Morning Docket: 12.31.09

* Robert Morgenthau, the 90-year-old legal legend, concludes 35 years of service as district attorney of Manhattan. [CNN]
* A gestational mother is held to be the legal mother of twin girls, even though she contracted to carry them for her brother and his husband and is not genetically related to the twins. [New York Times]
* A status report on Obama nominees to judicial and executive branch positions. The Senate has confirmed 13 judges; 19 judicial nominees are pending. [Washington Post]
* Charlie Sheen could be prosecuted for domestic violence even if his wife, Brooke Mueller, doesn’t want to cooperate. [ABC News]
* Speaking of possible domestic violence, Tiger Woods was sporting “a fat lip” when he met with law enforcement three days after his car crash. [TMZ]
* What it feels like to be hit with a malpractice lawsuit. [New York Times]
* What it feels like to “work” the week between Christmas and New Year’s. [Washington Post]

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