Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 07.30.09

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* Associate Attorney General Thomas Perrelli, the No. 3 official in the Obama Justice Department, signed off on a decision to drop a voter intimidation complaint against members of the New Black Panther Party. [Washington Times]
* Can’t we all just get along — with the help of beer? Today at a White House picnic, President Obama will drink a Bud Light, Professor Gates will drink a Red Stripe, and Sergeant Crowley will drink a Blue Moon. We told you Cambridge police officers were yuppies. [Washington Post]
* A San Francisco lawyer who interviewed Bernie Madoff may use the information obtained to pursue feeder fund managers. [Reuters]
* Advisers on the Microsoft-Yahoo ad partnership: Sheppard Mullin, Skadden, and Perkins Coie. [Am Law Daily]
More links after the jump.


* The corruption case against Rep. William Jefferson, he of the $90,000 hidden in the freezer, will go to the jury today. [WSJ Law Blog]
* Also expected today: a ruling on the Delphi bankruptcy plan. [Associated Press]
* There won’t be a vote on proposed health care reform legislation until the fall. [AFP]
* The federal stimulus law is paying for $29.4 million in pork — literally. Some good news for overwhelmed food banks. [New York Times]

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