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Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 07.29.20

* Rapper Master P's lawsuit against a marijuana investment firm has gone up in smoke. Guess the chances at success were just a pipe dream, and the arguments were half baked (I can go all day). [GeekWire] * Although Mitch McConnell may be nervous about a large amount of COVID-19 personal injury lawsuits, only a small number of such cases have been filed to date. [Politico] * Check out the list of Billboard's top music lawyers for 2020. [Billboard] * Attorney General Barr had some heated exchanges with House Democrats at hearings on the Hill yesterday. [USA Today] * A criminal defendant may receive a new trial because a juror who is a lawyer did his or her own legal research on the case. This attorney should know better... [ABA Journal]

By Jordan Rothman
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 11.07.19

* Rudy Giuliani has finally selected the counsel that will represent him in the impeachment probe. Looks like his version of "The Apprentice: Lawyer Edition” is now over. [Politico] * Sources say former Attorney General Jeff Sessions will announce today that he is running for his old Senate seat. [CNN} * A judge has signaled that he will allow a lawsuit filed by House Democrats seeking President Trump's tax records to proceed. [The Hill] * A white male former lawyer for the Hershey Company can Hershey's Kiss his race and gender discrimination lawsuit against the company goodbye. [Patriot News] * Law student groups are refusing to accept funding from firms with mandatory arbitration clauses. [Bloomberg] * President Trump reportedly asked Attorney General Barr to clear him of wrongdoing over Ukraine, which Attorney General Barr refused to do. [Wall Street Journal]

By Jordan Rothman