New York Sports Clubs

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 03.04.21

* A federal detainee who threw a chair at a prosecutor has been charged. Guess they threw the book at him... [Department of Justice] * Residents of North Carolina will purportedly be allowed to phone a lawyer for free tomorrow. [ABC News] * A lawyer for Joe Biden accuser Tara Reade is requesting that the New York Times compensate his client for publishing Reade's social security number. [Fox News] * A proposed law in Florida would make it difficult to sue healthcare providers and nursing homes for damages related to COVID-19. [NBC News] * The former owner of New York Sports Clubs has settled a lawsuit over billing practices during the COVID-19 pandemic. That case wasn't on the legal treadmill for long... [Reuters]

By Jordan Rothman
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 04.06.20

* The New York Attorney General has ordered New York Sports Clubs to stop charging membership dues while gyms are closed. Now everyone has an excuse not to go to the gym, and they might even save some money too. [Gothamist] * A noted Chinese human rights lawyer has finally been released from prison. [New York Times] * A lawyer who worked at a well-known New York personal injury law firm claims that a supervisor repeatedly showed her pornographic images. And this is not an "I know it when I see" situation. [Law 360] * President Trump indicated that he intends to nominate a White House lawyer to be the inspector general overseeing COVID-19 relief funding. [Bloomberg Law] * Lawsuits about COVID-19 are piling up, and because many courts are all but closed, it may take a while for these matters to be resolved. [New York Daily News] * Attorneys are offering drive-up estate planning services so you can have a will signed without leaving your car. They should throw in a burger and fries to provide the entire drive-thru experience... [CT Post]

By Jordan Rothman
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 03.30.20

* New York Sports Clubs has been hit with a class-action lawsuit for charging membership fees while its gyms are shuttered because of COVID-19. Seems like most people would just be happy to have an excuse not to go to the gym... [Gothamist] * A Brooklyn lawyer is suing New York Governor Andrew Cuomo over orders meant to curtail the spread of COVID-19. [New York Post] * DACA beneficiaries have sent a letter to the Supreme Court imploring the justices to consider how around 27,000 DACA beneficiaries are healthcare workers that are needed to fight the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. [CNN] * The NRA has filed a lawsuit against the governor of California over gun store restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic. [Fox News] * The lawyer at the center of an early cluster of COVID-19 cases in New York has been released from the hospital. [NBC News] * The University of Arizona is facing a class-action lawsuit seeking refunds to students who have been forced into remote learning because of COVID-19. Guess if these students wanted to take online courses, they could have enrolled at the University of Phoenix... [Arizona Daily Star]

By Jordan Rothman