Tag: McDonald’s

* McDonald’s facing $500M class action sexual harassment suit. I thought this was a family establishment? [Bloomberg Law]
* Missouri continues very American tradition of discussing how to talk about race with no spoken input from Black folk. [Kansas City]
* Suddenly, vaccinations are bipartisan. Should we expect more mandates? [The Atlantic]
* District Judge blocks Arkansas law that bans most abortions. [PBS]
* Balancing Privacy and Profit is hard to do amid COVID, but it will get done. Hopefully. [Bloomberg Law]

* A lawsuit between the Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee and the national organization is reportedly imperiling cookie sales. The Samoas must flow… [Tennessee Lookout]

* A Colorado lawyer’s discipline for using an anti-gay slur has been upheld. [Colorado Politics]

* A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against McDonald’s by black franchisees claiming racial discrimination. [CNBC]

* The Texas State Bar is purportedly investigating whether efforts by the Attorney General of Texas to allegedly undermine the 2020 election violated ethical rules. [AP]

* Roblox, the popular videogame company, is facing a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by a group of music publishers. Seems like they aren’t playing “games”… [Fox Business]

* A new lawsuit alleges a New Jersey family ate feces-covered food at a McDonald’s. One heck of a special sauce… [Patch]

* Harvey Weinstein has sued his former lawyer to recover supposedly unearned legal fees. [Hill]

* San Diego County will provide lawyers to immigrants facing deportation proceedings. [Minnesota Lawyer]

* A man has been convicted of stalking a high-profile Texas attorney. [Dallas Morning News]

* Rudy Giuliani’s allies are allegedly asking that Donald Trump’s team help pay Rudy’s legal bills. A family that pays together, stays together…[Hill]

* The former CEO of McDonald’s is asking to be dismissed from a discrimination lawsuit filed by two former executives. Sounds like he could use a Happy Meal… [Restaurant Business]

* A Connecticut lawyer has been sentenced to prison for allegedly fleecing donors of a veterans’ charity. [Hartford Courant]

* Sources suggest that Senator Amy Klobuchar is being considered as a potential Attorney General in the Biden Administration. [CNBC]

* The first woman has been elected to become the new Maricopa County Attorney, leading the third-largest prosecutorial agency in the country. [Arizona Republic]

* The Los Angeles Times and Tribune Publishing have settled a longstanding pay disparity lawsuit. It must be interesting for the Times to write an article about itself… [Los Angeles Times]

* McDonald’s is paying $26 million to settle a wage-theft lawsuit. That would go a long way on the dollar menu… [Business Insider]

* Senate Democrats met with Judge Amy Coney Barrett yesterday ahead of Supreme Court confirmation hearings next week. [Fox News]

* A new ABA ethics opinion suggests that lawyers need to disclose friendships and intimate relationships they have with opposing counsel to their clients. But some of us try to be friends with everyone… [Bloomberg Law]

* A lawyer for Britney Spears has purportedly likened Britney’s mental state to a comatose patient, and says that she is unable to give testimony. Maybe this lawyer is watching too much South Park. [TMZ]

* An Ohio lawyer has been suspended for calling another attorney a “complete idiot” and making other purportedly inappropriate responses. They must have some strict civility standards in the Buckeye State… [ABA Journal]

* A group of fireworks companies has agreed to dismiss a lawsuit involving New York’s COVID-19 restrictions. Guess the litigation didn’t start off with a “bang”… [New York Law Journal]

* President Trump has won a motion to temporarily delay the release of his tax records. [Fox News]

* A new lawsuit alleges that McDonald’s discriminates against black franchisees. [Reuters]

* A new global settlement plan has been advanced to dispose of claims accusers have against Harvey Weinstein. [Hollywood Reporter]

* A 105-year-old woman is leading a lawsuit seeking reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Massacre. [Guardian]

* Kanye West is suing to appear on the ballot for president in Wisconsin and Ohio. Maybe Kim K can put her law classes to good use… [Business Insider]

* A lawsuit says it is unfair patrons can’t dine indoors in New York City, but can feast indoors in other New York counties. This lawsuit is important, since NYC has many good restaurants, including some people’s favorite New York pizza joint… [New York Post]

* A federal appeals court has ruled that former White House Counsel Don McGahn does not need to testify before a congressional committee. [Yahoo News]

* A class action in New York has been filed by wedding venues questioning the state’s 50-person limit on events in light of the fact that large protests were permitted. [Times Union]

* A federal judge had some harsh words for the Kentucky Bar for making a lawyer jump through hoops to be licensed because she had bipolar disorder. [Bloomberg Law]

* McDonald’s has called its former CEO “morally bankrupt” for attempting to dismiss a lawsuit stemming from alleged sexual misconduct by the former leader. [Eater]

* A lawsuit filed by McDonald’s alleges that its former CEO sent nude pics from his work email, destroyed evidence related to sexual relationships with employees, and committed other illicit acts. Looks like Ronald wasn’t the only clown at McDonald’s… [Business Insider]

* A federal judge in New York has allowed a lawyer to withdraw from representing Michael Avenatti in a criminal case. [Fox News]

* A disbarred Beverly Hills lawyer has pleaded guilty to stealing over $500,000 from a former client. [CBS News]

* Susman Godfrey has elected the first female managing partner in the history of the firm. [Bloomberg Law]

* A lawyer is apparently accused of billing his client 40 hours in one day. Maybe he had a time machine? [Texas Lawyer]

* A teenager in Alabama is on track to be the youngest lawyer in that state’s history. Hollywood should turn this lawyer’s story into “Doogie Howser, JD”… [NBC News]

* Attorneys for Michael Flynn have filed a petition for a writ of mandamus asking that the judge overseeing his case be recused. [Fox News]

* Singer John Legend “sang” the praises of a candidate seeking a district attorney’s office. [Oregonian]

* Workers at McDonald’s have sued the company for an allegedly insufficient response to the COVID-19 pandemic. [NBC News]

* The NCAA has lost a major antitrust lawsuit, which could open the way for college athletes to receive more compensation. As a Division Three athlete myself, I was happy to just get meal money… [USA Today]

* A judge is complaining that some attorneys are appearing shirtless and in bed for court conferences held via Zoom because of COVID-19. Of course, this is happening in Florida… [Local 10]

* Speaking of which, the Supreme Court will be conducting oral arguments by remote means next month. It seems that there will be no on-camera component to the arguments, so counsel might get away with participating in their underwear. [CNN]

* Check out this Texas lawyer who traded a suit for scrubs and volunteered to help COVID-19 patients at a New York hospital. [Dallas Morning News]

* A federal judge has ruled that ICE must allow detainees to have private phone calls with their attorneys during the COVID-19 pandemic. [Los Angeles Times]

* McDonald’s employees have filed a class-action lawsuit against the fast food chain alleging that the company has a systematic sexual harassment problem. [Business Insider]

* The North Carolina Attorney General is investigating someone for price gouging for offering to sell a roll of toilet paper for $100. Maybe it was just super premium toilet paper? [AP]

* A former White & Williams lawyer has pleaded guilty to stealing portions of settlements from insurance litigation. Hopefully he didn’t defraud his malpractice insurer. [Philadelphia Business Journal]

* A former FBI lawyer is under fire for altering a document related to 2016 surveillance of a Trump campaign adviser. [CNN]

* McDonald’s has been sued over allegations that it has not adequately protected employees from dangerous customers. Never knew McDonald’s are so dangerous, maybe more people should have a Happy Meal. [USA Today]

* The ex-office manager of a lawyer to the stars has been accused of embezzling millions of dollars from her former employer. [New York Post]

* An ex-assistant U.S. attorney has pleaded guilty to stealing thousands of dollars by falsifying time cards. There is a lot of greed in the Morning Docket today! [Commercial Appeal]

* Easing older partners out the door presents all sorts of problems in eat-what-you-kill firms. [American Lawyer]

* Doctor saves juror’s life during med mal trial. [ABA Journal]

* Remember the cyclist who flipped off the Trump motorcade and then got fired from her job at a government contractor? Yeah, she’s suing over that BS. [Courthouse News Service]

* Do you want fries with that? NLRB’s top-notch customer service bends over backward to help McDonald’s avoid answering for labor law infractions. [Law360]

* South Korea’s former president gets 24 years in corruption case. [Reuters]

* State supreme court releases its opinion allowing Tarra Simmons to take the bar exam. [Seattle Times]

* Legal aid is moving into doctor’s offices to help pregnant women fight for their rights. [Slate]

* Sorry, Berners, but you’ll have to start the revolution somewhere else: Students at Georgetown Law have been barred from campaigning for Bernie Sanders on campus because administrators say it would threaten the law school’s tax-exempt status. [Hit & Run / Reason]

* A group from Kasowitz Benson’s lucrative insurance recovery practice, including its leader, Robin Cohen, is leaving for McKool Smith, but name partner Marc Kasowitz doesn’t seem to mind one bit. He says it’ll help the firm out in the long run. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg BNA]

* Obama is expected to nominate Judge Lucy Koh of the Northern District of California, she of the Apple v. Samsung patent feud, to the Ninth Circuit. It’s too bad the likelihood of her getting through the Senate right now is “close to zero.” [San Jose Mercury News]

* Hole singer Courtney Love’s “Twibel” (Twitter plus libel) victory against her ex-lawyer in the first case to ever go to trial over a defamatory tweet was recently upheld by a California appellate court. Retweet and Like. [THR, ESQ. / Hollywood Reporter]

* Mmm, cheese-product sticks! Fast-food conglomerate McDonald’s is facing a class-action suit over its sometimes cheeseless mozzarella sticks, with allegations that they’re not made with “100 percent real cheese” and “real mozzarella” as advertised. [Eater]

* Valerie Ford Jacob, leader of Fried Frank since 2003, is stepping down from her post prior to her official 2015 departure date. At least she’s leaving on a high note, with the firm’s highest profits per partner ever. Yay. [WSJ Law Blog (sub. req.)]

* Ralph Lerner, the ex-Sidley Austin partner who billed extra car charges to his clients, claims he went into work on weekends to do work for free to make up for it. Aww, how nice of him. [Am Law Daily]

* When we first covered this in January, it was just a rumor, but now it’s officially set in stone. The deed is done: Buchanan Ingersoll is picking up Tampa firm Fowler White Boggs. [Pittsburgh Business Times]

* Many New York law schools moved in the recent U.S. News rankings, but not necessarily in the right direction. Four out of 15 schools moved up; the rest stayed the same or slipped. [New York Law Journal]

* Would you like damages with that? McDonald’s corporate and its franchisees are facing lawsuits filed by employees over their allegedly “stolen wages.” Class actions have been filed in three states. [Bloomberg]

* Dewey know which D&L defendants did the perp walk of shame before their arraignment yesterday? Three of the ex-executives! Even Steve Davis, who quit his job as in-house counsel to Ras al Ghul Khaimah of the UAE last week. [Am Law Daily]

* It’s about half and half when it comes to states that have filed briefs with the Tenth Circuit in support of or against the rulings striking down gay marriage bans in Utah and Oklahoma. Sadly, not everyone can be as fabulous as we’d like. [National Law Journal]

* Abortion clinics are closing their doors in Texas thanks to new legislation, and the total number of clinics in the state come September will be six. Let the Mexican medical tourism commence. [New York Times]

* Illegal immigrants can’t practice law in Florida, says the state’s Supreme Court, but they can in California. Good thing there’s eleventy billion law schools there to accommodate them. [Miami Herald]

* Webster Lucas, the fellow suing McDonald’s over an alleged race-based napkin denial that’s since prevented him from working, has sued fast food joints before. He’s a “vexatious litigant.” [NBC Los Angeles]