* Two U.S. journalists were sentenced to 12 years in a labor prison in North Korea. [CNN]
* Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been asked to grant an emergency stay in Fiat’s acquisition of Chrysler. Will SCOTUS seize the opportunity to “decide critical, nationally significant legal issues relating to management of the economy by the United States government?” [Wall Street Journal]
* General Counsels want change they can believe in. [Law.com]
* Executive compensation oversight: now brought to you by the federal government. [New York Times]
* Will Law & Order be able to rip this one from the headlines? It’s
certainly dramatic. Here’s SCOTUSblog’s coverage of the legal
adventures of the Chrysler rescue plan. [SCOTUSblog]
* Do you remember Alan Greenspan? [Slate]
* The EPA doesn’t seem to be doing a very good job protecting the environment. [Courthouse News Service]
Morning Docket: 06.08.09
* Two U.S. journalists were sentenced to 12 years in a labor prison in North Korea. [CNN] * Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been asked to grant an emergency stay in Fiat’s acquisition of Chrysler. Will SCOTUS seize the opportunity to “decide critical, nationally significant legal issues relating to management of the economy by the […]