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Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 03.23.21

* A new lawsuit alleges that marijuana was mixed with salads from Whole Foods and transported interstate to help another weed business. Gives new meaning to the term "Devil's lettuce"... [Crain's Chicago Business] * A former doctor has been sentenced to prison for attempted murder against a California lawyer. [Mercury News] * A judge has certified a class action against Apple over claims that MacBook keyboards were defective. Hope the class members read the terms and conditions. [Verge] * Biglaw associates are seemingly sitting pretty when compared to some analysts at Goldman Sachs. [Law and More] * Another lawyer is leaving the criminal defense legal team of the former NXIVM leader. [ABC News] * Check out this article about who owns the moon. Guess finders keepers, losers weepers does not apply to space law... [Yahoo News]

By Jordan Rothman
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 03.03.21

* A chapter of The Satanic Temple lost a cybersquatting lawsuit against former members. Oh hell... [Info Security Magazine] * A top lawyer for Goldman Sachs is reportedly heading for the exit. [New York Post] * A new lawsuit alleges that cities used curfews to crush legitimate protests last summer. [Los Angeles Times] * The New York Attorney General has a stark warning for the cryptocurrency industry. [CNBC] * Joe Exotic has hired a new lawyer in his bid for a new trial. Please let this all be in another season of Tiger King... [TMZ]

By Jordan Rothman
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 10.27.20

* The judge in the Google antitrust case just set the first hearing in the lawsuit. Maybe the parties scheduled it through Google Hangouts... [Fox Business] * Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed by the Senate and sworn in last night as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. [New York Times] * Another lawyer, who accused the Attorney General of Texas of criminal acts, has resigned. [Seattle Times] * A lawsuit filed by the estate of a Holocaust survivor featured in the new Borat movie has been dismissed. [Deadline] * A former employee at Goldman Sachs is suing the company for sexual misconduct allegedly committed by a top lawyer at the shop. [Business Insider] * The Idaho Attorney General is warning of fake COVID-19 cures. It's like the Carbolic Smoke Ball all over again... [Idaho Statesman]

By Jordan Rothman
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 03.24.20

* A lawyer for the Red Sox is adamant that the franchise is not guilty of sign stealing. But underhanded tactics is kind of a tradition for Boston-area teams... [Yahoo News] * A former staffer for Mike Bloomberg's presidential campaign has filed a class action lawsuit alleging that numerous staffers were promised jobs through November and were actually laid off after Bloomberg suspended his campaign. [Hill] * A Detroit courthouse has been disinfected after an attorney who visited the courthouse tested positive for COVID-19. If Detroit's courts are even open, they're a few weeks behind New York and New Jersey... [Detroit Free Press] * The New Jersey Attorney General has said that citizens who break a stay-at-home order may face jail time or fines of up to $1,000. [Hill] * Goldman Sachs paid its top in-house lawyer over $8 Million last year. I'm in the wrong field. [Bloomberg Law]

By Jordan Rothman
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 10.10.19

* Where does Gordon Caplan go from here? Maybe he goes back to school... I hear there are some folks out there who can help him get in. [American Lawyer] * Mitch McConnell's aide is running for Kentucky AG. The only problem? Kentucky has a law requiring candidates for the post practice law at least sometime in the past eight years. He's arguing that a federal clerkship should count as "the practice of law" as opposed to "one year Fed Soc externship." We've made a mockery of so many rules, why not this one? [Corporate Counsel] * Mark Zaid's daily adventures representing whistleblowers. [The Hill] * Bill Brewer heads to court to see whether or not his $177K benchslapping he received will stand up on appeal. [Texas Lawyer] * Matt Lauer's attorney pushing back against rape allegations, explaining that her former anchor client was involved in a completely mutual and consensual affair with someone on the lower end of a gross power imbalance. [National Law Journal] * Railroaded former Goldman Sachs coder Sergey Aleynikov lost his recent appeal. He'd argued that double jeopardy precluded his conviction, which of course is a non-starter in a dual sovereignty world. [Law360] * Freshfields partner resigns over accusations of "engaging in sexual activity with intoxicated junior colleague" [Legal Cheek]

By Joe Patrice