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Government
FL AG Takes Victory Lap After Eleventh Circuit Dropkicks The State's Ridiculous Social Media Law
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Government
Harvard Law's Ron DeSantis Flunks Disney's Contract Issue Spotter
I guess Mickey went to Yale. -
Government
Soon Florida Parents Can Sue The Lunch Lady For Making Their Kids Gay With Veggie Burgers
Tofu is a gateway drug! -
Government
Ron DeSantis Threatens To Sue Joe Biden For Depriving Floridians Of Ineffective Drugs
Extremely expensive ineffective drugs. -
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Government
Ron DeSantis Took On Cruise Lines And Ran Right Into An Iceberg
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.07.21
* Lawsuits were filed mere minutes after Florida’s new election reform was signed into law. Those attorneys must be fast typers… [Newsweek]
* Check out this article on a law grad who has netted $83,000 a year as an underwear model on OnlyFans. [Law and More]
* Roy Moore’s lawyer was reportedly absent from a hearing in the case he filed against Sacha Baron Cohen related to Moore’s appearance on Who Is America. [Courthouse News]
* Devin Nunes’s attorney has been ordered to pay CNN $21,000 in legal fees for filing frivolous defamation litigation. [Law and Crime]
* The Attorney General of Texas has unblocked critics on Twitter following a lawsuit. [Yahoo News]
* A lawsuit filed by an astronomer against a company that created a doll in her likeness has been dismissed. Like many things, very reminiscent of a Seinfeld episode… [Chicago Sun Times]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 03.29.21
* Florida’s Ron DeSantis threatened litigation unless the CDC greenlights cruises to resume by summer. Maybe he just wants to galivant around the Caribbean… [Yahoo News]
* Amazon is facing litigation over allegations that it failed to provide required meal breaks. [Verge]
* A Brooklyn judge has dismissed a case because a lawyer refused to wear a mask. [Daily News]
* A Minnesota lawyer has been sanctioned for allegedly filing election challenges without the plaintiffs’ knowledge. [Twin Cities Pioneer Press]
* A small Chicago bookseller is suing Amazon for allegedly using anticompetitive tactics. Sounds like this could be a sequel for You’ve Got Mail… [Oregonian]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 12.01.20
* A Long Island lawyer has filed nearly 100 lawsuits alleging that companies are falsely claiming their products contain vanilla. He should go after restaurants unfairly advertising they sell New York-style pizza and bagels… [Inside Edition]
* A Florida lawyer, who dressed as the Grim Reaper on beaches to promote social distancing, is facing legal setbacks in his lawsuit against Florida’s Governor Ron DeSantis over COVID-19-related measures. [News Service of Florida]
* A number of court proceedings in Durham County, North Carolina, have been canceled because a substantial amount of local prosecutors are quarantining after being exposed to COVID-19. [WRAL.com]
* A Michigan funeral home recently settled a lawsuit that led to a major LGBT ruling at the Supreme Court. [Star Tribune]
* Massachusetts is paving the way for marijuana delivery, which may prompt legal action from retailers. Guess Mr. Nice Guy might soon be legal in the Commonwealth… [Mass Live]
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Courts
Florida Judge Blocks DeSantis Order For Schools To Reopen 'Voluntarily' Or Lose State Funding
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.13.20
* A Cincinnati lawyer has pleaded guilty to buying a $3,000 tiger-skin rug in violation of the Endangered Species Act. Maybe he was just a huge fan of Joe Exotic? [Enquirer]
* A South Florida lawyer says he has spent around $700,000 to recover $100,000 over the principle of it all. [Daily Business Review]
* Parents are claiming in a new lawsuit that remote learning because of COVID-19 denies some children a basic education. [News Tribune]
* The Florida lawyer who wore a grim reaper outfit to warn about the dangers of COVID-19 is now using a mobile billboard to protest Governor Ron DeSantis’s response to the pandemic. [Florida Phoenix]
* A California lawyer who called a female judge’s opinion “succubustic” is suing over potential ethics consequences for the comment. If it weren’t for South Park, I would have no idea what that meant… [ABA Journal]
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Morning Docket
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]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.29.20
* A Florida man who had his law license revoked has filed a pro se lawsuit challenging Governor DeSantis’s lockdown orders. Guess he found one way to get back into a courtroom. [ABC News]
* A lawyer who helped a witness skip town so she wouldn’t have to testify in court has been suspended from practice. [Bloomberg Law]
* If you have ever considered life as an American expat attorney, check out this article. [Black Enterprise]
* A CNN news team was arrested on live TV this morning while covering Minneapolis protests related to the death of George Floyd. [CNN]
* Harvey Weinstein is facing additional sexual misconduct lawsuits. [Vulture]
* The wife of an attorney is accused of stealing tens of thousands of dollars from an elderly victim. At least she can get free legal advice from her husband… [CBS News]
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