Morning Docket: 08.16.23

* Judge Edith Jones writes a letter to the Wall Street Journal blasting the Federal Circuit's actions to sideline Judge Pauline Newman. [Wall Street Journal] * Blind Side subject Michael Oher has filed to end the conservatorship of the couple he lived with. Oher alleges that he believed he was being adopted when in reality he handed over substantial financial rights and no one checked for almost two decades. [Bloomberg Law News] * Black lawyer says he was handcuffed while a judge ordered him to produce documents or settle the case. [ABA Journal] * Lawsuit claims that state law illegally favors Iowa wineries. In other news, Iowa has wineries. [DMR] * Class action suits filed against Hawaiian utility companies over fires. [Law.com] * ABA considering rule requiring law schools to adopt written free speech policies. No way this just turns into a cudgel for powerful interests to squelch protest under the moniker of "free speech." Yep, no way at all! [Reuters] * Former FBI agent admits taking cash from sanctioned Russian oligarchs. [Law360]