NASA’s Asteroid Diverting Success Demonstrates Perhaps Most Valuable Technology In History
It's hard to overstate the importance of the DART mission’s success.
Morning Docket: 08.17.21
* The Warriors are coming out to protect and serve. This lawsuit, and others like it, hopes to change that. [ABA Journal] * Arizona and Colorado will be having water cuts. Maybe global warming is just the push we need for environmental lawyers to consider switching over to something with more electrolytes? [Insider] * The Swiss used a supercomputer to calculate Pi to 62.8tn figures. Unfortunately, lawyer that I am, numbers above 13 that aren't salaries stop registering for me. Would that be a lot in damages? [The Guardian] * Bezos, not happy with being eclipsed by Elon, takes NASA to court. [BBC] * About half of US hospitals have experienced downtime due to ransomware. Tech & IP lawyers, do your thang. [Infosecurity Magazine]
Inside The Minds Working At US Midsize Law Firms: 2025 Priorities Revealed
Midsize firms want smarter tech, not more. Our 2025 industry report shows how the right tools—and strategy—can drive growth, efficiency, and better client outcomes.
Morning Docket: 03.31.21
* A lawsuit alleging that a company conspired to fix the price of pork has settled. Guess their actions didn't sound kosher and they were allegedly acting piggish... [Meat+Poultry] * Check out this profile of a retired lawyer who found a new calling as a writer. [Post and Courier] * Bigelow Aerospace is suing NASA for around a million dollars for purportedly not paying for work. That number doesn't seem out of this world... [CBS News] * Representatives of Dominion Voting Systems have not ruled out suing President Trump over remarks he made over alleged fraud in the 2020 election. [Independent] * Since Above the Law has not had a "lawyerly lairs" segment in a while, wanted to relate that a well-known Chicago attorney is selling his posh mansion. [Crain's Chicago Business]
Morning Docket: 06.11.20
* An attorney who spent more than 10 years on the run has been sentenced to three years in prison for developing and selling illegal tax shelters. Sounds like a good plot for a John Grisham book. [Accounting Today] * A lawyer for former National Security Adviser John Bolton alleges that the White House is claiming Bolton's new book contains classified information that cannot be revealed. [CBS News] * The Florida Supreme Court has suspended an attorney who has filed thousands of questionable lawsuits against property insurers. [Insurance Journal] * The Attorneys General of most U.S. states and territories have filed litigation against 26 drugmakers for allegedly fixing the price for generic drugs. [Reuters] * NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has paid $10 million to settle an age discrimination lawsuit alleging that it systematically fired employees over 40 and replaced them with younger workers. Sounds like a twisted kind of Midsommar... [CBS News]
Of Course Our First Space Hack Is So Banal And Human
Family law in space is a lot like family law on Earth.
NASA Patent Licenses Demonstrate Space Research Not Just For Aereospace Industry
Much of the research and development done by NASA has broader applications than space and have been used in many everyday commercial products.
How Paying Attention In Property Class And Neil Armstrong Can Make You Millions
The thing about priceless artifacts is they have a price. A really, really big price.
Morning Docket: 02.11.16
* The 5 questions employers shouldn't ask in job interviews. "Does this look infected?" inexplicably fails to make the list. [Law360] * Cleveland is suing Tamir Rice's family for not paying for the ambulance that picked him up after he got gunned down by police. In the contest for "Worst Place In America," Cleveland just keeps racking up points. [Slate] * Mark Cuban continues harassing the SEC with amicus filings over their haphazard enforcement antics. Being rich and a little bit obnoxious finally serves a public purpose. [Litigation Daily] * Ikea has lost the trademark in its own name in Indonesia. This seems as good an opportunity as any to link to this video. [Coconuts Jakarta] * Department of Justice sues Ferguson for years of pervasive racial discrimination. This comes after the city rejected a negotiated deal, because whenever the federal government has you dead to rights you should absolutely piss all over the deal they offer. [Huffington Post] * NASA employees barred from writing "Jesus" in newsletter. Some are calling this a religious freedom issue, but that's ridiculous -- this is a scientific credibility issue. You're NASA! You've been up there and know he's not hanging around on a cloud. [Corporate Counsel] * Sanctioned former Mintz Levin associate brings defamation claims against newspapers. [The Am Law Daily]