Tag: Dr. Dre

* Dr. Dre’s lawyer has been disqualified from representing him in his divorce. Too bad Dr. Dre went to medical school instead of law school… [Page Six]

* A Florida man, who was found guilty of impersonating a lawyer, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. [New York Times]

* A new lawsuit alleges that the tipping policy of Olive Garden’s parent company has a discriminatory impact on workers. If true, maybe “when you’re here, your family” should apply to employees too. [Today]

* Veritas founder James O’Keefe is threatening litigation after being banned from Twitter. [Forbes]

* Fyre Festival has settled claims with 277 ticket-holders over the ill-fated 2017 music event. Hope they make a documentary about this part of the Fyre Festival saga… [Fox News]

* Dr. Dre’s estranged wife has filed a lawsuit claiming she co-owns the trademark to his name. Maybe she owns the “Dr.” part… [Yahoo News]

* Julian Assange was allegedly offered a presidential pardon in exchange for revealing the source of leaked Democratic National Committee emails. [Bloomberg Law]

* A Florida attorney is in hot water over allegedly misappropriating client funds. [Daily Business Review]

* An attorney has apparently gone from making $700,000 a year to $30,000 a year as an Amazon warehouse worker because of the ongoing pandemic. [Connecticut Law Tribune]

* TikTok has filed additional legal action to block President Trump’s ban on the app. Maybe they should consider serving process through Twitter… [Washington Post]

* Senator Chuck Grassley of the Senate Judiciary Committee really, really, really wants any Supreme Court justice who’s considering retiring any time soon to speed things up and retire immediately so their successor can be confirmed ASAP before the midterms. You hear that, Justice Kennedy? You apparently need to announce your retirement “now or within two or three weeks.” [Reuters]

* Quinn Emanuel may face an investigation from the Solicitors Regulation Authority, the agency responsible for overseeing attorneys in the United Kingdom, in the wake of allegations concerning a dismissed partner’s inappropriate behavior. The firm reported itself to the SRA, because it takes the allegations “extremely seriously.” [Legal Week]

* Squire Patton Boggs is really trying to distance itself from Michael Cohen. Remember that strategic alliance they had? Psshtttttt, please, forget about that. Under the bus you go, my friend: “At all times, Cohen maintained his independence, was not an employee of the firm, and did not maintain files or bill clients through the firm.” [The Hill]

* The Federal Communications Commission is planning to kill net neutrality on June 11, one day before the Senate is set to vote on Congressional Review Act resolution that seeks to overturn the FCC’s repeal of net neutrality rules. [NPR]

* Dr. Dre, the rapper, lost a trademark infringement fight against Dr. Drai, the gynecologist. These motherf**kers at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office act like they forgot about Dre. [Courthouse News Service]

* Mary Jo White isn’t the only Debevoise partner who will face high scrutiny while being vetted for the SEC. Andrew Ceresney may be up for co-chief of enforcement. [DealBook / New York Times]

* The Crowell & Moring ethics complaint alleging the firm suggested Appalachians have family circles instead of family trees was chalked up to an “inbreeding memo mishap.” [Am Law Daily]

* A panel of the Appellate Division, Second Department will hold court at St. John’s School of Law next month. Perhaps the students will be a little less embarrassed happier with the school now. [New York Law Journal]

* Patrick Fitzgerald, ex-U.S. attorney and current Skadden partner, will teach a course in national security law at Chicago Law School. Attend his class, lest his “extraordinary brilliance” go to waste. [National Law Journal]

* Looks like somebody forgot about Dre. The rapper’s headphones company, Beats By Dr. Dre, is now going after people for trying to register anything with “beat” or “beats” as trademarks. [WSJ Law Blog (sub. req.)]

* Ross Ehlinger, a litigator who died while competing in the Alcatraz triathlon, RIP. [San Francisco Chronicle]