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Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 01.08.20

* A donor connected to President Trump’s inaugural committee has plead guilty to obstruction of justice. [Fox News] * A Long Island lawyer has been charged with stealing 300k from a former client. That’s not even a lot of money for “Strong” Island. [Newsday]

By Jordan Rothman
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 11.11.19

* Settlement talks are underway to break up Cellino & Barnes into two separate firms. No news yet on which firm will keep the infamous jingle. [Buffalo News] * A winner has finally been declared in the close San Francisco District Attorney race. [Washington Post] * Woody Allen has ended his year-long lawsuit against Amazon involving Amazon canceling projects with Allen over MeToo allegations. [New York Times] * A North Carolina attorney has plead guilty to tax fraud for paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in personal expenses, including plastic surgery, out of his business account. Can't he argue that plastic surgery is a business expense? [Charlotte Observer] * Hundreds of Penn Law community members have voiced dissatisfaction with the school's new name honoring a donor. Hey, money talks. [Daily Pennsylvanian] * A Queens attorney has been sued over extremely lurid allegations of sexual harassment. This attorney must not practice employment law. [New York Post]

By Jordan Rothman
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 11.08.19

* A lawyer caught up in the college admissions scandal has had his law license suspended. Maybe he also helped his kid get into law school... [New York Post] * The former top lawyer for a firm co-founded by Peter Thiel is suing her ex-employer for wrongful termination. [Los Angeles Times] * The San Francisco District Attorney race may be decided by only a few thousand votes. Never doubt that every vote counts. [San Francisco Chronicle] * A lawyer who claimed he missed a hearing due to his grandfather's death must supply proof to the court. This reminds me of an episode of Seinfeld... [ABA Journal] * President Trump has paid $2M to settle a lawsuit filed by the New York Attorney General regarding the Trump Foundation. [CNN]

By Jordan Rothman
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 05.03.17

* Code Pink protesters found guilty of disorderly conduct during the Jeff Sessions hearings. One woman just laughed. I'll just wait here for the appellate courts to do something about this. [New York Times] * Non-citizens and people here illegally will be able to vote in local school board elections in San Francisco, if they have children in the school district. If the Hunchback of Notre Dame was written today, it'd be a musical about San Francisco. [NPR] * Trump canceling the White House Cinco de Mayo celebration is perhaps the most racially sensitive thing he's done. Not because Cinco de Mayo has turned into an embarrassing excuse for white appropriation of Mexican culture, but because Trump is physically incapable of eating a taco salad without insulting people. [The Hill] * The Fourth Circuit, preparing to hear a Muslim ban case, is down one conservative judge. Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III will be recused because his son [UPDATE: son-in-law, acting solicitor general Jeffrey Wall] is part of the case for the government. [Buzzfeed] * What is Cantor Fitzgerald really paying Obama $400,000 to do? Give a good speech, most likely. [Bloomberg View] * Mississippi funeral home refuses to cremate a corpse because the corpse was once alive-while-gay. How you gonna run a funeral home based on hate? [Slate] * I know most of our readers don't read white supremacist news. But when I do this link-wrap, I feel like I should start adding in one headline from the Alt-Right, just so all you good people don't get too comfortable in your bubble. These people ARE IN CONTROL OF AMERICA. What they think directly influences the President of the United States. So, here's your headline: "Creepy Kimmel Politicizes Infant Son’s Health Crisis" [Breitbart]

By Elie Mystal