Morning Docket: 11.29.21

* Thanksgiving turkey have you thinking about home insurance? This might be worth a look. [Law360] * The Department of Transportation is in hot water over a (bad) meme that might count as lobbying. Maybe this is a sign they should leave it to the professionals. [FOX News] * If not knowing enough about the Rittenhouse and Arbery trial outcomes made your uncle question if your JD was really better than his "research" (read: Google searches), it might be a good time to review some legal concepts. Let's start with felony murder. [NPR] * Maine's "Right to Food" law probably has Wickard turning in his crops. C'est la vie. [Economist] * Oregon is about to pass the CROWN law which may help our coaches and coworkers achieve a goal they've been struggling with for a very long time -- leaving black folks the hell alone. [OPB]

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* Thanksgiving turkey have you thinking about home insurance? This might be worth a look. [Law360]

* The Department of Transportation is in hot water over a (bad) meme that might count as lobbying. Maybe this is a sign they should leave it to the professionals. [FOX News]

* If not knowing enough about the Rittenhouse and Arbery trial outcomes made your uncle question if your JD was really better than his “research” (read: Google searches), it might be a good time to review some legal concepts. Let’s start with felony murder. [NPR]

* Maine’s “Right to Food” law probably has Wickard turning in his crops. C’est la vie. [Economist]

* Oregon is about to pass the CROWN law which may help our coaches and coworkers achieve a goal they’ve been struggling with for a very long time — leaving black folks the hell alone. [OPB]


Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord™ in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s. Before that, he wrote columns for an online magazine named The Muse Collaborative under the pen name Knehmo. He endured the great state of Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who cannot swim, a published author on critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at cwilliams@abovethelaw.com and by tweet at @WritesForRent.