~$20M Hemp Fraud Lands Disbarred Attorney In Prison
High price to pay for CBD oil.
Law Schools Aren’t Offering Enough Classes On This Billion Dollar Industry
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Morning Docket: 10.07.22
* Biden just mass pardoned everyone convicted of weed possession in DC. Next, the world! [CNBC] * Delaware's Supreme Court to soon decide the constitutionality of mail-in voting. Prepare your parcels! [Delaware Online] * Nothing says Biglaw like dropping coin on a dime. Bitcoin, rather. [Bloomberg Law] * Plan on working long-term at Hogan Lovell's Perth office? About that... [Law.com] * San Diego PD are resigning over accountability measures. [Just Sentinel]
Morning Docket: 04.11.22
* Habeas Corpus? Discarded body determined to be a thrown-out sex toy. These things are really getting realistic. I hear... [Region News Source] * COVID made the takings clause relevant again. What's next, the Third? [Reason] * During the Judge Jackson confirmation, several Republicans accused Democrats as being the party of pedophiles. Projection, maybe? [Slate] * Remember that viral video of police officers busting a 75-year-old man's head open last year? Turns out nothing wrong happened. [CBC.ca] * Amazon pushes back against unionization, alleging that voters were bribed with marijuana. Is this why the plant isn't legalized federally? [Business Insider]
Morning Docket: 08.06.20
* A cannabis operator has hired a new top lawyer. Wonder if he's charging $420 an hour... [Law360] * A new lawsuit alleges that a cruise line held crewmembers against their will and without pay during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. [Fox News] * An attorney has been suspended from practice for paying clients fake recoveries out of his own pocket. [ABA Journal] * That Google Plus class-action settlement email many of us got recently was real just in case anyone had doubts. [Fast Company] * An ex-Walmart employee has filed a lawsuit after allegedly being fired for reporting social distancing violations. [Hill] * A lawyer who borrowed $440,000 from a litigation funder may now be on the hook for $18 million. Don't think an attorney can argue he didn't read the contracts... [Legal Newsline]
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Non-Sequiturs: 11.03.15
* Weed legalization seems like a good idea on paper, but this probably isn't the way to do it. Unless you're a fan of cartels and Nick Lachey. Yes, that Nick Lachey. [Gawker] * Is there a legal controversy brewing surrounding Demi Lovato's new album? In related news: there's a new Demi Lovato album coming out. [Entertainment Weekly] * Which legal TV show is law firm life really like? [Daily Lawyer Tips] * Ralph Nader? In the tank for creditors? Say it ain't so. [Lawyers, Guns & Money] * Practical advice for laid off lawyers -- don't get fooled by the "advice industry." [Law and More] * Are we looking at the future of legal advertising? [AZA Law] * It's time to start thinking about what to put into your holiday cards. [Attorney at Work]
Quote of the Day: Manna From Heaven?
You know, it would be pretty cool if marijuana fell from the sky, because apparently that's the only way you can legally obtain it in Washington State.
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Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper tells all of us to keep off the munchies
Up in Smoke: Texas Judge Busted for Alleged Pot Possession
Being a judge is hard work. So hard, in fact, that sometimes these distinguished members of society go out in search of more plebeian ways to relax. Some judges, for example, are apparent aficionados of the classic gateway drug -- marijuana. One judge in Texas was recently arrested for allegedly smoking two joints before he smoked two joints, and then smoking two more....
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Quote of the Day: This Man Knows How to Prioritize
After reading this Quote of the Day, you could say that Scott Rothstein, convicted Ponzi schemer and disbarred attorney, is a man who knows how to prioritize....
Morning Docket: 10.31.11
* Snowtober was a treat for some, but a trick for many more. Let us know how your firm is handling this Halloween horror. Email us or send a text to (646) 820-TIPS. [Reuters] * Will the legal profession continue to be a slave to ethical rules of the past? Only if lawyers can’t profit […]