* Bill Childs disses AEI’s parties. He just doesn’t appreciate a good formal gala. [TortsProf Blog] * FAA regulations: comply with weirded-out flight attendant at all times, no matter how irrational she is. [Prettier Than Napoleon] * Apple claims right to word “podcast”; next: all soundwaves between 4500 and 6000 MHz. [Overlawyered] * Blogs can […]
Peter Lattman reports that Croesus-wealthy litigatrix Susan Loggans has put her Pacific Palisades mansion on sale for a pricy $26.9 million, three times what she paid for it. Situated on two lots measuring approx. 2.5 usable acres this totally private and gated tennis court and equestrian estate is a paradise of its own. The home […]
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* Senate approves broad new rules to try detainees. [New York Times; Bashman linkwrap] * Senate House grandstands over Hewlett-Packard as most witnesses take Fifth; libertarians celebrate that time wasted is time not spent passing new appropriations. [New York Times; WaPo] * Verizon Wireless piles on against H-P. [WSJ Law Blog] * Observers suggest Supreme […]
Justice Douglas played poker with FDR, as Justice Scalia noted in his refusal to recuse himself over his duck-hunting trips with Vice President Cheney. Scalia himself has a famous poker game that once included regular attendees Justice Rehnquist and William Bennett. Judge Kozinski often hosts poker nights for law students when he’s on the road. […]
Good morning. David Lat is in Bumrungrad International Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand for the weekend for what has been euphemistically called “elective surgery.” Rest assured, D-Lat will return Monday, safe, sound, and happy to blog, if having to sit on a comfy pillow to do so, and we should all be supportive of the very […]
ATL sends its warmest congratulations to Judge Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain,* of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit! This month, Judge O’Scannlain celebrates twenty years on the federal bench. During two decades of distiinguished service, Judge O’Scannlain has established himself as a shining star in the federal judicial firmament.** We had the honor […]
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* We were taught growing up that when someone pays you a compliment, the appropriate response is gratitude. So thank you, QuizLaw! Unlike those grumpy feminists — e.g., Jessica Valenti, adversary of Ann Althouse — we soak up compliments graciously. And we enjoy being objectified. Toward that end, here’s a shirtless photo of us. [QuizLaw] […]
1. They’re both having A REALLY CRAPPY Thursday. 2. They both like to SPY ON OTHER PEOPLE (e.g., fellow board members, husbands). 3. OMG: They have THE EXACT SAME HAIRSTYLE!!! (Gavel bang: David Minkin) Hearings Open on H.P.’s Spying: Patricia Dunn Testifies [New York Times] Pirro Hits Trail After Inquiry Emerges [New York Times] Jeanine […]
We are guilty of dereliction of duty. We’ve neglected to write about the Hewlett-Packard leak investigation scandal, now unfolding in all of its glory before Congress. (Yes, that Congress: a body that knows all about unethical behavior, illegal conduct, and mind-blowing stupidity.) We’ve been avoiding this scandal for two main reasons. First, it’s a story […]
Last week we wrote about the A-team of legal talent that Assistant Attorney General Kenneth L. Wainstein is assembling over at the Justice Department’s new National Security Division. Wainstein’s top hires include several members of the Elect, including high-flying legal eagles Brett Gerry (Silberman/Kennedy) and John Demers (O’Scannlain/Scalia). A press release issued this morning announces […]
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This just in: A possible sighting of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg!!! I have an unconfirmed rumor that RBG was at the Kennedy Center’s performance last night of Sophie’s Choice: The Opera. Can you confirm this? Apparently the justice has been spotted before at the opera there. Such a sighting would not surprise us. Justice Ginsburg’s […]
Hey, it’s not yet noon — so we can still call this “Morning Docket.” (Sorry for the delay. But if you care about actual legal news, as opposed to our crude musings on them, you really should go here or here instead.) * BREAKING: Ann Baskins just resigned as general counsel of HP. And her […]
For those of you in the New York area, here’s an event next month you might be interested in: Sunday – Tuesday, October 22-24, 2006Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law Three-day conference: “Jews and the Legal Profession”, at 55 Fifth Avenue at 12th Street. Participants include Alan Dershowitz, Stuart Eizenstat, and many others. For more […]
We realize this gossip is several days old. But we don’t check Brian Leiter’s site as often as we should — ’cause we’re always afraid of going there and finding something mildly critical to downright nasty about us. We’re quite good at loathing ourselves; we don’t need others to pitch in. But better late than […]
Oooh boy. Last night we read the extensive coverage of Anna Nicole Smith in the latest issue of US Weekly, focused on the (still mysterious) death of her 20-year-old son, Daniel. So we thought we were pretty caught up on ANS developments. But this morning we received this breaking news, about an attorney-client “relationship” that […]