Supreme Court of the United States

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 10.21.20

* The Department of Justice has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google. Don't get it, people still use Ask Jeeves, AOL Keywords, and Prodigy, right...? (I'm really dating myself here!) [Wall Street Journal] * Lawyers at Jones Day have purportedly donated far more money to Joe Biden than President Trump, even though the firm is working on President Trump's re-election campaign. [Reuters] * The Los Angeles District Attorney and her husband are being sued over an incident earlier this year in which the husband of LA's district attorney allegedly pointed a gun at protesters. [Fox News] * President Trump has requested that Attorney General Barr investigate Hunter Biden for alleged improprieties. [Bloomberg Law] * New Hampshire is suing Massachusetts in the Supreme Court of the United States for taxing New Hampshire residents even though they are working remotely. This is going to be a "wicked" interesting case. [Fox News]

By Jordan Rothman
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 01.14.20

* The Attorney General has asked Apple to unlock iPhones belonging to a Pensacola, Florida navy base shooter. [Engadget] * A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed relating to a 2019 boat fire that resulted in 34 deaths. [ABC News] * Former UN Ambassador Samantha Power had a unique path to Harvard Law School. [Coverage Opinion] * The Florida Bar is seeking to disbar a lawyer who cleared out his attorney trust accounts and left his clients in the lurch. [ABC News] * The Supreme Court has declined to review a "free the nipple" case concerning women who were arrested for showing their nipples in public even though men may freely do so. The record in this case must be very interesting. [The Hill]

By Jordan Rothman
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 11.06.19

* Roger Stone left early from his trial yesterday because he complained of food poisoning. At least this is better than R. Kelly's infected toenail excuse... [CNN] * An attorney alleged to have smuggled a hit list out of jail has been denied the reinstatement of her law license. [East Bay Times] * Attorneys for Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes have filed a motion to withdraw from the case, stating that they haven't been paid for more than a year. Holmes has come a long way from paying numerous attorneys hefty fees to go after Theranos whistleblowers. [CNBC] * The Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda has asked that Harvard Law make reparations to that country for the impact Antiguan slave labor had on the creation of Harvard Law School. [Toronto Star] * A celebrated cellist has won $11M in a slip and fall lawsuit against an upscale food market. That's a lot of cheddar. [New York Post] * Kentucky elected its first African American attorney general last night. [The Hill] * The Supreme Court yesterday seemed to frown upon North Carolina's use of copyrighted images of a pirate ship that sunk off its shores. If you want to see good images of a pirate ship, there's a ride you should check out... [USA Today]

By Jordan Rothman