Morning Docket 04.27.09

* Harvard 3L Juan Valdivieso talks about his plans for his Morgan Lewis $60K deferral stipend. [Boston Globe]

* Copyright attorney Jo Oliver on the impact the Pirate Bay ruling will have on the legal war on piracy. She has no sympathy for “Internet freedom fighters.” [Reuters]

* … Meanwhile, the Pirate Bay folks are appealing the ruling against them alleging that the judge was biased. He’s a card-wielding member of two pro-copyright organizations. [CNet]

* O’Melveny & Myers partner Alejandro Mayorkas has been tapped to be the director of DHS’s Citizenship and Immigration Services. [Chicago Sun-Times]

* We don’t really know what the point of Twitter is, but it’s probably not to issue death threats. Oklahoma man arrested for tweeting about turning the April 15 Tea Party into a blood bath. [Threat Level/Wired]

* Sex, Second Life, and virtual law. [San Franciso Chronicle]

* PSA: Wash your hands frequently, folks. [New York Times]

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