Georgia

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 08.03.23

* Plaintiff seeks sanctions against Rudy Giuliani in breach of contract lawsuit. This seems like... not the most pressing of the former NYC mayor's legal woes. [New York Law Journal] * Norton Rose Fulbright partner Vincent Dunn is working on the road from Australia. That's because his daughter, Crystal Dunn, is playing for the U.S. Women's National Team in the World Cup. [National Law Journal] * 96-year-old Judge Pauline Newman wrote a pointed dissent amid questions of her competency. [Law360] * Harvard Law's Laurence Tribe weighs in on the case against FTX crypto founder Sam Bankman-Fried, on behalf of the defendant. [Reuters] * Georgia district attorneys are suing over a new law giving the state the power to remove the elected officials over discretionary decisions. [Bloomberg Law]

By Kathryn Rubino
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 11.16.22

* Is "Woke" the new Race, Sex and Religion? [WSJ] * Illegally obscuring a license plate is one thing, BUT FIXING IT? Nahhhhh [NYC.Streetsblog] * This judge hit Georgia's six-week abortion ban with the gavel [CNN] * New York continues to be the battle ground of what gun restrictions will be in the United States. [Gothamist] * You know, you think people would start caring about politicians breaking laws enough to not vote for them. [Missouri Independent]

By Chris Williams
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 09.12.22

* Georgia Deputy Police Chief gets caught up in a sex trafficking ring. You'd think there would be better background checks for the people whose literal only job is to prevent crap like this. [NY Post] * Looks like Florida's child safety laws should be concerned with more than keeping books out of children's hands. [NBC] * Keep speech alive! Judge prevents Arizona from punishing citizens for recording the police. [AP] * Guess whose back? Back again? Polio. Thanks to everyone whose been adamantly fighting vaccine mandates! [The Guardian]

By Chris Williams