Georgia Supreme Court

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 05.19.20

* SmileDirectClub has filed a $2.8 billion lawsuit against NBC for broadcasting an allegedly defamatory and misleading story about the company. They sound more like FrownDirectClub... [Hill] * A well-known Texas lawyer is suing his estate planning attorney for a Texas-sized tax liability he wasn't able to avoid. [Texas Lawyer] * A New Orleans lawyer has been disbarred for spending her client's settlement money received because of the Deepwater Horizon explosion. [Advocate] * The Georgia Supreme Court has struck down a law requiring the licensing of lactation specialists. First learned about this profession from The Office. [Atlanta Journal-Constitution] * A lawsuit against the parents of a killer who murdered four people is being allowed to proceed. [Philadelphia Inquirer] * An Iowa attorney has been suspended from practice for overbilling a public defender's office, sometimes logging more than 24 hours in a day. Maybe the lawyer had Doc Brown's DeLorean? [Bloomberg Law]

By Jordan Rothman
Drugs

Morning Docket: 06.26.12

* Congratulations to Justice Keith Blackwell, the newest member of the Georgia Supreme Court! [Associated Press] * Is News Corp. going to divide itself in two? [Dealbook / New York Times] * Speaking of job changes, Patrick Fitzgerald, the outgoing U.S. Attorney for Chicago, will be replaced by long-time prosecutor Gary S. Shapiro on July 1. [Thomson Reuters News & Insight] * I admit, when I first saw the words “heroin burrito” I thought: that sounds delicious. Not because of the heroin, necessarily. Burritos are simply very tasty. [New York Daily News] * Flo Rida was caught lying to a judge in the “slave wages” case filed by his former assistant, who claims he paid her only $3.08 an hour. Now he has been ordered to cough up $7,000. Not cool, Flo. [Inquisitr] * Defense attorneys for a man on trial for assaulting a priest who allegedly abused him as a child are now claiming prosecutorial misconduct. Can you spell M-E-S-S? [Mercury News] * A police officer in Carteret, N.J. saved Ellen Shane’s life by shooting and killing the man who held her hostage at knife point. But apparently that wasn’t enough, and now she has sued the city for $5 million. If she wins, she might want to consider donating the money to her lucky stars. [Newark Star-Ledger]

By Christopher Danzig
Bar Exams

Law Graduates DENIED Opportunity To Sit For Bar Because They Lied To Law Schools About Their Criminal Records

In our day and age, there are enough law schools hanging around that pretty much anybody can get in. Barriers to entry are pretty much at the level where as long as you can fill out a loan application, you can get into law school. Heck, as we reported recently, convicted murderers can get into law school. But you have to tell the truth. You can get into law school with a criminal record, but you have to tell your law school the truth about your record. Apparently, telling the truth is a problem that some people are having....

By Elie Mystal