Morning Docket 06.09.09

* It’s a good time to be a lawyer with game. [AmLaw Daily]
* Judicial reform advocates are doing happy dances in response to the SCOTUS ruling in Caperton v. Massey. Elected judges must step aside when faced with cases involving people who donated generously to help put them on the bench. [Washington Post]
* Baker & Hostetler is on the rise thanks to Bernie Madoff, or rather the hiring of the trustee for Madoff’s investment firm. [Wall Street Journal]
* Tony La Russa’s attorney learns a valuable lesson: You don’t have a deal until you have a deal in writing. News reports of a settlement in the St. Louis Cardinals coach’s suit against Twitter over a made-up profile may have been a bit premature. [The Recorder]
* A stripper’s pole is not like a chair in a hair salon. When it comes to wage-and-hour laws, a stripper is more like a waitress or a pizza delivery man than a hair stylist. Minnesota strippers are suing to be recognized as employees rather than independent contractors. [National Law Journal]
* Cap’n Crunch with Crunchberries have crunch, but don’t have berries. A San Diego woman sued for fraud when she “discovered” this. California Judge Morrison England Jr. dismissed her suit letting her know that there is no such fruit as crunchberries “growing in the wild or occurring naturally in any part of the world.” [USA Today]

Sponsored