Mount Everest

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 06.01.21

* A Michigan lawyer, who allegedly gave his adversary the middle finger during a virtual court hearing, has purportedly been fined $3,000. That's one expensive bird... [Detroit Free Press] * Unvaccinated workers at a Houston hospital are suing over their employer's vaccination mandate. [Washington Post] * A Philadelphia-area attorney passed away last week hours after he was pulled from a bay in Longport, New Jersey. [Fox News] * Johnson & Johnson is asking the Supreme Court to hear an ovarian cancer case that resulted in a $2 billion judgment against the company. [NBC News] * A retired attorney is now the oldest person to have scaled Mount Everest. [Chicago Tribune]

By Jordan Rothman
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 06.01.17

* This is not a metaphor -- John Quinn takes on Everest. [Big Law Business] * A DOJ staffer got the ball rolling on the Mike Flynn investigation. [Wall Street Journal] * Get your popcorn ready for next week's Comey testimony. [Huffington Post] * Financial advice just in case you get laid off. [Law and More] * Paul Caron starts his term as Dean of Pepperdine University School of Law. [TaxProf Blog] * Internet surveillance isn't the future, it's the present. [Katz Justice]

By Kathryn Rubino