Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 01.18.10

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* The Obama administration extends temporary protected status to Haitian immigrants (a possibility that we discussed here). [New York Times]
* The Massachusetts Senate race between two lawyers, state attorney general Martha Coakley (B.U. Law) and state senator Scott Brown (B.C. Law.), is too close to call; Obama takes the stump for Coakley. [Boston Globe; Associated Press]
* A young lawyer at Stroock is selected by Governor Paterson as the executive director of the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board. [New York Times]
* A federal judge puts the kibosh on one (but not all) of the websites a disgruntled attorney is using to criticize the law firm he used to work for. [NJ.com]
* Washington Wizards point guard Gilbert Arenas pleads guilty to illegal possession of an unlicensed handgun. [CNN]
* A law providing veterans’ benefits to Filipino World War II vets who served under U.S. command comes too late for some. [Associated Press]

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