Breaking:

A "Kraken" lawyer who sued Major League Baseball flopped in his efforts to move the All-Star Game back to Atlanta.

This was a massacre.

The judge kept shredding his arguments, in an ongoing hearing.

Developing story, @LawCrimeNews lawandcrime.com/high-profile/f…
Alabama-born SDNY Judge Caproni was in characteristically scathing and witty form today, and she continues to read her ruling now, finding a lack of standing.
Judge Caproni, just now, says that to call the suit "weak and muddled is an understatement."
Howard Kleinhendler, the "Kraken" lawyer behind the suit, asked for a copy of the transcript.

Judge Caproni cracked that he's welcome to buy it from the SDNY court reporters — and support small business, she quipped.
Hearing over.

Since we're not at the dismissal stage, yet, the case technically hangs by a thread. Judge Caproni scheduled a conference for next month—"assuming" plaintiff wishes to trudge forward.

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