Mark Zuckerberg

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 07.24.20

* Facebook is paying up to $650 million to settle a lawsuit alleging the company violated Illinois' facial recognition law. That's basically a parking ticket for Zuckerberg... [Vox] * Michael Cohen is being released from prison again after a federal judge found that he was sent back to the clink in retaliation for publishing a book on President Trump. [CNBC News] * A lawsuit has been filed against Disney by two writers who claimed they developed a spec script for Pirates of the Caribbean years before the movies were produced. [Business Insurance] * The former police officer accused of killing George Floyd has been charged with tax evasion, along with his wife. [ABC News] * Tesla has filed a lawsuit against rival Rivian for allegedly poaching talent and trade secrets. Nerd fight! [TechCrunch]

By Jordan Rothman
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 12.12.16

* The new treatise on race and the law in the post-Obama age. [The Crime Report] * A deep dive into the Iowans on Trump's SCOTUS shortlist. [Des Moines Register] * And two of the Coloradans too. [Denver Post; Denver Post] * Plus more on who might be Trump's pick for Solicitor General. [Empirical SCOTUS] * Rural areas really need lawyers. [KCUR] * The latest legal challenge to Brexit. [The Independent] * Does Mark Zuckerberg have political aspirations? [Law and More] * RIP retired federal judge, Miles Lord. [ABC]

By Kathryn Rubino
Bankruptcy

Morning Docket: 07.23.14

* Yesterday afternoon, two of D&L’s former executives quietly settled a clawback suit filed by Alan Jacobs, the firm’s bankruptcy trustee. Dewey know how much Messrs. Sanders and DiCarmine had to pay the piper? [WSJ Law Blog] * GrayRobinson is the latest firm to hop aboard the medical marijuana bandwagon by launching its own regulated products practice group. Lawyers will soon puff, puff, pass around those lovely billable hours. [Daily Business Review] * Pain at the pump apparently extends to this gas giant’s résumé dumps. A suit alleging bias in ExxonMobil’s hiring moves forward thanks to the Illinois Human Rights Commission. [Washington Blade] * Facebook’s founder Mark Zuckerberg will be testifying against Paul Ceglia in court to prove that the alleged huckster faked a contract that claimed he owned more than half the company. Like. [Bloomberg] * It seems that Kid Rock has been subpoenaed over a glass sex toy that was supposedly given to him by a former Insane Clown Posse employee. Kid Rock is probably thrilled to be in the news again. [MLive.com]

By Staci Zaretsky
Biglaw

Morning Docket: 03.10.14

* Dewey know who Zachary Warren is? Per this failed firm’s insiders, he seems to be a “man of mystery” who apparently worked in the “bowels of the bureaucracy” that ultimately led to D&L’s demise. [Am Law Daily] * “You can cross-examine the witness. You can’t cross examine an email.” Defense of the Dewey defendants may be tough when it’s time for trial — and you can bet your ass there’ll be a trial. [New York Law Journal] * Fear not, friends, because Patton Boggs has found a way to weather the storm. It’s the same way most barely buoyant firms stay afloat: more layoffs. Expect more on this news later today. [National Law Journal] * Paul Ceglia, the man who claims he owns half of Facebook’s fortunes, can’t toss his criminal charges. Sometimes wheeling and dealing with allegedly faux contracts will land you in the clink. [Bloomberg] * Because no father wants to see his daughter become “tabloid fodder”: Rachel Canning, the New Jersey schoolgirl who sued her parents, is being “savaged” by the public. Aww, poor little Millennial. [Daily Record]

By Staci Zaretsky