Vanessa Bryant

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 05.04.21

* Georgia passed a new law aimed at curbing illegal street racing. Probably safer to stick with the midnight train to Georgia... [Atlanta Journal-Constitution] * The New York Attorney General is arguing that the NRA's bankruptcy case should be dismissed. [ABC News] * A Texas lawyer known as the "DUI Guy" has been sentenced to serious prison time for federal charges. [Dallas Morning News] * The County of Los Angeles has denied wrongdoing in a lawsuit filed by Vanessa Bryant over photos of the deadly helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant were circulated. [USA Today] * Disney and Marvel are facing a lawsuit claiming they ripped off designs for Iron Man and Ant Man. [WDWNT]

By Jordan Rothman
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 12.18.20

* A man has won a federal lawsuit against his parents for throwing away "a trove of pornography and an array of sex toys." Sure hope they kept his baseball card collection... [Michigan Live] * A Florida lawyer may face suspension from practice for allegedly having sex with and impregnating a client. [Daily Business Review] * A federal judge has refrained from imposing a monetary penalty on a lawyer who said they are "not dicking around with a rookie" during a deposition. [ABA Journal] * Vanessa Bryant, wife of late basketball player Kobe Bryant, is being sued by her mother for allegedly not paying her mom for her supposed work as a "longtime personal assistant and nanny." [Fox News] * A voting-machine company is demanding that a pro-Trump attorney retract claims made about voting machines made by the business. [ABC News] * Google is now facing its third antitrust lawsuit. Guess third time's a charm... [CNN]

By Jordan Rothman
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 02.25.20

* President Trump has demanded that Supreme Court Justices Ginsburg and Sotomayor recuse themselves from cases that involve him. [New York Times] * A federal appeals court will decide whether to overturn a $4 verdict in a wrongful death case. That's four dollars, not four million. [USA Today] * Vanessa Bryant has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the helicopter company involved in the deaths of her husband and child. [Washington Post] * Justice Thomas has cited himself in a decision he wrote arguing that a precedent also authored by him should be overturned. Kind of difficult to wrap your head around. [Fox News] * The lawyer who helped Elon Musk fend off a defamation lawsuit is helping to protect Tesla from investors. [Bloomberg] * An entire murder prosecution is in jeopardy because a court reporter may have written "shot the dude" instead of "shut the door" when transcribing testimony. Sounds like an honest mistake. [Syracuse.com]

By Jordan Rothman