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Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 05.22.20

* The lawyer for Carole Baskin's missing husband says the signature on his former client's will may have been forged. Please let there be more Tiger King episodes about this. [Fox News] * An NFL player has filed a lawsuit against United Airlines over an alleged sexual assault that occurred on a recent flight. [ABC News] * The Supreme Court decided against considering an appellate ruling that ordered the State of Idaho to pay for a transgender prisoner's reassignment surgery. [New York Times] * Lawyers are looking to reopen cases in which Tara Reade, who accuses Joe Biden of sexual assault, served as an expert witness, since Reade may have exaggerated her educational background. [Politico] * Harvard Law School has made its "Zero-L" classes available to all law students online for free even though HLS originally planned on charging a fee for the courses. [Harvard Crimson] * Richard Simmons has won a lawsuit against a media company that installed a tracking device on his vehicle. Can kind of understand the desire to know where he's been recently. [Hollywood Reporter]

By Jordan Rothman
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 04.28.17

* Third-year students who are still enrolled at the Charlotte School of Law will be graduating in about two weeks, and despite the fact that administrators assured them their funding would be released, they still haven't received any federal loan disbursements. We'll have more on this later today. [ABA Journal] * Yesterday, we gave our readers the big-picture rundown on the 2017 Am Law 100 rankings. This morning, we'll offer our readers a little fun fact. Three firms were newcomers to the Am Law 100 ranking this year thanks to their outstanding revenue growth: Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, Husch Blackwell, and Shook Hardy & Bacon. Congratulations to all three! [Big Law Business] * As it turns out, President Trump's losing streak in court when it comes to his would-be travel ban and sanctuary city punishments can be blamed on tactics conservative judges used during the Obama administration to thwart efforts to expand health care, shield immigrants from deportation, and protect transgender students. [New York Times] * "A president does not have the authority to rescind a National Monument." Upscale outdoor apparel company Patagonia has vowed to file suit against the Trump administration if any attempt is made to reverse the Obama-era designation of Bears Ears -- a 1.35-million-acre tract of land in Utah -- as a National Monument. [HuffPost] * How much is a personal injury claim worth once it's gone viral globally? After taking "full responsibility for what happened ... without attempting to blame others," United Airlines has reached a settlement for an undisclosed sum with David Dao, the man who was forcibly dragged from an overbooked flight earlier this month. [Reuters]

By Staci Zaretsky
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 12.30.14

* In all the excitement of being back yesterday, I'd forgotten to note that TV's Screech was arrested for allegedly stabbing a guy in Wisconsin. Mr. Belding is reportedly pissed. [ABC News] * United Airlines is suing a 22-year-old for pointing out that they routinely rip-off passengers. Sounds... well, a lot like something United Airlines would do. [WGN] * Boston law schools lose over a third of their enrollment. Except Harvard. Harvard's doing just fine. [TaxProf Blog] * Following up on the release of the July 2014 California bar results, here's a breakdown that includes an examination of first-time vs. repeater results. [Bar Exam Stats] * President adopts a werewolf. There's one important reason you haven't seen this on Fox News yet. [Lowering the Bar] * Want to test yourself with a Con Law final exam about Ebola? [Dorf on Law]

By Joe Patrice