Morning Docket 01.08.09

* Global Layoff Watch: Clifford Chance to cut as many as 80 attorneys in its London office. [Bloomberg]

* Deloitte partner and tax attorney Steven Klig tried to blackmail the woman with whom he was having an affair. He wanted nude photos of her and threatened to send their sex videos to her family, blurring his own face, of course. She went to the FBI, and now he’s the one getting all the publicity, as well as being charged with extortion and harassment. [New York Post via Gothamist]

*What to do with Roland Burris? The Wall Street Journal’s political editors provide an excellent round-up of Burris options and the Senate Democrats’ missteps. [Political Perceptions/Wall Street Journal]

* Potential Lawsuit of the Day: A skier in Vail has quite a case based on these photos. [Smoking Gun]

* Courthouse News Service has Norm Coleman’s complaint [PDF] in the Minnesota Senate race against Al Franken. If Coleman wins by one vote, he can thank convicted felon Eric Willems. [Minnesota Star Tribune]

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