Tex McIver

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 05.17.19

* Now Spider-Man is trying to save America from high drug prices. Big pharma, on the other hand, is rooting for the Thanos solution. [The Recorder] * Weekend at Bernie's meets The Verdict: Attorney kept pushing after his client died and never bothered to tell anyone. [ABA Journal] * Thornton Law Firm gets off on campaign fraud charges. Thornton had helped out Democrats... the Republicans on the FEC let them off. Even though this transparently helps Trump's claims vis a vis Cohen, he'll probably complain about it anyway. [CommonWealth Magazine] * Law firms fall prey to cybercrime... again. [American Lawyer] * Trump's unveiled a new immigration "plan" that reads like one of Steve King's wet dreams. [USA Today] * Purdue Pharma's legal problems mount faster than the rampant addiction problem they've spread. [Washington Post] * Tex McIver, the law firm partner who killed his wife because he was scared of black people, thinks he should be able to sue over his wife's death... that he caused. [Daily Report]

By Joe Patrice
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 03.20.18

* Supreme Court won't wade into Arizona's death penalty law so they can really concentrate on the important work of union busting. [NY Times] * Speaking of the Supreme Court, Mississippi has set up a date to discuss its new abortion ban whenever the Court totally changes its membership. [NPR] * Trump hired Joseph Digenova, a kooky conspiracy theorist who goes on cable news to claim that the FBI framed Trump. I really want to test a theory -- if CNN is willing to have me on to explain my belief that Robert Mueller is just George Soros in a mask, how many days would it take before I got added to the defense team. [CNN] * The average age of a baseball fan is 53 years old. Now Congress wants to make sure the future of the sport are paid like it's 1965. [Washington Post] * The Tex McIver trial continues with some unsettling testimony. [CBS News] * Trump's reliance on NDAs has hit a wall -- fired White House officials can't be silenced. [Reuters]

By Joe Patrice