Michael Flynn

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 10.09.20

* A $50 million lawsuit is being filed on behalf of a woman who was declared dead and later found alive at a funeral home. This sounds like an episode of Tales from the Crypt... [Fox News] * A Maine lawyer is accused of sexual misconduct and other unethical acts against indigent clients he represented. [ProPublica] * Michael Flynn's lawyer is calling for the disqualification of a judge overseeing Flynn's criminal case. [National Law Journal] * A New Jersey lawyer has been suspended from practice for accepting retainers from clients and performing no work on the files. [New Jersey Law Journal] * The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Yale University yesterday over admissions practices that are allegedly unfair to Asian and white applicants. Yale must have some decent lawyers that can represent it... [Wall Street Journal]

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]