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Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 03.22.22

* Woe to engaging with the devil? Professors blame cancel culture on people not wanting to deal with cold calls in class. [FOX] * A six-figure raise to start? Let me put in this clerking application! [Law.com] *  What your mama say? DC law allowing children to get vaccinated without parental consent gets blocked. [The Hill] * Paradoxical reactions: Seattle law meant to alleviate eviction gets that part cut out by state appellate court. [Seattle Times] * "Don't hate the player, hate the game," but like, legally. [Times-Standard]

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 01.12.22

* SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED! Indiana is a step away from removing a common sense restriction on gun ownership. [Newsweek] * Florida is looking to pass a 15-week abortion ban. See what you started, Texas? [Politico] * Missouri police chiefs support a lawsuit that will take a shot at pinning down the meaning of an ambiguous gun law. [STL Today] * Decisions have been made. Market is open. Giddy is up. Who wants the Broncos?! [Denver Post] * A former officer sued the Seattle Police Department for firing him because he punched a woman handcuffed in the back of a police car. [Publicola]

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 03.30.21

* Nike filed a trademark infringement lawsuit over Lil Nas X's so-called "Satan Shoes" which include a drop of human blood and other Satanic imagery. Guess the old town road went straight to hell, and hope they hired the "Devil's advocate"... [Forbes] * The trial in a class action against 3M, on behalf of servicepeople who allegedly suffered hearing loss from faulty ear plugs, is underway. [Military.com] * Seattle is taking steps to ensure that everyone facing eviction has the benefit of a lawyer. [Seattle Times] * A Florida lawyer faces possible disbarment for allegedly taking money from clients and ghosting them. [Click Orlando] * A woman representing herself pro se was able to discharge tens of thousands of dollars of student loans in bankruptcy. Maybe she would have gotten more debt discharged if she went to law school... [Yahoo News]

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 02.18.20

* Harvey Weinstein's lawyer penned an op-ed imploring jurors to look past the headlines in her client's case. [Page Six] * A robo lawyer app has been developed to sue robocallers under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. They took our jobs! [Consumer Affairs] * Over a thousand former DOJ lawyers have called for Attorney General Barr to resign. [Slate] * A Missouri peach grower has been awarded $265 million in damages in a weedkiller lawsuit. I guess you need help to grow peaches outside of Georgia... [Reuters] * A Seattle lawyer withdrew from a criminal defendant's case after his client punched him in court. Pretty sure the punch demonstrates the breakdown of the attorney-client relationship. [KOMO News]

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 12.09.19

* Elon Musk has won the defamation trial stemming from his infamous "pedo guy" tweet. Hope this means we'll see more off-the-cuff tweets from Musk. [New York Times] * Simon Cowell has lawyered up for an investigation about an allegedly toxic culture at America's Got Talent. Wonder if he did an America's Got Talent type of competition to select counsel. [Variety] * A Seattle attorney has been sentenced to prison time and fines for fleecing a brain-damaged former client. [Seattle Times] * Ride-share services are facing a legal reckoning over sexual assault allegations against drivers. [New York Times] * A judge has refused to toss a lawsuit filed by Bill Nye against Disney for profits Nye is allegedly owed from his hit 90s TV show. As we know from South Park, Nye needs to be careful taking on Mickey Mouse... [Hollywood Reporter]

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 03.30.17

* North Carolina lawmakers say they've reached a deal to repeal the state's controversial bathroom bill. I wonder how those negotiations went: "Hey, this law is awful and is costing our state billions. Let's get rid of it." "Okay." I mean that's probably not how it went, but it's how it should have gone. [Reuters] * Five University of California law schools are sharing the wealth after an improper foreclosure verdict results in a big punitive damages award. The judge directed a portion of that money to go to the law schools -- $4 million each -- earmarked for consumer law education and direct legal services. [Law.com] * Hawaii successfully converted the TRO on the Trump administration's Muslim Ban 2.0 into a preliminary injunction. [Hogan Lovells] * Seattle is the first city to sue over the Trump administration's threats against sanctuary cities. [LA Times] * Bridgegate results in prison sentences. Bridget Kelly was sentenced to 18 months, and Bill Baroni got 2 years. [New York Times] * Doublespeak -- the environment edition. [Politico] * Is Sean Spicer is lying about whether the White House really wants former acting Attorney General Sally Yates to testify to Congress? [The Hill] * Judge Andrew Napolitano is back at Fox News, and back to conspiracy theories. [CNN]