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Morning Docket: 03.06.23

* Sam Bankman-Fried allowed to carry flip phone. Cue the Eighth Amendment. Just give him a rotary phone and be done with it. [Reuters] * Former inspector general revisits the Supreme Court's "oops, I mean, we talked to the justices 'about' the investigation but I cannot say that they were part 'of' the investigation" effort, and ruminates on how unbelievably inept this is. [The Atlantic] * George Conway is getting a divorce from Kellyanne confirming that marriage requires more than one person with a foot in reality. [CNN] * Starbucks' labor troubles have gone from venti to cento. [Bloomberg Law News] * Law360 continues to be laser-focused on the former NY Chief Judge Janet DiFiore beat, uncovering seemingly misleading testimony used to justify her multimillion-dollar publicly funded security detail. [Law360] * A collection of crazy law firm merchandise. [LegalCheek]

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Morning Docket: 04.03.20

* An Amazon lawyer has called a fired strike organizer "not smart or articulate." Those are some fighting words! [CNBC] * Federal Defenders are asking Attorney General Barr to take action on the release of inmates because of COVID-19. [Forbes] * Video game publisher Activision has emerged victorious in a lawsuit alleging that it violated trademarks by portraying Humvees in Call of Duty. Clearly, the Founders intended the First Amendment to apply to video games. [Gamespot] * Experts are already opining about who Joe Biden might appoint to the Supreme Court. Seems like they are putting the cart before the horse... [LA Times] * Check out this interesting primer on how to write a brief like George Conway III. [Brief Catch] * The Foxwood Resort Casino has hired a new general counsel, right in time to deal with legal issues surrounding COVID-19. [Bloomberg Law] * Bankruptcy lawyers are gearing up for more work due to the fallout from COVID-19. It must be pretty wild to benefit from the economic downturn. [Wall Street Journal]

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