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Morning Docket 12.12.08

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* Legal Talk of the Town: A Virginia couple has sued the New Yorker and Greenberg Traurig for an illegal search and seizure of their home. They are represented by Ken Cuccinelli, who hopes to be Virginia’s next attorney general. [Courthouse News Service]

* Under this new Justice Department rule, Rod Blagojevich will have to give a sample to the National DNA Index System. [Washington Post]

* Jury deadlocked on death penalty for Atlanta courthouse killer Brian Nichols. [New York Times]

* Celebration time for Rutgers and Seton Hall law school students and alumni. The New Jersey Supreme Court lifted a gag order to allow judges to participate in U.S. News & World Report’s law school rankings, in the hope that New Jersey schools start ranking higher. [New Jersey Law Journal]

* Human Rights Day, Bill of Rights Day, and Human Rights Week. Thoughts, reactions, diatribes, memoirs invited. [Blawg Review]

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