XBOX’s Data Collection On Kids Puts Microsoft Out A Cool $20M
I understand a mistake or two, but they did this for like 5 years.
Morning Docket: 01.04.21
* Microsoft has asked that a lawsuit involving XBox controllers be submitted to arbitration. Would be amazing if they settled this matter with a videogame battle... [Videogame Chronicle] * A pro-Trump lawyer is in hot water for seemingly suggesting that Vice President Mike Pence should be executed by firing squad. [Business Insider] * Joe Biden has named a top lawyer for Facebook to the White House Staff Secretary position. [Vox] * A federal appeals court has dismissed an election lawsuit filed by a Republican lawmaker against Vice President Mike Pence. [NBC News] * A Supreme Court advocate reportedly doled out $100 to keep people quiet when he phoned into Supreme Court oral arguments from home. Hope he got reimbursed for that expense... [Wall Street Journal]
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Morning Docket: 10.13.20
* A class action about Xbox controllers that allegedly "drift" has been beefed up. I used to blame controllers when I lost at GoldenEye as a kid... [Video Games Chronicle] * Andrew Cuomo apparently has "no interest in going to Washington" to become Attorney General if Joe Biden is elected president. [Fox News] * A Connecticut lawyer who served time in federal prison for fraud is seeking reinstatement to the Connecticut Bar. [CT Post] * Law School Transparency is hosting an event on the future of the bar exam that you should all check out! [Law School Transparency] * A black man who was allegedly led through Galveston, Texas, by a white police officer on horseback is suing the city for $1 million. [CNN] * The Florida Bar says a lawyer acted so poorly, the judge had to “resort to a discipline strategy typically reserved to parents separating bickering siblings.” This sounds like so many depositions I've attended... [Daily Business Review]
Morning Docket: 05.04.20
* Sadly, it looks like they won't be making a TV series based on the movie Lincoln Lawyer. Maybe they can just work plot lines into those car commercials with Matthew McConaughey. [Deadline] * Megan Markle is facing setbacks in her privacy litigation against a British tabloid. [NBC News] * A lawyer is in hot water after writing a will that named himself the primary beneficiary of a $1.7 million estate. That attorney could use an ethics refresher... [Washington Post] * If you are looking on LinkedIn for legal freelance opportunities, be sure to check out this article. [Silicon Valley Business Journal] * Microsoft is facing a class-action lawsuit alleging that some XBox controllers are defective. Gamers should receive damages for pain and suffering, gaming is a welcome diversion from COVID-19. [Screen Rant] * Michael Cohen has been denied early prison release after indicating he will publish a "tell-all" book about President Trump. Guess Cohen doesn't need to worry about confidentiality since his disbarment. [Business Insider]
Non-Sequiturs: 02.05.16
* Even if you are trying to be ethical, you just might fall into one of these pitfalls. [United States Law Week / Bloomberg BNA] * Chief Justice John Roberts unloaded some Microsoft stock so he can hear the Xbox 360 case. [Associated Press] * Sex toys really can bring us closer together: longtime rivals reach agreement over sex toy patent. [Law360] * The U.S. may be "importing a recession," but at least bankruptcy lawyers will make out. [Law and More] * Unable to attend this year's Legaltech conference? Here's what you missed. [Business of Law Blog] * You shouldn't feel bad about offending some people. [Associate's Mind] * Leaving Biglaw once you have kids -- but not in order to play with the baby 24/7. [Hire an Esquire] * Check out the latest podcasts on Legaltech 2016. [CodeX]
Morning Docket: 11.28.11
* With AT&T’s T-Mobile deal falling apart, in-house lawyer Wayne Watts could be heard singing, “it’s my merger and I’ll cry if I want to,” before more whining to the FCC. [DealBook / New York Times] * Build us a border fence, and then get the f**k over it. Arizona lawmakers are soliciting the public […]
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Dispatch from Amelia Island: IT and Law Are an Odd, Ornery Couple
As everyone knows, IT professionals and lawyers often have a little trouble seeing eye-to-eye. Practitioners of both the law and computer sorcery tend to be headstrong and preternaturally assured that they are correct 100 percent of the time. It only makes sense then, that several of Wednesday's panels at the Legal Technology Leadership Summit dealt with the crucial and interdependent relationship between law dogs and mysterious IT folks....