Tag: George Floyd

* California has the opportunity to modify or do away with their three strikes law. I hope they take it. [Voice of San Diego]

* Tennessee creates law intended to penalize kids who make threats online. The first person to get locked up over a TikTok is never gonna live that down. [WKRN]

* The three officers who did nothing as their coworker killed a man with his knee will also face trial soon.  [NPR]

* Electronic sniffing dogs are being used to detect child pornography. This is going to end up in a Criminal Procedure casebook isn’t it? [ABC]

* Green thumbs and orange jumpsuits: man sentenced to two years for smuggling succulents. [LAist]

* A lawsuit has been filed over the name for Corona Hard Seltzer. Maybe they can resolve the despite by kicking back a few… [Chicago Tribune]

* A California woman is accused of impersonating two lawyers and committing PPP loan fraud. Going to refrain from making a My Cousin Vinny reference here… [SF Gate]

* A former Disney employee is accusing the company of bad accounting in a new lawsuit. Maybe they just lost track of their Star Wars money. [Orlando Sentinel]

* The defense teams of three individuals charged in the killing of George Floyd are asking for charges to be dismissed against their clients. [Star Tribune]

* Check out this article on the rate at which federal courts of appeal grant oral argument. The data should be “appealing” to many litigators. [Juris Lab]

* A California family is being sued by an animal rights group for allegedly mistreating their cows. Maybe the farmers were lactose intolerant… Bet they’ll file a “moo”tion to dismiss…(I can go all day!). [My Valley News]

* A veteran Oregon attorney has surrendered his law license amid allegations of theft and other illicit conduct. [Oregonian]

* A woman has been charged with damaging the car of a lawyer representing a former cop allegedly involved in the death of George Floyd. [Minneapolis Star Tribune]

* A federal judge has dismissed the Trump Campaign’s lawsuit concerning election procedures in Pennsylvania. [AP]

* An ethics board has approved of a New York lawyer withdrawing from a representation involving a court appearance out of fear of contracting COVID-19. [Bloomberg Law]

* A woman was cited over the weekend for allegedly drunk driving at over four times the legal limit and crashing into a bridge causing a traffic nightmare. Maybe she’ll get four times the normal punishment… [Fox News]

* Florida’s Supreme Court says Governor DeSantis overstepped his authority when appointing a jurist to the Supreme Court who wasn’t admitted to the Florida bar for the required 10 years. Seems like this should have come up in a background check… [Hill]

* Seventy-four people are now facing federal charges for protests in Portland, Oregon, that took place after the death of George Floyd. [Los Angeles Times]

* A top ethics lawyer at the Bush Administration is calling for an ethics investigation into Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s speech at the Republican National Convention. [New York Times]

* A legal defense fund is being established for a teen accused of killing and injuring protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin. [Daily Mail]

* A defense lawyer in the George Floyd criminal case is requesting a change of venue for the trial. Pretty sure everyone, everywhere has heard of this case. [ABC News]

* Facebook is paying up to $650 million to settle a lawsuit alleging the company violated Illinois’ facial recognition law. That’s basically a parking ticket for Zuckerberg… [Vox]

* Michael Cohen is being released from prison again after a federal judge found that he was sent back to the clink in retaliation for publishing a book on President Trump. [CNBC News]

* A lawsuit has been filed against Disney by two writers who claimed they developed a spec script for Pirates of the Caribbean years before the movies were produced. [Business Insurance]

* The former police officer accused of killing George Floyd has been charged with tax evasion, along with his wife. [ABC News]

* Tesla has filed a lawsuit against rival Rivian for allegedly poaching talent and trade secrets. Nerd fight! [TechCrunch]

* Some are objecting to the Alaska Bar Association’s decision to hire Alan Dershowitz to deliver a keynote speech for $15,000. I’d give the speech in exchange for travel costs to see Alaska if anyone is looking for alternate speakers… [Alaska Public Media]

* A hip-hop trio is suing their lawyer for allegedly excessive fees and conflicts of interest. [Billboard]

* Eighty-seven protesters were arrested outside of the home of the Kentucky Attorney General earlier this week. [AP]

* Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions has lost his primary run to regain his Senate seat in Alabama. [CBS News]

* The family of George Floyd has filed a lawsuit against Minneapolis and others over the killing of George Floyd. [CNN]

* A lawsuit has been filed to shut down summer school in Detroit. This seems like every kid’s dream come true. [Detroit News]

* A law professor will be hosting a fake class about Seinfeld in order to raise money for charity. Guess it’s easy to have a fake class involving a show about nothing… [ABC News]

* The first federal execution in two decades was carried out yesterday after the final stay of execution was lifted. [CNN]

* Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyer cited the the case of attorneys accused of fire bombing an NYPD car when making arguments about Maxwell’s bail. [New York Post]

* Some bar candidates are expressing trepidation over the prospect of taking the bar exam online. [Hill]

* Defense lawyers in the case involving George Floyd’s death are accusing the Minnesota Attorney General of allegedly violating a gag order. [Star Tribune]

* An attorney made the news for having a deposition in his backyard. Please, I’ve done depositions in a school, a firehouse, hospitals, homes, a church, restaurants, hotel rooms, a gym, a college campus, a casino, and other odd places, and this never made the news… [CBS News]

* A Tennessee lawyer has been censured for showing up to defend a client’s DUI charge while drunk. Maybe this was part of the lawyer’s defense? [Fox News]

* Country Music Group Lady A, which recently changed its name from Lady Antebellum, is embroiled in a trademark dispute with a blues singer who also goes by Lady A. [USA Today]

* Check out this interesting article on why there should be a right to an immigration attorney. [Slate]

* An attorney for a former police officer charged with aiding and abetting the killing of George Floyd has filed a motion to dismiss the charges. [Fox News]

* A judge is allowing a defamation lawsuit filed by Roy Moore over a prank by Sacha Baron Cohen to proceed. Moore should count himself lucky he wasn’t pranked by Borat, Bruno, or Ali G. [Hill]