Senate Democrats

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 10.08.20

* McDonald's is paying $26 million to settle a wage-theft lawsuit. That would go a long way on the dollar menu... [Business Insider] * Senate Democrats met with Judge Amy Coney Barrett yesterday ahead of Supreme Court confirmation hearings next week. [Fox News] * A new ABA ethics opinion suggests that lawyers need to disclose friendships and intimate relationships they have with opposing counsel to their clients. But some of us try to be friends with everyone... [Bloomberg Law] * A lawyer for Britney Spears has purportedly likened Britney's mental state to a comatose patient, and says that she is unable to give testimony. Maybe this lawyer is watching too much South Park. [TMZ] * An Ohio lawyer has been suspended for calling another attorney a "complete idiot" and making other purportedly inappropriate responses. They must have some strict civility standards in the Buckeye State... [ABA Journal]

By Jordan Rothman
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 08.14.19

* “The Supreme Court is not well. And the people know it.” Senate Democrats have issued a warning to the members of the highest bench in the land: “heal [thy]self” lest you be restructured to reduce political influences. [Fox News] * In case you missed it, the Trump and McConnell reelection campaigns are trying to turn the controversial Supreme Court confirmations of Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh into a fashion statement — for $35 or more, that is. [Washington Post] * Rather than continue in her quest for justice against Jones Day using her real name, Jane Doe 4 has been dropped as a named plaintiff in the $200 million gender bias suit against the firm. [Big Law Business] * According to the latest statistics from the American Bar Association, the federal judiciary is unsurprisingly overflowing with white male judges, but at least women seem to be catching up. [Law.com] * For the first time in history, women make up the majority of the first-year entering class at the University of Alabama School of Law. Roll tide! [6WBRC]

By Staci Zaretsky