Ruth Bader Ginsberg

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Morning Docket: 11.16.20

* Judge Judy's lawsuit against a former broadcast partner about allegedly unpaid profits is heating up. Maybe they can resolve their differences on The People's Court... [Deadline] * A lawyer for the first woman to face a federal execution in decades is seeking a delay of the execution because the attorney is battling COVID-19. [Yahoo News] * It has been recently revealed that one of Jeffrey Epstein's defense lawyers, who got Epstein a "sweetheart" plea bargain in 2009, previously dated a top prosecutor involved with the deal. [New York Post] * New Jersey policymakers have moved to name a building at Rutgers University after Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who taught at Rutgers Law between 1963 and 1972. [New Jersey Law Journal] * A lawyer has been sentenced to four years in prison for allegedly smuggling meth to clients in jail. Going to refrain from making a lazy Breaking Bad or Better Call Saul joke here... [Texarkana Gazette]

By Jordan Rothman
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 11.26.2019

* A federal judge has ordered former White House Counsel Don McGahn to testify in front of the House impeachment inquiry, stating that "Presidents are not kings." [CNN] * A North Carolina woman has been charged with pretending to be a lawyer in court. She probably told the judge her name was Jerry Callo (can't resit a good My Cousin Vinny reference) [Charlotte Observer] * It looks like there won't be any more episodes of "Serial" -- the Supreme Court announced yesterday that the high court would not be hearing the case of Adnan Syed, the subject of the viral podcast. [Vox] * Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was back at the Supreme Court yesterday after a brief stay at the hospital over the weekend. [Reuters] * More than a thousand American have signed onto a lawsuit against a number of companies for allegedly supporting terrorist groups. [Full Measure] * Devin Nunes has threatened to sue CNN and the Daily Beast over news stories about him. Mr. Nunes may want to brush up on his First Amendment law (or just watch John Oliver). [Vox]

By Jordan Rothman
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 09.21.17

* Tiffany Trump attends Justice Ginsburg lecture because in the coming dystopian FedSoc hellscape, Tiffany will be the enigmatic hermit charged with remembering the long-long-ago when judges spoke of "interstate commerce" and "checks and balances." [Washington Post] * PwC is set to launch a U.S. law firm, but Biglaw is just fine because the Big 4 law firm can't offer domestic legal advice... yet. [Law.com] * Meanwhile, from the massive understatements department: "Kasowitz Benson Adjusts Management Team Amid Tumultuous Year." [New York Law Journal] * Looking for solutions to the problems plaguing patents? Here's some insight direct from the Chief Judge of the Federal Circuit. [Law360] * You can now legally dance in New York bars. I'm not sure why you'd want to, but you can. [NPR] * You probably knew that bail was discriminatory and awful, but it's always jarring to see exactly how discriminatory and awful. [The Guardian] * Sex trafficking fight may torpedo Section 230. [Wired]

By Joe Patrice