Georgetown University Law Center

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 01.31.22

* GULC's Black Law Student Association wants Ilya Shapiro's teaching contract revoked. My only question is, how do you get fired on your day off? [Newsone] * Swiper, No Swiping! Jersey has new heavy penalties for porch thieves. [UPI] * Another gun rights case could be headed to the Supreme Court soon if these 25 states get their way. [The Center Square] * Is recording officer arrests speech? The legality of a law meant to prevent interference with Miami officer's arrests may be unconstitutional. [Miami Herald] * An Arizona senator wants to make the state more crypto-friendly by recognizing Bitcoin as legal tender. I'll give it two weeks before an employee who makes $1500 a week sues for receiving a paycheck below the federal minimum wage because  the crypto-market tanks after a spicy Elon tweet. [CryptoPotato]

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 10.08.19

* The guy currently parading as the unconfirmed Homeland Security chief got shouted off stage at Georgetown Law. Prepare for the media consternation that students would treat a guy who daily condones illegal detentions with such rudeness. [New York Times] * Bitcoin's not a sound investment? Wha?!? [Law360] * Companies back LGBTQ rights in amicus brief in a bid to demonstrate that this really isn't a pro-business Court. [National Law Journal] * The legal industry is in flux, and some big investors are looking to get in on it. [Forbes] * Minority partners often relegated to non-equity tier. [American Lawyer] * Barnes & Noble doesn't have to produce documents about its own CEO's ouster. [Corporate Counsel] * Prime Minister's camp calls out head of Supreme Court for using "injudicious" language when she used a quote from... the Prime Minister. [Legal Cheek]