Richard Spencer

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 11.23.21

* In what appears to be a lynching case, the defense opts to close by talking about the victim's feet. Is this a lost cut from a Tarantino film or something? [CNN] * A police officer is sentenced to 4 years of effectively socially distancing in his home for raping someone. [Baltimore Sun] * Another high-profile self-defense case is worthy of your attention: Chrystul Kizer's. [NPR] * Jurors are deciding if Richard Spencer et al. are responsible for the consequences of the "Unite The Right" white supremacist rally back in 2017. Depending on how incitement works, this lawsuit may just be the first of many. [AP News] * "Fast ride; mind if I take it?" will likely be quipped by several Texas officers in times to come. [Concho Valley] * Lawyers who filed and who cried election fraud got sent a "Don't waste my time" fee to the tune of about $180k. [WaPo]

By Chris Williams
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 06.23.20

* Lawyers for the estate of the helicopter pilot accused in a lawsuit of causing the crash that killed Kobe Bryant and others wants the case removed from Los Angeles. Pretty sure people know who Kobe Bryant is outside of LA... [Yahoo Sports] * Lyft has settled a lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice alleging that the ride-sharing service violated the Americans with Disabilities Act. [Tech Crunch] * The Trump Administration is facing a lawsuit for failing to provide COVID-19 relief money to undocumented families. [Buzzfeed News] * A lawyer for alt-right figure Richard Spencer has been allowed to withdraw from representing him in a case involving the 2017 Charlottesville violence. [Yahoo News] * Check out this profile of a top Hollywood lawyer who wheels and deals while walking around 10 miles a day. That's kind of the opposite of the Lincoln Lawyer... [Wall Street Journal]

By Jordan Rothman
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 09.06.17

* Let the DACA lawsuits begin! [New York Law Journal] * But don't forget about the transgender ban -- we've got a new lawsuit over that too, courtesy of Latham & Watkins. [The Recorder] * New York AG Office secures up to 7-year sentence in Operation Vandelay Industries, which was exactly what you'd think it is. [Law360] * Richard Spencer is trying to speak at the University of Florida now as part of the ongoing real assault on campus free speech -- the deliberate efforts by Spencer and others to whip up enough protest so they can then agitate for schools to install roadblocks against organized dissent. And lawyers remain the easiest marks in the world for this con. [Corporate Counsel] * Former CIA Director John Brennan is joining Fordham Law School's Center on National Security. [Seattle Times] * A profile of Edward Hanover, FIFA's first-ever compliance officer. So all that stuff about countries buying votes and using slave labor is a thing of the past! Or, will be by 2022 anyway. [Law.com] * The Boston Red Sox have filmed a powerful ad for the Apple iWatch. [NY Times]

By Joe Patrice
Morning Docket

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]

By Kathryn Rubino