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Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 05.13.20

* An Ohio lawyer has been suspended for allegedly stealing millions of dollars from clients to pay for his wife's breast implants, trips to Vegas, a Mercedes, jewelry, and other extravagances. Hope he saved enough money for a good attorney... [ABA Journal] * Ikea is facing a class-action lawsuit for allegedly defective dressers. [USA Today] * A lawyer is in hot water for telling a federal judge that his client has COVID-19 to get an early release when the client had in fact already recovered from the disease. [New York Post] * Another Texas attorney has put her law practice on hold to be a nurse in an area hard hit by COVID-19. [Fox News] * President Trump's lawyers were grilled at Supreme Court oral arguments this week over the release of President Trump's tax returns. [The Guardian] * Skadden Arps has reportedly paid around $11 million to avoid a lawsuit involving the former Prime Minister of Ukraine. That's a lot of cheddar, even for Skadden. [Hill]

By Jordan Rothman
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 01.07.20

* Michael Avenatti has failed in his bid to have counts in his indictment dismissed. [Nassdaq] * A suspended Providence attorney has admitted to taking a dead client's pension for around a dozen years. Seems slightly unethical. [Providence Journal] * A man charged with murder has elected to act as his own attorney. [The Herald] * Ikea is reportedly paying $46 million to settle a lawsuit involving a dresser that tipped over and killed a child [CBS News] * A veteran of the Mueller investigation has decided to join Cooley LLP (the law firm, not the school). [National Law Journal]

By Jordan Rothman
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 02.11.16

* This sounds miserable: taking (and passing) the bar exam with an 8-week-old infant at home. [ABA for Law Students] * Maybe a new lawyer will be able to stiff-arm the DA’s office on LeSean McCoy’s behalf. [Buffalo Rumblings] * Dickstein Shapiro is “no longer engaged in the practice of law.” But don’t shed tears for the out-of-work attorneys just yet, the attorneys will move to Blank Rome in a wholesale lateral move. [National Law Journal] * Remember this case as you scramble for a last minute Valentine’s Day gift: a Valentine’s Day gift -- and the reaction to a terrible one -- can lead to a lawsuit. [Coverage Opinions] * Will the Bill Cosby case signal a change in the handling of sexual assault cases? [Huffington Post] * This is how police work can contribute to reasonable doubt. [Katz Justice] * Cheap furniture behemoth IKEA lost a trademark claim in Indonesia. Won’t somebody please think of the college students? [Jakarta Coconuts] * Sure diversity initiative may take hard work and trust, but, you know, they're still worth it. [Law and More]

By Kathryn Rubino
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 02.11.16

* The 5 questions employers shouldn't ask in job interviews. "Does this look infected?" inexplicably fails to make the list. [Law360] * Cleveland is suing Tamir Rice's family for not paying for the ambulance that picked him up after he got gunned down by police. In the contest for "Worst Place In America," Cleveland just keeps racking up points. [Slate] * Mark Cuban continues harassing the SEC with amicus filings over their haphazard enforcement antics. Being rich and a little bit obnoxious finally serves a public purpose. [Litigation Daily] * Ikea has lost the trademark in its own name in Indonesia. This seems as good an opportunity as any to link to this video. [Coconuts Jakarta] * Department of Justice sues Ferguson for years of pervasive racial discrimination. This comes after the city rejected a negotiated deal, because whenever the federal government has you dead to rights you should absolutely piss all over the deal they offer. [Huffington Post] * NASA employees barred from writing "Jesus" in newsletter. Some are calling this a religious freedom issue, but that's ridiculous -- this is a scientific credibility issue. You're NASA! You've been up there and know he's not hanging around on a cloud. [Corporate Counsel] * Sanctioned former Mintz Levin associate brings defamation claims against newspapers. [The Am Law Daily]

By Joe Patrice