* The New York Attorney General isn’t the only one going after Bank of America’s lawyers at Cleary. Congressman Edolphus Towns says BofA’s merger discussions with Merrill Lynch are not covered by attorney-client privilege and that the bank must turn over its legal documents by noon today. [New York Times and Business Insider]
* The Justice Department wants to see Google Books succeed in building a vast digital library but not a monopoly. [New York Times]
* Inspired by Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew, a judge ordered a lawyer who cursed out his opposing counsel to go to dinner with his opponent: “And do as adversaries do in law, Strive mightily but eat and drink as friends.” [Legal Intelligencer]
* Legal Secretary of the Day: Mary Merten. She is charged with stealing $700,000 from her New York law firm. [Mid-Hudson News]
* This sounds like a class action waiting to be filed in New York. [Gothamist]
* Laid off? Take a hike. Literally. [Wall Street Journal]
Morning Docket 09.21.09
* The New York Attorney General isn’t the only one going after Bank of America’s lawyers at Cleary. Congressman Edolphus Towns says BofA’s merger discussions with Merrill Lynch are not covered by attorney-client privilege and that the bank must turn over its legal documents by noon today. [New York Times and Business Insider] * The […]