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  • Morning Docket: 08.26.20
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 08.26.20

    * Halle Berry wishes to act as her own lawyer in her divorce against Olivier Martinez. Hope it doesn’t turn out badly like Catwoman… [Fox News]

    * The top lawyer at ICE will become the new leader of the agency. [CNN]

    * The Attorney General of Alaska has resigned after allegedly inappropriate text messages he sent to a younger female state employee surfaced. [NBC News]

    * A new lawsuit alleges that the NFL’s concussion settlement discriminates against black players. [Wall Street Journal]

    * The family of a woman found alive at a funeral home after being declared dead has hired a lawyer to investigate possible negligence. Maybe she was just a heavy sleeper? [Guardian]

  • Morning Docket: 05.28.20
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 05.28.20

    * Three members of a $31.7 million fraudulent slip-and-fall ring have been sentenced to prison. Wonder if they got the idea from Slippin’ Jimmy. [Insurance Journal]

    * Former presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard has abandoned her short-lived defamation lawsuit against Hillary Clinton. [CNN]

    * A Louisiana attorney who was suspended from practice for chest bumping a prosecutor has been reinstated as a lawyer. Apparently the chest bump was not like the kind seen in football. [Advocate]

    * The Los Angeles City Attorney has sued a company for selling allegedly fake COVID-19 tests. [Orange County Register]

    * There is some hope that a TV series based on The Lincoln Lawyer will be produced after all. Thought I already saw the reboot, but realized it was just a Matthew McConaughey car commercial. [Hollywood Reporter]

    * Since this website has not published a Lawyerly Lairs article in a while, just wanted to report that a top Chicago criminal lawyer has listed his posh pad for sale. [Crain’s Chicago]

  • Morning Docket: 05.22.20
    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]

  • Morning Docket: 05.08.20
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 05.08.20

    * Legal Sea Foods has filed a lawsuit against their insurer over business interruption insurance. Bet they hope the denial of their claim was just a “fluke.” [Boston Herald]

    * A judge has dismissed a lawsuit stemming from a sex tape involving Kevin Hart. Sounds like this could form the basis of another Jumanji sequel. [Atlanta Journal Constitution]

    * The Department of Justice has dropped criminal charges against Michael Flynn. [AP]

    * A federal appeals court has ruled on legal fees to be doled out in the NFL concussion litigation. Don’t remember lawyers being involved in the Will Smith movie… [Legal Intelligencer]

    * Tara Reade, who accuses Joe Biden of sexual assault, has hired a lawyer who represented six Harvey Weinstein victims. [New York Magazine]

    * Zoom will start cracking down on Zoombombing in a deal with the New York Attorney General. Will Ferrell should still be allowed to crash Zoom calls… [NPR]

  • Morning Docket: 08.30.19
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 08.30.19

    * Brexit is going to be a real problem for law firms. [Law.com]

    * Former paralegal sues firm alleging it “fosters a ‘party culture’ rife with drug use and sexual harassment.” [Philly Voice]

    * Law firms are feasting on the Sears bankruptcy. [NY Post]

    * 2020 could be a monster year for Biglaw fundraising. [American Lawyer]

    * What happens to intellectual property when artificial intelligence starts inventing things? [The Recorder]

    * Even the Second Circuit doesn’t want to fly Spirit. [Law360]

    * SEC targets investment fund that allegedly preyed upon brain-damaged NFL players to enrich themselves. Team owners, meanwhile, face no repercussions. [Daily Business Review]

    * The DOJ makes secret laws? Super. [Politico]