Should President Biden Pardon Rachel Maddow?
The decision contains hazards either way.
One America News Network Gets SLAPPed By Ninth Circuit In MSNBC Defamation Suit
Of all the parties who should stay the hell away from defamation suits ...
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Morning Docket: 07.01.20
* Attorneys in DC can now accept cryptocurrency as a form of payment. As detailed in yesterday's Morning Docket, accepting cocaine as a form of payment is still off limits... [Bloomberg Law] * Florida's governor recently signed a new law requiring parental consent for abortions. [New York Daily News] * OAN has lost a defamation lawsuit against Rachel Maddow, and now they may have to pay the legal fees for her high-priced Biglaw attorneys. [San Diego Times] * A Baltimore family is suing a local restaurant for refusing service to them based on how they were dressed. [TMZ] * A judge has dismissed a New York lawyer's defamation lawsuit against someone who called him an "ambulance chaser" online. This attorney should brush up on his First Amendment law. [Westfair Communications]
Morning Docket: 03.15.17
* Congratulations to newly appointed Loyola Chicago dean Michael Kaufman. [Law.com] * Department of Justice is set to announce today charges in the case revolving around the hack of Yahoo accounts. Of course, it's probably your fault if you use Yahoo for anything but fantasy sports. [CNN] * One contract attorney racked up 6,905 hours (and $1.5 million in billables) on a single shareholder lawsuit. Too bad he was disbarred in the 80s. [Wall Street Journal] * Wait for it... wait for it. Nope, Rachel Maddow's scoop on Donald Trump's taxes, wasn't really worth it. [New York Times] * White nationalist group, the National Policy Institute -- that'd be Richard Spencer's think tank, has been stripped of its tax-exempt status. [Washington Post] * The European Court of Justice ruled a workplace headscarf ban might not be discriminatory. Ummm, okay? [BBC News]
Leave. Donald Trump’s Sister. Alone!
Hey Jeb Bush, this is not cool, okay?
Non-Sequiturs: 06.18.14
* Donald Trump slapped with sanctions. [South Florida Lawyers] * The very, very, very long arm of Canadian jurisdiction. [Slate] * Alafair Burke, author of All Day and a Night (affiliate link), lists her favorite “lawyers are people too” books. In other words, fiction. [Omnivoracious] * The latest assault on Hillary Clinton — dusting off an old story about a particularly nasty case where she served as a court-appointed attorney — is the latest in a string of political attacks on the foundation of the criminal defense system. [Washington Post] * Tomorrow, the Family Violence Appellate Project is throwing a battle of the bands! “Banding Together To End Domestic Violence” features bands from law firms and businesses competing at San Francisco’s 1015 Folsom club. Voting is “Chicago-style,” with each vote $1. Buy tickets and submit “votes” at their website. [Family Violence Appellate Project] * Professor Glenn Cohen of Harvard Law appeared on Rachel Maddow last night to discuss whether or not doctors should participate in executions. I guess no one would be around to complain about the six-month-old issue of People in the waiting area. Video below. [Rachel Maddow Show]
