Morning Docket: 11.26.09

* All charges have been dropped against prominent Miami defense lawyer Ben Kuehne (pictured), but questions remain regarding the government’s commitment to the Sixth Amendment right to counsel. [Daily Business Review]
* The ABA supports Attorney General Eric Holder’s decision to try KSM and the other accused 9/11 co-conspirators in federal court. [ABA Journal]
* Speaking of the ABA, president Carolyn Lamm has responded to critics of her work for the government of Uzbekistan. [Foreign Policy]
* Tareq and Michaele Salahi may not have broken any laws by crashing a White House state dinner earlier this week, but they’ve had brushes with the law before — a feud over the family winery, involvement in a business bankruptcy, and even a connection to a Lawyer of the Day (Tareq claimed his mother’s lawyer slugged him). [Reliable Source / Washington Post]
* A politician who stands accused of involvement in election-related killings in the Philippines, some of them targeting lawyers and journalists, has surrendered to authorities. [New York Times]

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