Morning Docket: 05.15.08
* House Democrats propose new tax surcharge for upper-income taxpayers, but Senate Democrats aren't on board. [AP]
* West Virginia voters give the heave-ho to Chief Justice Elliott Maynard, in the wake of the Massey Energy scandal. [WSJ Law Blog]
* Verdict today in $1 Billion NewsCorp Spy Case. [ABC News]
* Former UVA literature major pleads guilty to charges related to her role as chief booker of the Emperors Club VIP -- and is cooperating with the government. Watch out, Eliot. [New York Times]
* SEC charges Broadcom founder and others in stock-options backdating case. [WSJ Law Blog]
* Justice Sandra Day O'Connor talks to Jan Crawford Greenburg about Alzheimer's Disease and its impact on her life and family. [Legalities / ABC News]
* KSM gets 6/5 court date. [McClatchy]
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by First Again
do you really need to keep posting about taxes?
If someone kept talking about their plans to take the cash from your wallet and give it to other people, would you just smile and nod, or would you make some noise about it?
Face it, those of us in Biglaw (esp. in a dual-Biglaw household) are unfortunately lumped in to the Dems' "wealthiest Americans" category all the time. It sucks. It's important to post stories about raising (or, fortune-willing, lowering) taxes because it affects a lot of us.