Morning Docket: 08.17.15
* This October, rappers Jay Z and Timbaland will have to testify in a lawsuit concerning copyright infringement and improper music sampling. We'll see how "Big Pimpin'" they really are when we find out which lawyers and law firms are repping them. [Page Six / New York Post] * This judge apparently doesn't appreciate fighting words in pleadings. "Do you want to fight me? Is that what you want?" A West Virginia magistrate judge challenged a litigant -- one who previously called the magistrate a "fat sweaty slob" in motion papers -- to come to his house and "see what happens." [Charleston Gazette-Mail] * An ex-Texas judge was sentenced for his side job of smuggling guns into Mexico and selling them. He faced up to 70 years when he pleaded guilty to two felony counts in May, and was handed his 18-month sentence on Friday. Yeehaw! [Austin American-Statesman] * The Idaho College of Law will begin to host first-year law school classes at its Boise campus starting in 2017. The Boise campus now serves 1Ls, 2LS, and 3Ls, but not to worry, this flyover law school's main campus isn't going anywhere. [Idaho Statesman] * Julian Bond, civil rights icon, SPLC board member, former NAACP chair, RIP. [NYT]
