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Morning DocketMorning Docket: 06.28.21
* A lawsuit over a house that looks out of the Flintstones has been settled, and the home can stay as it is. Yabadabadoo! [NBC News]
* Trump lawyers have purportedly been warned of potential forthcoming charges against the Trump Organizations and its officials. [CNBC]
* A class-action lawsuit has already been filed over the building collapse in Surfside, Florida last week. [CBS News]
* Johnson & Johnson has settled opioid litigation with the State of New York for $230 million. [Hill]
* A prominent Chicago-area attorney was found dead in his home last week. [Chicago Tribune]
* The management firm that represents Connor McGregor is suing Manny Pacquiao over breach of contract and other claims. Seems like a knockout… [ESPN]
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Morning DocketMorning Docket: 05.13.21
* To-go alcohol from restaurants and bars has been made permanently legal in the Lone Star State. Time to order some Texas-sized cocktails to go… [People]
* An Orlando lawyer allegedly left her kids at home to run an SUV into their father’s house. [Miami Herald]
* A Central Pennsylvania lawyer, who is accused of threatening to kill United States Senators and shoot his wife, has been disbarred. [Patriot News]
* The top federal prosecutor in Chicago was hospitalized recently after suffering stroke-like symptoms. [Chicago Tribune]
* A lawsuit has been filed over a failed sale over the domain name “bird.com” and other URLs. The buyer should have known a bird in hand is better than two in the bush… [Domain Name Wire]
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Morning DocketMorning Docket: 03.31.21
* A lawsuit alleging that a company conspired to fix the price of pork has settled. Guess their actions didn’t sound kosher and they were allegedly acting piggish… [Meat+Poultry]
* Check out this profile of a retired lawyer who found a new calling as a writer. [Post and Courier]
* Bigelow Aerospace is suing NASA for around a million dollars for purportedly not paying for work. That number doesn’t seem out of this world… [CBS News]
* Representatives of Dominion Voting Systems have not ruled out suing President Trump over remarks he made over alleged fraud in the 2020 election. [Independent]
* Since Above the Law has not had a “lawyerly lairs” segment in a while, wanted to relate that a well-known Chicago attorney is selling his posh mansion. [Crain’s Chicago Business]
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Morning DocketMorning Docket: 03.29.21
* Florida’s Ron DeSantis threatened litigation unless the CDC greenlights cruises to resume by summer. Maybe he just wants to galivant around the Caribbean… [Yahoo News]
* Amazon is facing litigation over allegations that it failed to provide required meal breaks. [Verge]
* A Brooklyn judge has dismissed a case because a lawyer refused to wear a mask. [Daily News]
* A Minnesota lawyer has been sanctioned for allegedly filing election challenges without the plaintiffs’ knowledge. [Twin Cities Pioneer Press]
* A small Chicago bookseller is suing Amazon for allegedly using anticompetitive tactics. Sounds like this could be a sequel for You’ve Got Mail… [Oregonian]
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Morning DocketMorning Docket: 01.26.21
* Mike Lindell, the CEO of MyPillow, is filing a defamation lawsuit against a tabloid that said he was having an affair. Guess people should stop circulating “pillow” talk… [E! Online]
* An attorney has been sentenced to two years in prison for failing to file tax returns and pay taxes. [Chicago Tribune]
* A Texas lawyer and client were ordered to pay $150,000 for “outright lies” in court. [Texas Lawyer]
* A Chicago attorney is racking up wins on the game show Jeopardy! [Chicago Tribune]
* A lawyer is giving $20 Starbucks gift cards to teachers as a way to express his gratitude for educators. Guess it’s more useful than apples…[Fox News]
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Morning DocketMorning Docket: 09.14.20
* A PA lawyer has been sentenced to prison for allegedly stealing client funds to purchase (among other things) tickets to Superbowl LII in which the Eagles beat the Patriots. Maybe it was worth it to see Tom Brady lose… [Lehigh Valley Live]
* A lawyer at the Department of Labor has been reassigned after accusing the Secretary of Labor of retaliation. [Bloomberg Law]
* New details have surfaced about the Chicago attorney couple who were found stabbed to death in their home earlier this year. [Chicago Tribune]
* Senator Ted Cruz is another potential Supreme Court pick on President Trump’s most recent list to indicate he has no desire to serve on the high court. [CNN]
* An employee at the Washington State Attorney General’s Office has been put on administrative leave after leaving a note on a restaurant check that read: “BLM pin = no tip.” [Spokesman-Review]
* A contractor is in legal hot water for allegedly fleecing a congregation of $454,000 to build a church and then performing little work. The contractor should be most afraid of getting struck by lighting or something like that… [Stamford Advocate]
