Morning Docket 03.13.09

onMarch 13, 2009 at 8:58 AM

* Welcome to the second Friday the 13th of 2009, and the end of another horrific week in law firm layoffs. “Layoffs are heading inland as firms that were initially buffered from the financial crisis start to see business slow down as with their coastal competition.” [National Law Journal]

* After Senate confirmation, USAG Eric Holder finally has his #2 and #3 deputies in place: David Ogden of WilmerHale and Thomas Perrelli of Jenner & Block. [New York Times]

* Will President Obama make good on bipartisanship promises in appointing U.S. attorneys? [Washington Post]

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* California Attorney General Jerry Brown is going after Anna Nicole Smith’s doctors and ex-lover/attorney, Howard Stern, for giving her lots of drugs. [Reuters]

* R.I.P. George Hedges, lawyer to the stars and discoverer of the fabled ancient city of Ubar. [Los Angeles Times]

* To end the Docket on a lighter note than it began: Hulk Hogan and his wife’s lawyer got into a bit of a fight. There were no elbow drops, body slams, or throwing of chairs, just angry words. [Impact Wrestling]