Morning Docket 04.30.09

* Jones Day‘s Corinne Ball is having a busy week. She’s the lead bankruptcy attorney for Chrysler. “It requires a certain charisma,” said Robert Profusek, head of Jones Day mergers and acquisitions practice. “When everyone is jockeying to have their point of view expressed, who do people stop and listen to? She’s a very charismatic personality.” But one can’t really help but stop and stare listen to someone wearing that. [Reuters]

* … Meanwhile, Wall Street Journal is predicting the Chrysler Chapter 11 filing will go down today. [Wall Street Journal (subscription)]

* Atlanta lawyer Andrew Speaker decided to file a lawsuit this week against the CDC for ruining his life when he had tuberculosis in 2007. That totally sucks for him, but the CDC is dealing with SWINE FLU this week. PIG FLU. How can you think about your silly TB, the destruction of your reputation, the ruin of your marriage, and implosion of your career at a time like this? [CNN]

* Why did Manhattan lawyer William Parente kill himself and his family last week? FBI agents have raided his office to find out. [New York Daily News]

* The problem with the law firm business model is leverage, says Wharton. [Forbes]

* Federal Judge Jay S. Bybee will has been invited to testify before Congress about his torture advice while at the DOJ. A scary prospect given that people like Obam-ite John Podesta want to see Bybee impeached. [Washington Post]

* SCOTUS and the fate of Section 5. [Slate]

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