How Do Lawyers Celebrate Pi Day?
Notes to my (legal) self.
Morning Docket: 05.26.21
* Former Brooks Brothers executives are embroiled in litigation with a former supplier. Guess they are getting experience with another kind of suit... [Sourcing Journal] * A Texas court has ruled that a lawyer's statements in press releases were not protected by the judicial-process privilege. [ABA Journal] * A New York attorney, who allegedly stole millions from clients in the form of real estate proceeds, has been disbarred. [New York Law Journal] * The Manhattan District Attorney has convened a grand jury to investigate Donald Trump's business dealings. [Guardian] * A class action claims that delivery drivers for a pizza chain were allegedly underpaid. Guess they are just asking for a bigger piece of the pie and wanted more dough... [Seattle Times]
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Morning Docket: 04.28.21
* A Wisconsin woman has filed a lawsuit against the maker of bagel bites pizza snacks alleging that they do not contain real mozzarella cheese and tomato sauce. Must be a true "Cheesehead"... [KIRO] * Brittany Spears is asking for some facetime with the judge overseeing her conservatorship. [New York Daily News] * A lawyer has been suspended from practice for five years for firing several bullets into a colleague's law office. [ABA Journal] * A New York City lawyer has seemingly vanished leaving clients and their money in the lurch. [Haute Living] * Donald Trump has lost his effort to avoid sitting for a deposition in a lawsuit filed by protesters who were allegedly assaulted outside of Trump Tower. Not a first for the Donald... [New York Post]
Things I Don’t Understand … And Probably Never Will
What is it with some judges that they can’t STFU or they can’t keep their hands to themselves?
Power Niche Marketing: The First Power Niche Marketing Lesson
What can lawyers learn from pizza purveyors? Managing partner Bruce Stachenfeld explains.
Pizzeria Attempts To Trademark The Flavor Of Pizza. Yes, Seriously.
Well this is just astounding.
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Morning Docket: 02.20.14
* Justice Scalia apparently has an ulterior motive for his hatred of deep-dish pizza: “He’s just trying to undermine Barack Obama because he’s a Chicago guy.” God, can’t the guy just like New York style pizza better? Come on. [WSJ Law Blog (sub. req.)] * Now that the Federal Communication Commission’s net neutrality rules have been smacked down by the D.C. Circuit, the agency is going to start from scratch and come up with some new ones. Yeah, good luck with that. [National Law Journal] * “Roll your window up, ignore the taunting, put your car in reverse, move a parking spot over.” These are some of the ways you can avoid killing black teenagers over loud music, says a Michael Dunn juror. [CNN] * The toupee gave it away: A lawyer who used to work as an i-banker at Stratton Oakmont is suing for defamation over a character he claims was modeled after him in the “Wolf of Wall Street.” [ABC News] * The lawsuit filed against Nick Saban’s daughter by her sorority sister was tossed under Alabama’s “stand your ground” rule over her objections that she was kind of like a defenseless receiver. [Associated Press]
Scalia, Ever The Originalist, Issues Dissent On Deep-Dish Pizza
An Italian-American Supreme Court justice's ruling on... pizza?
Non-Sequiturs: 01.09.13
* They should teach “defending strippers” in law school. I feel like people could have a thriving practice just representing strippers against the various perils in their lives. [The Smoking Gun] * And of course, that class should be taught by Marc Randazza. [The Legal Satyricon] * Bill Maher v. Donald Trump. Offer v. Consideration. Comedian v. D-bag. This will make for a fun issue spotter for any spring term contracts classes. [Josh Blackman's Blog] * Can you prove that a getting a legal aid lawyer actually helps? Are you sure? [Boston Globe] * Birthers are now coming after Chief Justice Roberts. You know what they’re not coming after? Book learning! (zing) [Huffington Post] * Here’s a formal job application, I think, to be the new Clerk of the Supreme Court. [Prawfsblawg] * In the state of nature, this is how pizza places were kept down to the level of the rest of us. [Legal Juice]
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Morning Docket: 11.16.11
* One of the reasons that members of Congress are so filthy rich is because they’re only technically breaking the law, but Scott Brown wants to try to curb Congressional “insider trading.” [CBS News] * In other Congressional news, pizza is now considered a vegetable. And fat people the world over rejoiced by stuffing their […]
Quote of the Day: Is Justice Scalia a Pizza Originalist?
I think [New York pizza] is infinitely better than Washington pizza, and infinitely better than Chicago pizza. You know these deep-dish pizzas — it’s not pizza. It’s very good, but … call it tomato pie or something. … I’m a traditionalist, what can I tell you? — Justice Antonin Scalia, in an interview with California […]
The Eyes of the Law: Justices Eat Pizza Too
Here’s a fun little judicial sight-ation from the weekend. On Saturday night, at around 9 p.m., Justice Elena Kagan was spotted in the elevator of the luxury apartment building in downtown D.C. that she calls home. According to our tipster, Justice Kagan was wearing “mom jeans.” And carrying a pizza. The 112th justice of the […]