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Morning Docket: 07.13.21

* Lawyer addled over his drug arrest. I wonder when we will be ready to talk openly about drug use among lawyers? [Law.com] * Elon Musk deploys the "Shaggy" defense amid accusation that he had influence over SolarCity's board in a $2.6 Billion lawsuit. [Law360] * Imagine if federal judges came from schools other than YHS. #Allschoolsmatter. [Nationa Law Journal] * Is there actually a materiality requirement in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act? DOJ claims no. [Bloomberg Law] * In the clearest example of lawyerly language ever deployed, Rudy Giuliani calls the failed insurrection on Jan. 6th an "unfortunate trespass". He's still got it! [INSIDER]

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* Lawyer addled over his drug arrest. I wonder when we will be ready to talk openly about drug use among lawyers? [Law.com]

* Elon Musk deploys the “Shaggy” defense amid accusation that he had influence over SolarCity’s board in a $2.6 billion lawsuit. [Law 360]

* Imagine if federal judges came from schools other than YHS. #Allschoolsmatter. [National Law Journal]

* Is there actually a materiality requirement in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act? DOJ claims no. [Bloomberg Law]

* In the clearest example of lawyerly language ever deployed, Rudy Giuliani calls the failed insurrection on Jan. 6th an “unfortunate trespass.” He’s still got it! [INSIDER]

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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.

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