueling interpretive canons.” [LAWnLinguisitcs]

* Fun fact: the highest scorer on the July 2015 Florida bar exam didn’t even go to law school in Florida. [Daily Business Review]

* What is “Lean Law,” and how can it help you in your legal practice? [Law Reboot]

* Additional information from Bob Ambrogi about the big announcement by Harvard Law and Ravel Law today. [LawSites]

*” I felt kind of stupid.” A Georgia man fled the courtroom just minutes before being acquitted. [New York Daily News]

* Dahlia Lithwick on Dale Cox, the Louisiana prosecutor who wants to “cold cock” defense counsel. [Slate]

* Are you “a Yuppie, professional or other generic dweeb between the ages of 22 and 82”? Here’s an idea worth considering. [What About Paris?]

* Former Wachtell Lipton lawyer Stephanie Lee and her Skybuds colleagues are 90 percent of the way to their Kickstarter goal — and they still have 20 days left in the campaign. [Kickstarter]

* I’ll be speaking next week at the Los Angeles LMA chapter’s Continuing Marketing Education Conference next week; I hope to see some of you there! [Legal Marketing Association]

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