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Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 11.20.20

* A California judge has approved some marijuana delivery services within the state. Guess Pineapple Express can now be expressly delivered, and you can get your weed and munchies delivered at the same time... [Los Angeles Times] * Joe Biden might be considering Deval Patrick, the former governor of Massachusetts, to be his Attorney General. [CBS Boston] * A new lawsuit alleges that employees at a Waterloo, Iowa, meatpacking plant (a facility hit hard by the pandemic) took bets about how many workers would contract COVID-19. Seems pretty morbid. [CNN] * A lawyer has been charged with multiple crimes for allegedly luring teenage girls to sleep with him in exchange for being their "sugar daddy." [New York Post] * A former Virginia attorney said that "I may have have made a mistake" after losing his law license for allegedly misappropriating millions from a client. Seems like an understatement... [CBS News]

By Jordan Rothman
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 10.21.20

* The Department of Justice has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google. Don't get it, people still use Ask Jeeves, AOL Keywords, and Prodigy, right...? (I'm really dating myself here!) [Wall Street Journal] * Lawyers at Jones Day have purportedly donated far more money to Joe Biden than President Trump, even though the firm is working on President Trump's re-election campaign. [Reuters] * The Los Angeles District Attorney and her husband are being sued over an incident earlier this year in which the husband of LA's district attorney allegedly pointed a gun at protesters. [Fox News] * President Trump has requested that Attorney General Barr investigate Hunter Biden for alleged improprieties. [Bloomberg Law] * New Hampshire is suing Massachusetts in the Supreme Court of the United States for taxing New Hampshire residents even though they are working remotely. This is going to be a "wicked" interesting case. [Fox News]

By Jordan Rothman
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 09.30.20

* A lawyer has been suspended from practice for being arrested for allegedly driving while nude. The bar examiners can rest assured that this attorney had nothing to hide... [ABA Journal] * A lawyer for Michael Flynn admitted yesterday that she briefed President Trump about Flynn's case. [Politico] * A new lawsuit is claiming that one of Texas's largest counties is approving voter registrations for noncitizens. [Fox News] * The son of a federal judge that was fatally shot in an attack over two months ago has finally been laid to rest. [New York Post] * A Massachusetts lawyer has pleaded guilty to defrauding the U.S. government by applying for federal funds to rehabilitate apartments and then never completing the work. This sounds like a scheme depicted in The Sopranos. [Mass Live]

By Jordan Rothman
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 09.29.20

* Looks like Netflix will be picking up the upcoming Lincoln Lawyer series. Not too newsworthy, but very excited about this! [What's on Netflix] * A federal judge may soon rule if Apple's App Store runs afoul of antitrust rules. [Wall Street Journal] * A Georgia court is allowing a couple to sue a sperm bank for allegedly misrepresenting the background of a sperm donor. [ABC News] * A Massachusetts law firm is being sued for allegedly accepting money from a pharmacy in exchange for referring personal injury clients to the business. [Insurance Journal] * A lawyer for President Trump's campaign previously worked for Al Gore. Maybe this attorney can double as a climate change advisor... [NPR]

By Jordan Rothman
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 12.26.19

* The lawyer for an indicted Giuliani associate is seeking to step down because of his client's inability to pay his fees. [The Hill] * Speaking of Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor is facing backlash for falsely claiming on Facebook that he is a "former attorney general of the United States" even though he never held the high post at the Justice Department. [Daily Beast] * An attorney who was formerly accused of assisting a jailhouse drug smuggling ring has been accused of a hit and run as well. The attorney may be a criminal lawyer... [WTAE Pittsburgh] * A disgraced Massachusetts lawyer has been sentenced to two years in prison for tax fraud. [Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly] * Harvey Weinstein may face criminal charges in Los Angeles as well as his pending criminal charges in New York. [LA Times]

By Jordan Rothman
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 11.08.19

* A lawyer caught up in the college admissions scandal has had his law license suspended. Maybe he also helped his kid get into law school... [New York Post] * The former top lawyer for a firm co-founded by Peter Thiel is suing her ex-employer for wrongful termination. [Los Angeles Times] * The San Francisco District Attorney race may be decided by only a few thousand votes. Never doubt that every vote counts. [San Francisco Chronicle] * A lawyer who claimed he missed a hearing due to his grandfather's death must supply proof to the court. This reminds me of an episode of Seinfeld... [ABA Journal] * President Trump has paid $2M to settle a lawsuit filed by the New York Attorney General regarding the Trump Foundation. [CNN]

By Jordan Rothman
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 07.11.18

* "We never once saw him take a shortcut, treat a case as unimportant, or search for an easy answer." According to 34 of Judge Brett Kavanaugh's former clerks, the man is apparently not just a judge, but also a saint, and they wanted the Senate Judiciary Committee to know all of the details. [National Law Journal] * Nice guys get confirmed fast? More on Judge Kavanaugh's sainthood. The man coaches not one, but two girls' basketball teams, he's a superb "carpool dad," and he takes a family friend's daughter whose father died to the school’s annual father-daughter dance each and every year. He's just so nice! [Washington Post] * Damn, it's not just Arizona Summit's graduates who can't practice law in Arizona. Three lawyers from Kirkland & Ellis -- including Paul Clement, Viet Dinh, and Christopher Bartolomucci -- were booted from the school's case against the ABA for failing to comply with out-of-state attorney admission procedures. [Law360] * Acording to the Boston Larger Law Firm Managing Partner Group, "much work needs to be done" when it comes to attorneys who have experienced inappropriate sexual behavior at work. Per a recent study, 60 percent of respondents had either received messages of a personal or sexual nature, been touched inappropriately, or witnessed a coworker being touched inappropriately. [Boston Business Journal] * Lawyerly Lairs: Convicted Murderer Edition. The 80-acre ranch of Claud "Tex" McIver, the former Fisher Phillips partner who shot his wife in the back, is now on the auction block, and there's a dispute over who will receive the proceeds. [Daily Report]

By Staci Zaretsky