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Morning Docket: 03.05.08

dry cleaning store 2 Judge Roy Pearson Above the Law.JPG* The battle for the Democratic presidential nomination, between two of the world’s most famous lawyers, will go on — perhaps all the way to the convention. [New York Times; Washington Post]

* Could a Clinton-Obama ticket avoid the otherwise inevitable train wreck? [Politico]

* Meanwhile, John McCain sews it up on the Republican side. But conservatives vow to press forward with their court challenges to McCain-Feingold. [Washington Post]

* Time to bone up on your Delaware corporate law. More maneuvering is likely in the Yahoo-Microsoft takeover battle. [New York Times]

* The $54 million pants case inspires proposed legislation in Maryland that would require dry cleaners to pay customers for clothing they damage. [Washington Post via WSJ Law Blog]

* Elsewhere in state legislative developments, Arizona reverts to the Wild West, contemplating a law to allow concealed weapons on campus. The sponsoring lawmaker “initially wanted her bill to cover all public schools, kindergarten and up, but other lawmakers convinced her it stood a better chance of passing if it were limited to higher education.” [New York Times]

* Global kiddie porn bust snares 14 Americans. [CNN]

* Debevoise makes headway in its internal investigation of Siemens. To all the beleaguered junior associates working on this matter: Hang in there! [WSJ Law Blog]

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1 Posted by guest | Permalink Wednesday, March 5, 2008 10:31 AM

A Clinton-Obama ticket would be the trainwreck of trainwrecks.

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2 Posted by guest | Permalink Wednesday, March 5, 2008 12:04 PM

First of all, it would have to be an Obama-Clinton ticket since he will have the delegate lead. Second, he would be a fool to pick her as a VP.

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3 Posted by guest | Permalink Wednesday, March 5, 2008 12:13 PM

boo hoo hoo...jesu, I mean Obama didn't win

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4 Posted by guest | Permalink Wednesday, March 5, 2008 5:24 PM

If you think the thing about Arizona is funny, you should look at Utah. We alredy passed that bill last year, and this year we're working on passing a bill to allow OPEN carry of hand guns on college campuses. Pretty sweet, huh?

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