South Florida

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 12.30.20

* A new lawsuit claims that King's Hawaiian bread misleads customers into thinking the bread is baked in the Aloha State. Maybe someone can claim they were misled into thinking the Hawaiian bread contained pineapple... [New York Post] * A Chinese lawyer has been sentenced to four years in prison for seemingly reporting on the COVID-19 pandemic. [NPR] * A South Florida attorney has been subject to an emergency suspension for erratic conduct, including verbal abuse that purportedly made some clients cry. [Daily Business Review] * Federal health authorities have recommended that certain judges and lawyers be given priority for the COVID-19 vaccines. [Texas Lawyer] * The Trump Campaign has filed another appeal at the Supreme Court seeking to overturn results of the election last month. If at first you don't succeed... [Independent]

By Jordan Rothman
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 11.04.20

* Michael Cohen, President Trump's former lawyer, suggested he voted for Joe Biden. No surprise there. [Hill] * Police have released video of vandals tagging the home of a prominent New York City attorney. [New York Post] * Major companies are urging law firms to enlist more diverse legal teams to handle client work. [Wall Street Journal] * A Michigan attorney has been arrested for obtaining signatures for a petition opposing the emergency powers exercised by Michigan's governor. [Michigan Live] * A South Florida attorney has been disciplined for posing as her adversary's client online and writing a fake negative review. This lawyer may have too much free time... [Miami Herald]

By Jordan Rothman
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 08.13.20

* A Cincinnati lawyer has pleaded guilty to buying a $3,000 tiger-skin rug in violation of the Endangered Species Act. Maybe he was just a huge fan of Joe Exotic? [Enquirer] * A South Florida lawyer says he has spent around $700,000 to recover $100,000 over the principle of it all. [Daily Business Review] * Parents are claiming in a new lawsuit that remote learning because of COVID-19 denies some children a basic education. [News Tribune] * The Florida lawyer who wore a grim reaper outfit to warn about the dangers of COVID-19 is now using a mobile billboard to protest Governor Ron DeSantis's response to the pandemic. [Florida Phoenix] * A California lawyer who called a female judge's opinion "succubustic" is suing over potential ethics consequences for the comment. If it weren't for South Park, I would have no idea what that meant... [ABA Journal]

By Jordan Rothman