Morning Docket: 07.18.08
* Is the billable hour system sustainable? [Am Law Daily]
* Spitzer's call girl sued for identity theft. [CNN]
* Mattel prevails in trial over $1B Bratz dolls. Congratulations to John Quinn and Quinn Emanuel. [MSNBC]
* Ashcroft testifies in defense of interrogation tactics. [Washington Post]
* Gitmo detainee's trial to proceed in rules D.C. District Court. Hamdan's claims that the military commission is unconstitutional can be appealed to a civilian court post-trial. [New York Times]
* Ban on HIV-positive visitors or immigrants to the U.S. may end soon. [AP]

the sloooowest fiiiiirrrrrrrst in memory
ARGh, can't believe you beat me to it!
The NY Times article says the Gitmo detainee's trial by a military commission at Gitmo will proceed, and the DC District Court rejected his effort to stop it.
The NY Times article says the Gitmo detainee's trial by a military commission at Gitmo will proceed, and the DC District Court rejected his effort to stop it.
Quinn = TTT
"Congratulations to John Quinn and Quinn Emanuel."
I think the correct way to write that is:
congratulations to john quinn and quinn emanuel
"Congratulations to John Quinn and Quinn Emanuel."
I think the correct way to write that is:
congratulations to john quinn and quinn emanuel
Are you kidding me? We're going to willingly allow carriers of a deadly disease into the country?
What about this gem?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/07/AR2008070702247.html
What about this gem?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/07/AR2008070702247.html
I'll stop billing by the hour once my plumber does
Plumbers charge $50 just to show up. Then the fun starts. Apparently I need a flux capacitor to fix my garbage disposal. On the sunny side, I got to see his butt crack.
12:26 where do you live? by me they charge $100just to show
12:26 oh i did not mean to show the butt-crack
The first article has nothing to do with whether the billable hour system is sustainable. It's about flextime.