Morning Docket

Morning Docket 07.17.09

By  
on

* New York teenager Cheyenne Cherry pleaded guilty to baking a kitten in an oven, but she obviously feels no remorse. [Gothamist]
* Musical Chairs: Kirkland & Ellis invests in its finance practice by withdrawing debt specialist Jay Ptashek from Simpson Thacher Bartlett, where he had been for 17 years. [Kirkland & Ellis press release]
* For those with a short attention span, here’s the soundbyte version of the Sotomayor hearings: the top ten quotes from the week. [ABA Journal]
* Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Larry D. Martin filed a $10-million lawsuit against a lawyer who said nasty things about him to the New York Daily News. That suit has been dismissed, but the Daily News journalist is not off the hook yet. [New York Law Journal]
* John Yoo is ditching his DOJ attorneys for his detainee lawsuit appeal. [The Recorder]
* The trial of Texas financier R. Allen Stanford will be a long time coming. [Bloomberg]

Sponsored

Topics