Sacramento

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 05.19.21

* A lawsuit claims that candles made by a company owned by Gwyneth Paltrow exploded. Wonder if Serenity by Jan made similar products... [NBC News] * The St. Louis lawyer, who was infamously photographed wielding a gun in front of protesters last year, has announced his run for a U.S. Senate seat. [Kansas City Star] * The City of Sacramento has settled a lawsuit over a law that required people to stand during the national anthem. [Sacramento Bee] * An appeals judge in North Carolina has been issued a criminal summons for allegedly nearly hitting protesters with an SUV. [ABA Journal] * Since Above the Law has not had a "lawyerly lairs" segment in a while, wanted to relate that the home of the founder of 1-800-LAWYERS is on the market. [New York Post]

By Jordan Rothman
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 10.22.20

* A South Florida lawyer who used to work at Greenberg Traurig has been arrested for allegedly committing several bank robberies. This would make an amazing plot for a sequel to Point Break. [Miami Herald] * A Sacramento judge refused to force the California GOP to release information about its controversial ballot dropbox program. [Los Angeles Times] * A court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by one of Michael Jackson's accusers, holding that the late singer's companies did not owe the plaintiff a duty of care. [Yahoo News] * The home of a lawyer representing a group seeking to remove homeless people from New York City hotel rooms has been vandalized. [New York Post] * A defamation case against President Trump has been sidelined because a lawyer set to argue a matter traveled from out of state and was denied entrance to the courthouse. [USA Today] * A New Jersey lawyer facing ethics complaints blamed his wife for his failure to appear at an important asylum hearing. This attorney is playing with fire... [New Jersey Law Journal]

By Jordan Rothman