Morning Docket 10.02.08
* The Senate is ready to bail out. Senate-approved rescue plan will go to the House on Friday. [Washington Post]
* SCOTUS will not revisit its decision on the death penalty for child rapists. Still unconstitutional. [Washington Post]
* “How would you like to be Osama Bin Laden’s lawyer?” [Doyle Reports]
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* Two Neiman Marcus employees were having sex at the office. Their manager installed a camera to catch them. Then he fired them. And showed the tape to a few people, including a nationwide online database of security personnel. It’s so wrong, but so right. [Chicago Tribune via AmLaw Daily]
* DUI attorney charged with DUI. Doh. [Overlawyered]
* The Magic Circle firms are better prepared for the economic downturn than their U.S. counterparts. [American Lawyer]
* Judge Elizabeth Halverson’s husband pleads not guilty to attempted murder. With a frying pan. In the bedroom. [Las Vegas Sun]