Kentucky

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 10.11.22

* The Law is the Law! But will it be enforced? More Constitutional Sheriffing! [NYT] * Going to Times Square? Might want to leave the glock at home. [ABC] * Moore v. Harper is upon us. Here are the stakes. [Atlantic] * The religious argument in favor of abortion hits Kentucky. [Wa Po] * High fashion meets just practices in New York. [Guardian]

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Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 08.12.22

* Considering that performers get bottles thrown at their heads, I can see why they wouldn’t want to perform somewhere with guns. [NBC DFW] * Whistleblowing has diminishing returns in Colorado [9 News] * Kentucky wants to keep sex offenders from getting badges. [WRDB] * NY law requires museums to acknowledge if the art was stolen by Nazis. It’s like that Killmonger scene, but different. [Gothamist]

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Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 05.20.22

* Justice Thomas's views on which companies are common carriers could be key to compelling hate speech. [Ars Technica] * Mississippi just strengthened its animal rights laws. Gotta look out for our buddies. [Action News] * NY's Supreme Court rules cops can't use chokeholds again. Not sure why it was brought back in vogue but alright. [CNN] * Kamala Harris gives Oklahoma's abortion law anything but the OK. [NY Post] * Judge continues ban on a Kentucky law that would prohibit abortion. [NBC News]

By Chris Williams
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 04.14.22

>* The DOJ helping to keep lower-wage conspiracies at bay? Yeah, that sounds good. [NYT] * Kentucky just attacked Roe in a big way. [Reuters] * Colorado makes cycling a little safer by allowing bikers to make rolling stops. They were probably doing that before the law but progress is progress. [9 News] * Remember the suit about Elon not announcing his acquisition of Twitter shares earlier? Well, he wants it all now. [BBC] * Looks like not everyone is the biggest fan of Scalia’s writing style. [Reddit]

By Chris Williams
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 02.15.22

* Hard to Barrett times: Supreme Court justice goes back to alma mater to speak on the tensions between precedent and equity. [NDSMC Observer] * Virginia just passed a law that will ban open air burning before 4 p.m. to help stave off forest fires.  If a mnemonic helps, say no to Sean Paul till 4! [WDBJ 7] * The ABA makes it a requirement for law schools to require anti-bias training. Yes, I will be keeping eyes on Twitter for the people outraged over this. Something about enabling equity really gets under people's skin. [Reuters] *  Well-behaved women seldom got hired: American Freight Management Company settles hiring discrimination lawsuit for $5M. Does this mean now is a good time to apply or that you wouldn't want to work here anyway? Let us know! [HR Drive] * About two thirds of Kentuckians are okay with legal sports betting. May the odds be ever in their favor. [WSN]

By Chris Williams
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 05.03.21

* A lawsuit about the Alienstock festival, which was supposed to take place near the famous Area 51 site, has been settled. Hope the settlement amount wasn't out of this world... [Review Journal] * A Kentucky judge is taking action to purge cases filed by a lawyer who was allegedly involved in social security fraud. [Hill] * Newsmax has settled a case filed against it by Dominion Voting Systems over allegedly false statements made by the media company about election fraud. [Forbes] * Blue Cross Blue Shield has settled a class action alleging the company used anti-competitive tactics that harmed consumers. [Duluth News Tribune] * A Michigan law firm is accepting cryptocurrency, including Dogecoin, as payment. Elon Musk was right, Dogecoin is useful for something... [Click On Detroit]

By Jordan Rothman
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 04.23.20

* The prosecutor who resigned over a sentencing memo in the Roger Stone case has joined the DC Attorney General's Office. Seems like he landed on his feet. [Hill] * A New Jersey lawyer cannot be readmitted to practice unless he shows that his wife has no access to his accounts, checkbooks, and other financial records. There must be a good story behind this... [ABA Journal] * A federal judge has dismissed a malicious prosecution claim filed by Jussie Smollett stemming from the attack he allegedly staged to increase his profile. [USA Today] * A Kentucky lawyer has been charged with making terroristic threats after allegedly threatening Kentucky's governor. This attorney should brush up on his constitutional law. [Hill] * Dozens of in-house lawyers are agreeing to pay cuts in order to help their companies deal with issues created by COVID-19. [Bloomberg Law] * A knife-wielding lawyer allegedly forced a journalist to delete footage of this attorney at a shelter-at-home protest. Guess this lawyer took the law into his own hands... [New York Post]

By Jordan Rothman