Morning Docket: 06.23.08

Monday, June 23, 2008 9:54 AM - By David Lat

Matthew Tannin Matt Tannin Bear Stearns hedge fund manager.jpg * Despite convictions and prison time for some high-profile plaintiff’s lawyers, the “tort wars” rage on. [New York Times]

* The Bear Stearns fund-manager indictment: a cautionary tale. (Pictured: Matthew Tannin, indicted on mail fraud and conspiracy charges.) [WSJ Law Blog]

* An ex-prosecutor in New York says he threw a case because he believed the defendants were innocent. [New York Times]

* A look at Michelle Obama’s time at Sidley Austin. [National Law Journal (subscription) via WSJ Law Blog]

* EU approves new sanctions against Iran. [AP]

* Ammo-smuggling pastor set free by Russian court. [CNN]

* Chief Judge Kozinski lawyers up. [Daily Journal (link unavailable) via WSJ Law Blog]

* A profile of a well-to-do Long Island couple convicted of forced labor, peonage and harboring aliens (domestic workers from Indonesia). [New York Times]