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Morning Docket 10.16.08

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* “Barack Obama looked like a prosecutor delivering a polished summation in a long civil case, Joe the Plumber v. George W. Bush. John McCain was closer to a personal injury lawyer, staring into the camera to address ‘Joe the Plumber’ as if he were standing by with an 800 number.” [New York Times]

* This story gives us another welcome opportunity to quote from Happy Gilmore, “the price is wrong, b*tch!” Despondent after being rejected by the “Price is Right,” a California man threatened to blow up Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein. [San Francisco Chronicle]

* Another reason to avoid practicing law in Russia. A human rights attorney missed pretrial hearings on Wednesday after being poisoned by mercury pellets placed in her car. [New York Times]

* Foreign law students may have a tough time lining up loans next year. [Bloomberg]

* Yet another strip club lawsuit. A Florida man sues for $15,000 after a shoe and a broken mirror fell on him at Booby Trap. [Courthouse News Service]

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