Gun Violence

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 06.22.22

* Preventing collusion with enslavement in China has Americans worried things won't be as cheap. Very strong "Ethical accountability is cool and all, but I need to eat chocolate!" vibes. [NYT] * Texas's Robb Elementary school is slated to be demolished. [Reuters] * SCOTUS thinks having a gun during a theft isn't inherently violent. Little weird but okay. [CNN] * Still figuring out where the Carson v. Makin ruling came from? The signs were there all along. [CNN] * Rule of discretion: Sheriffs are running on the platform of NOT enforcing the laws they'd be sworn to protect. Like a bunch of them. [Colorado Sun]

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 06.09.22

* It’s coming from inside the house! SCOTUS clerks lawyer up as tensions rise post-Alito leak. [Yahoo!] * Tongue-in-cheek protection: SCOTUS makes it harder to hold our protectors accountable. Thanks for that. [Bloomberg Law] * Though vague, over 200 CEOs are pressing lawmakers to do something about gun violence. Maybe children will be safer now that businessmen care. [Axios] * If Correlation =/= Causation was a person: Missouri congressman thinks mass shootings are on the rise because of abortion access. [Newsweek] * SCOTUS may step the US closer to relinquishing colonial authority. [Boston Globe]

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 12.03.15

* You don't hear this much, but The Daily News nails it with a biting criticism of the GOP presidential candidates' response to the tragic San Bernardino shooting: "Prayers aren’t working." [The Daily News] * Looks like Dickstein Shapiro is looking to get hitched before the end of the year -- they are reportedly talking to multiple potential merger partners. [Law.com] * Cozen O'Connor partner Wayne Rohde is accused of lying about his attorney disciplinary record. [National Law Journal] * Rahm Emmanuel is resisting calls for his resignation amid the scandal surrounding the shooting death by Chicago cops of Laquan McDonald. [CNN] * Browne George Ross LLP was hit with a $6 million malpractice suit. [Law360] * Law firms are getting in the holiday spirit, over 100 firms are working together on a clothing drive for the homeless. [Legal Times]

By Kathryn Rubino
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 10.07.15

* How are law firms winning new clients? Check out the details of a new study. [Business of Law Blog] * Which law school lays claim to the very best piece of swag? [TaxProf Blog] * Oh, the lengths people will go to keep the 10 Commandments on public property. Good news for lawyers, lots of litigation ahead. [Wonkette] * Can you safely handle some side action? Or are you a goodie-goodie ill-equipped for danger? [Law and More] * Regrets? He has a few. Meet the former congressman that created the law to restrict research into gun violence, but wishes he hadn't. [Huffington Post] * Bad news: your right to a sex party is not protected by the Constitution. Stupid founders' intent. [Jezebel]

By Kathryn Rubino
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 12.10.14

* We know all about the ridiculous lawyer with three Harvard degrees who is apparently considering suing a mom-and-pop Chinese restaurant over a $4 overcharge. We'll have more on this absolute absurdity later. [Boston.com] * An English court ruled that a girl with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder couldn't be awarded damages against her mother because the harm occurred in utero. Remember folks, the unborn aren't people, only corporations are. [Daily Beast] * A Foley & Lardner IP partner may be facing sanctions for a rather unorthodox petition for a writ of certiorari that he submitted to the Supreme Court. [Legal Times] * Someone at Harvard Law taped fliers containing the last words of unarmed African-Americans who shot by police over portraits of their law professors. [ABC News] * Per a recent study, the vast majority of law students have suffered from some sort of mental health issue while in law school. This isn't at all shocking. [Yale Daily News]

By Staci Zaretsky