Borat Enjoys ‘Great Success’ At Second Circuit As Roy Moore Loses… Again.
So who brought this dubious claim?
Court Tosses Roy Moore Lawsuit Against Sacha Baron Cohen For Tortious Hilarity
First Amendment, how does it go?
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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]
Morning Docket: 07.09.20
* A Tennessee lawyer has been censured for showing up to defend a client's DUI charge while drunk. Maybe this was part of the lawyer's defense? [Fox News] * Country Music Group Lady A, which recently changed its name from Lady Antebellum, is embroiled in a trademark dispute with a blues singer who also goes by Lady A. [USA Today] * Check out this interesting article on why there should be a right to an immigration attorney. [Slate] * An attorney for a former police officer charged with aiding and abetting the killing of George Floyd has filed a motion to dismiss the charges. [Fox News] * A judge is allowing a defamation lawsuit filed by Roy Moore over a prank by Sacha Baron Cohen to proceed. Moore should count himself lucky he wasn't pranked by Borat, Bruno, or Ali G. [Hill]
Morning Docket: 09.06.18
* Could this be the year that law firms break out of their cycle of tepid growth? [American Lawyer] * In ordinary times, Roy Moore's laughable lawsuit against Sacha Baron Cohen would be bigger news. We do not live in ordinary times. [Law360] * One would have thought "independence" would be "having a lifetime job with no oversight and an impossibly onerous removal process." But, "independence" really means "only answering hypotheticals that don't raise potentially serious questions about a guy's fig leaf of a judicial philosophy." This is why it's so important to be a textualist! [Courthouse News Service] * It makes for a nice, vapid buzzword, but there actually is an "I" in "Team of Nine." [National Law Journal] * A federal judge has banned the Texas "bury your zygote" law. Don't worry Texas, your boy Brett's will make sure you don't have to worry about this ever again. [NPR] * Shocking no one, lawyers think Brexit was a bad idea. [Legalweek] * Oh, and we're going to "open up libel laws" now. [CBS]
Morning Docket: 07.13.18
* Roy Moore threatens to sue Showtime because he's one of the few people left on the planet that can't recognize Sacha Baron Cohen. [Variety] * Apparently, the court frowns upon handjobs in their conference rooms. [Columbus Dispatch] * The Daily Journal published some thoughts on Justice Kennedy’s retirement from Alex Kozinski, reminding everyone again about that Kozinski-Kavanaugh connection. [Slate] * Law firm leaders are optimistic that they're about to see some growth in demand despite years and years of evidence to the contrary. [American Lawyer] * Opioid dealers incensed that they may have to pay some sort of penalty for all that "human misery." [New York Law Journal] * Washington's AG announces agreement ending fast food non-compete policies for their workers. Yes... fast food restaurants have "non-compete" agreements. [Seattle Times] * Hackers are selling access to law firms for $3500 which isn't a new phenomenon. [CNBC]
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Morning Docket: 10.27.10
* Let’s just be honest… if your boobs have been on Girls Gone Wild, no one really cares about your good name — apparently not even you. [Washington Post] * The Supreme Court is more pro-business than it used to be. Did I just step out of a DeLorean? We knew this last January (or […]