* The New York Bar is helping attorneys reach “high profits” by allowing lawyers to advise clients on legal issues related to marijuana. [Bloomberg]
* A Michigan lawyer has been sworn in as an attorney by the same judge who sent him to prison two decades earlier. [Detroit Free Press]
* Looks like Elon Musk won’t settle a lawsuit about his imfamous “pedo guy” tweet and will testify in his own defense. Wonder what type of experts Musk plans to introduce at trial. [Reuters]
* A NYC man has won $280,000 against a lawyer who called him an “a-hole” and a “jerk” online. Never thought an NYC jury would award so much money for such insults. [New York Post]
* The Oregon State Bar has allegedly mishandled the cases of a disbarred Oregon lawyer who is accused of stealing millions from her clients. [The Oregonian]
* The DC Attorney General has joined the pile-on against Juul, the maker of electronic cigarettes, over allegations it illicitly advertised to minors. [CNBC]
Jordan Rothman is a partner of The Rothman Law Firm, a full-service New York and New Jersey law firm. He is also the founder of Student Debt Diaries, a website discussing how he paid off his student loans. You can reach Jordan through email at jordan@rothmanlawyer.com.