Morning Docket: 01.15.10

* First, Dominic Carter lost his job as political anchor for New York 1. Now, he’s been sentenced to one month in jail. The lesson: don’t beat your wife. [Daily News]
* Gilbert Arenas, the Washington Wizards guard, has been charged with felony gun possession. [Washington Post]
* In other basketball-related legal news, Shaquille O’Neal wants people to stop appropriating one of his nicknames, The Big Shaqtus. [Courthouse News Service]
* Debt collection law firm closes. Aww. So sad. [ABA Journal]
* Law firm salaries are in retreat. I-banker salaries? Not so much. [Washington Business Journal]
* So it kind of makes sense that law firms plan to raise rates in 2010. [Law.com]

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