What Do Taxes Have To Do With The ‘Batgirl’ Movie, Electric Vehicles, And An Unborn Fetus?
Let’s look at each in turn.
Morning Docket: 08.05.22
* Monkeypox is officially a public health emergency. Let's mind our manners so this doesn't go apeshit, capiche? [NBC News] * DeSantis isn't having any of that Constitutional Sheriff mess when it doesn't fit his policy choices. What happened to discretion? [Wesh] * Officers face disciplinary action for letting a white privilege card slide. This isn't hyperbole. Even I can admit this is funny. [AP] * I know you know law school is expensive, but most people just think that means tuition. The textbooks ain't cheap neither. [Reddit] * California's Governor pulls a "Come to Death Row Records" to spite Georgia. [CBS 46]
Keeping Law School Accessible When Federal Loans Fall Short
As federal borrowing caps tighten financing options for law students, one organization is stepping in to negotiate the terms they can't secure alone.
We Don’t Need Symbolic Tax Breaks, We Need Bodily Autonomy
This has potentially disastrous implications.
Morning Docket: 08.03.22
* Affirmative action as a 1st Amendment issue? Let's see how this goes over. [Wa Po] * Yale Law decides to be #1 when it comes to helping students that could use some financial aid. [ABC News] * Wait, are they actually considering fetuses people for tax purposes? Gotta give it to Georgia! [Huff Po] * Georgia's heartbeat law also has some new implications for wrongful death suits. [11 Alive] * An Oklahoma school gets docked after a teacher reported it for having their colleagues sit through staff training on implicit bias. I expected the childishness to come from the kids. [Ed Week]
Morning Docket: 05.04.22
* Oklahoma signed SB8-like bill into law quickly after the Alito leak. [NPR] * What's the limit? Are IUDs next on the chopping block? [The Guardian] * Get it off your chest: Georgia removes "free speech zone" restrictions on college campuses. [Inside Higher Ed] * UVA Law's Innocence Project has gotten over $6M in compensation for wrongly incarcerated folks. Talk about a valuable education! [Law.Virginia] * Spirit declines to take JetBlue's takeover offer. I can already hear the DOJ's antitrust division stirring. [CH-Aviation]
GA Cops Pay $1M For A Single Ounce Of Weed After Charging 64 People With Possessing It
Excellent use of taxpayer dollars. Well done, fellas.
Legal Is Changing. And NeoSummit Is Where The Future Is Being Built.
Legal and operational leaders are gathering May 6–7 in Fort Lauderdale to confront the questions the industry hasn't answered—with a keynote from Amanda Knox setting the tone.
Lawyer Accused In January 6th Riots Is STILL Representing Clients
Pay no attention to the ankle monitor on the defense attorney!
15 of The 16 Potential Jurors In The Ahmaud Arbery Trial Are White. Problem?
No way this is gonna be an issue on appeal.
Lawyer Fumbles Appellate Cold Call
And they say it gets better after law school...
Morning Docket: 06.24.21
* NBA Star Tristian Thompson has won a $52,000 default judgment against a paternity accuser. Seems like his lawyers were playing hard in the paint... [People] * Exxon must face a lawsuit alleging that the company misstated its role in climate change. [Reuters] * Georgia election officials, who were involved in Donald Trump's failed election litigation, have had their legal fees paid. [Salon] * A Texas attorney has been sentenced to prison after defrauding elderly clients. [News-Press] * A lawyer at Tesla has left to join an autonomous-driving start-up company. Hope she is on the "fast track" at her new shop... [NBC News]
LexisNexis Practical Guidance Rolls Out Dedicated Practice Area for AI & Technology
The new generation of AI-related legal issues are inherently cross-disciplinary, implicating corporate law, intellectual property, data privacy, employment, corporate governance and regulatory compliance.
Major League Baseball Sued For Shifting All-Star Game Out Of Georgia
The defendants will undoubtedly assert that they are private entities that can do as they wish, including moving an All-Star Game.
Lin Wood Fails To Boot Judge In His Suit Against The Georgia Bar
He's just trying to prove how extremely not crazy he really is.
Morning Docket: 05.04.21
* Georgia passed a new law aimed at curbing illegal street racing. Probably safer to stick with the midnight train to Georgia... [Atlanta Journal-Constitution] * The New York Attorney General is arguing that the NRA's bankruptcy case should be dismissed. [ABC News] * A Texas lawyer known as the "DUI Guy" has been sentenced to serious prison time for federal charges. [Dallas Morning News] * The County of Los Angeles has denied wrongdoing in a lawsuit filed by Vanessa Bryant over photos of the deadly helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant were circulated. [USA Today] * Disney and Marvel are facing a lawsuit claiming they ripped off designs for Iron Man and Ant Man. [WDWNT]
Delta Flight To MLB Game Without Encountering Any Diehard Trump Supporters: Travel Paradise?
Maybe there is some kind of perverse logic behind Donald Trump’s choice of Easter weekend to release a hate-filled analog tweet to promote his election lies and trash Delta Air Lines, Major League Baseball, and Coke.
Lawyer Who Boasted About Kicking In Nancy Pelosi’s Door Released On Bail, Wants A Glass Of Wine With Dinner
This bail hearing is a lot different than the first.