New Jersey

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 08.31.22

* Banning shopping bags led to people just stealing the shopping baskets. I can't even think of a witty line for this one. Gotta love Dirty Jersey. [USA Today] * Donny Boy may have moved some classified documents. What is that illegal? Well...yes. [NPR] * The directions to Times Square just took on a whole new level of legal importance. [NBC New York] * Californian bill vindicates Nate Dogg's life advice for us all. [The Hill] * Californian law requires businesses to tell what they pay their workers. Maybe one day we can afford that stupid "How much do you expect to make working here?" question in interviews. [USA Today]

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 07.01.22

* Requiem for the Vote: The Six Christians of the United States (SCOTUS) are slated to hear a case on voting rights next term. [CNN] * It's the first of the month — here's what's new in Virginia. [WTOP] * "Don't Say Gay" just took effect in Florida. [The Hill] * NJ's limit on gun ammo capacity is probably about to go the way of the Establishment Clause. [New Jersey Monitor] * In today's episode of anti-CRT: Chattel slavery was just an involuntary relocation. [AP]

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 04.20.22

* Sick flight: airborne passengers remove masks mid flight in response to a Judge overturning federal mask mandates. [Vice] * It’s hip to be kind: Mainers want to extend their Good Samaritan laws. [WMTW] * Not done fighting: Wendy Davis continues the legal fight against SB8.  [KTSA] * Governor increases penalties for selling Fentanyl.  [WAPT] * Forgiveness ain’t cheap: NJ diocese shells out over $85 million to settle sexual abuse claims. [AP]

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 03.10.22

* In Buffalo, wild winging it lands man in legal trouble. [WGRZ] *  Something about you is different: an Oxford and Cincinnati firm merge under a new name. [Journal News] * Can’t stand the heat? These UCLA law students are legislating the kitchen. [Newsroom] * New Jersey will stop doing business with Russia in light of their invading Ukraine. In other news, I just found out New Jersey did business with Russia. [New Jersey Monitor] * Oklahoma living: Wondered the legal way to get rid of raccoons by chance? Read this over your morning coffee. [WKDQ]

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 03.03.22

* Share the road, or else! Jersey law is a win for cyclists and pedestrians. [North Jersey] * Rhode Island’s Supreme Court just overturned a law that considered those serving lifetime sentences civilly dead. [AP] * Allow me to shamelessly advertise: Elie Mystal’s new book just dropped — buy it to impress your friends and lovers. May have to settle for the audiobook for a bit though. [Above the Law] * Put your money where your school is: Florida mayor commits $5M to soon-to-be law school. [ABA Journal] * Stop cutting me off! Churches are recharacterizing their charitable efforts as free speech to work around governments preventing them from helping the homeless. [Vice]

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 02.16.22

* "Wait, are we the bad guys?" The moral ambiguity of Law & Order may be indicative of our legal zeitgeist. Or something, I just write jokes. [NYT] * One man's consideration of financial need is another man's price fixing. While Yale won't like being the cause for litigation, I have a funny feeling they know a few good lawyers. [Yale Daily News] * Tired of venture capitalist bros being the only ones insufferably discussing NFTs? Learn the legal angles now and wow your soon-to-be ex-friends! Here's a primer. [Legalscoops] * Prison industrial complex to human rights breach pipeline? New Jersey's Institute for Social Justice says denying the formerly incarcerated the right to vote is a human rights violation. [Insider NJ] * Share with them a penny for the ferryman: Houston law firm does a little democracy assistance by fronting voters’ transportation costs. [NBC DFW]