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Morning Docket: 06.01.20

* A disbarred attorney has been sentenced to prison for stealing his dead client's pension for twelve years. This former lawyer puts the guys in Weekend at Bernie's to shame. [Providence Journal] * Two attorneys, including a Biglaw lawyer, have been charged with throwing a Molotov cocktail into an NYPD police vehicle during protests this weekend over the killing of George Floyd. [New York Daily News] * The Supreme Court has held that states have the power to regulate how many people can attend religious services during the COVID-19 pandemic. [Vox] * The top lawyer at the FBI is resigning, purportedly due to pressure to remove officials at the Bureau connected with the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. [CNN] * A judge who is recovering from COVID-19 will be deciding if Washington State's safer-at-home orders should be suspended. Have to admire this judge's resolve. [Komo News]

By Jordan Rothman
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 03.16.20

* Creditors of Toys ‘R Us claim that employees bilked the company of assets during the bankruptcy process. That must’ve been where all the video games went… [Law 360] * A lawyer involved in the Trump impeachment process has tested positive for coronavirus. [CNN]

By Jordan Rothman
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 10.25.19

* An Apple lawyer tasked with preventing insider trading has been charged with insider trading.  The good news is he probably knows a lot about the law of insider trading. [CNBC] * Law firm rents in most parts of New York City are on the rise.  Hasn't anyone heard of WeWork? They've been in the news a lot lately... [New York Law Journal] * Attorney General Barr's review of the Russian probe has now turned into a criminal investigation. [Wall Street Journal] * A small law firm has removed a Halloween display that featured black jack-o-lanterns after facing complaints.  Apparently, they bought the jack-o-lanterns from Bed Bath and Beyond, definitely in the beyond aisle. [News 12 Westchester] * Brendan Dassey's lawyers used the help of 250 experts to support his request for clemency. [Post Crescent] * Mayor de Blasio and the NYPD confirm that they would charge President Trump if he actually shot someone on Fifth Avenue. We live in interesting times... [The Hill]

By Jordan Rothman
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 12.23.15

* Yup, this is STILL happening -- rape victims being charged for he cost of their rape kits. [Slate] * What happens to a university when its law school keeps dragging it down? [Lawyers, Guns and Money] * Here come the legal scholars defending the constitutionality of Donald Trump's dumb ideas. [NBC News] * Are you going to get work dumped on you right before the holidays? You are going to get work dumped on you right before the holidays. [Daily Lawyer Tips] * NYU is getting a new president -- and a $1.1 million renovation to the president's penthouse. [New York Times] * NYPD officer is charged for arresting a man that tried to film him. [Gawker] * Being convicted of a felony hasn't made Dinesh D'Souza love Obama more. [Wonkette] * The stigma of mental health issues when you are a lawyer. [Law and More]

By Kathryn Rubino
Morning Docket

Morning Docket 04.28.15

* Oh Texas. Judge gets in trouble for posting about an ongoing trial on Facebook, violating HER OWN RULE about posting about an ongoing trial on Facebook. [Texas Lawyer] * Head of the Georgia state judicial ethics committee resigns after billing questions arise. [Daily Report] * Ach nein! Orrick closes two German offices. [Am Law] * Yup, if you graduated law school (even from a great school like Columbia) in 2010, you are well and truly screwed. [NY Times] * Get ready for the gay marriage oral arguments with a fascinating history of codified homophobia in public service. [WaPo] * Irony alert: Judge's son got a DUI when he was driving recklessly in front of -- yup, you guessed it -- the courthouse. [Times Free Press] * NY State Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman comes out in favor of decriminalization of seven "broken windows" offenses that account for ~42% of NYPD summonses. [NY Daily News] * RIP Harvey Miller, 82, Weil Gotshal bankruptcy partner passed away after a fight with ALS. [NYLJ]

By Kathryn Rubino