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Morning Docket 08.18.09

John Yoo Philadelphia.JPG* It sounds like very few protesters greeted John Yoo at Berkeley Law School. Only four were tenacious enough to get arrested. [Associated Press]

* Fen-phen lawyers sentenced to 20 and 25 years, respectively. The judge wants their sentences to deter other lawyers tempted to steal from settlement funds. [Bloomberg]

* Proskauer Rose probably likes this headline. [New York Daily News]

* Nino leads one to believe that empathy is not an important quality in a judge. [New York Times via Daily Beast]

* The 5th Circuit agrees with a Texas school district that has banned “shirts with words.” Are shirts with numbers okay? [Courthouse News Service]

* Michael Jackson’s children have lawyered up. [CNN]

* Nationwide salary cut watch: LA County judges. [Los Angeles Times]

* Why has there been no litigation surge in the recession? [National Law Journal]

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