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Morning Docket: 07.28.20

* The owner of the famous bar Cheers is suing its insurance company over business interruption coverage. Guess the carrier doesn't want to know their name... [Business Insurance] * A New York lawyer who misappropriated thousands of dollars and continued to practice law while under an interim suspension has been suspended from practice for four years. Seems like the penalty could have been even worse. [New York Law Journal] * Check out this piece about whether employers are legally allowed to prohibit employees from wearing Black Lives Matter masks. [CNN] * A lawyer for the Covington Catholic student who sued news agencies for defamation over a viral video released last year says that employees of CNN and The Washington Post have breached confidentiality agreements related to the litigation. [Yahoo News] * A husband and wife are suing the District of Columbia over speed enforcement cameras. Please let this case go to the Supreme Court... [ABC News]

Morning Docket: 07.27.20

* A couple is arguing in a new lawsuit that weddings and receptions should be exempted from COVID-19 closures on religious grounds. Wouldn't be surprised if the bride or groom was a lawyer -- that's a creative argument. [NBC News] * Surveillance footage appears to link the former lawyer accused of murdering the son of a federal judge to the slaying of a "men's rights" activist in California. [Fox News] * Check out this interesting piece by an attorney with autism reflecting on the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. [Jurist] * Criminal courts in Pittsburgh are closed for in-person hearings until further notice after an attorney tested positive for COVID-19. [CBS News] * The Washington Post has settled a defamation lawsuit filed by a Covington Catholic student over a viral video that was released last year. [New York Times] * A Florida strip club is in hot water for denying two women entry because they were not with a man. We all saw RBG, this is a suspect practice. [Orlando Weekly]

MAGA Kid Loses Defamation Claim Because His Defamation Claim Never Made A Lick Of Sense

Exit Sandmann.

Morning Docket: 07.29.19

* The House Judiciary Committee has (finally) opened an impeachment investigation against President Trump, and has asked a federal judge to supply subpoenaed grand jury information related to Robert Mueller's probe. [Washington Post] * "I was OK this last term. I expect to be OK next term. And after that we'll just have to see." Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has no immediate plans for retirement, saying that she'll continue to take things "year by year" and "stay on this job as long as [she] can do it full steam." [CNN] * In case you missed it, here's what SCOTUS justices have done on their summer vacation thus far: they're allowing the Trump administration to use $2.5 billion of funds that were previously allocated to the Defense Department to start construction on the border wall. [New York Times] * Just as LeClairRyan finds itself gasping its presumptive last breaths, the firm finds itself on the wrong end of a gender pay discrimination case. [Big Law Business] * A federal judge has dismissed Nick Sandmann's $250 million defamation lawsuit against the Washington Post. This probably means that Sandmann's similar suits against CNN and NBC will be dismissed soon as well. [USA Today]

MAGA Teen Files $250 Million Lawsuit Against The Washington Post

I guess high schools just don't teach defamation law anymore.

Reminder: Attacks On Birthright Citizenship Are White Nationalist Propaganda Masquerading As Law-Talkin’

The quest to make revoking birthright citizenship a 'mainstream' view needs to end.

Non-Sequiturs: 08.26.18

* Jane Genova explores the implications of Jones Day's representation of the embattled Cardinal Donald Wuerl, former bishop of Pittsburgh. [Law and More] * Why did President Trump (or his personal lawyers) allow White House Counsel Don McGahn to speak so freely to special counsel Robert Mueller? Here are some thoughts from veteran litigator Joel Cohen. [The Hill] * As I recently discussed with Judge Jeffrey Sutton, Chevron-style deference to administrative agencies is being reconsidered in a number of states -- and you can add Ohio to that list, as Eugene Volokh notes. [Volokh Conspiracy / Reason] * Charles Glasser calls out the Washington Post for its selective invocation of the value of transparency. [Daily Caller] * If you're an ambitious law student or lawyer, then you need to watch your words on social media, as this report from Patrick Gregory makes clear. [Big Law Business] * The justices will consider more than 1,000 certiorari petitions at the "long conference" on September 24 -- and Adam Feldman identifies some of the standouts. [Empirical SCOTUS] * Speaking of SCOTUS, if you'll be in or near New Haven this coming Wednesday, please join me and Linda Greenhouse for a wide-ranging discussion of President Trump's transformation of the federal judiciary. [Yale Federalist Society] * The World Bank launches the world’s first BONDI, or "blockchain operated new debt instrument," with an assist from King & Wood Mallesons. [Artificial Lawyer]

Post Runs White Nationalist Propaganda Masquerading As Law-Talkin’

The quest to make revoking birthright citizenship a 'mainstream' view needs to end.

Federal Judge Dissed In Oscar-Nominated Feature Film

And a Supreme Court feeder judge, too!

Remember The Pentagon Papers Case? Because Steven Spielberg Doesn’t.

'The Post' may be cruising to an Oscar, but there's an awfully big problem with its Supreme Court history.

‘Threatens To Sue’ Is The New ‘Strenuously Object’

Roy Moore is threatening to sue the Washington Post because threats are free.