Morning Docket 10.02.09

* Texas doesn’t want to see gays get married, but it’s willing to help them divorce. [Reuters]
* California AG Jerry Brown is launching an ACORN investigation. It sounds like the filmmakers will be investigated too. The statement from the AG’s office says, “[W]e have opened an investigation of both ACORN and the circumstances under which ACORN employees were videotaped.” [Fox News]
* This is why you shouldn’t use your clients’ class action settlement to play the stock market. [San Jose Mercury News]
* This Seattle lawyer will be disbarred because of a misunderstanding of the meaning of “flat fee.” [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]
* Mrs. Blagojevich wants her day in court too. [Chicago Tribune]

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