Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 02.10.10

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* The ten Americans detained in Haiti on kidnapping charges seek help from the U.S. government. One of them is represented by WilmerHale partner Reginald Brown (whom we recently interviewed). [New York Times]
* The youngest Guantanamo detainee, who was 15 when he allegedly threw a grenade that killed a U.S. medic, is headed to trial later this year. [Washington Post]
* As predicted, Judge Joseph Greenaway (D.N.J.; pictured) is confirmed, by a unanimous Senate vote, to the Third Circuit. [How Appealing]


* Paul Weiss gets involved in the Stuyvesant Town / Peter Cooper Village mess. [Am Law Daily]
* Experian gets sued over FreeCreditReport.com. [WSJ Law Blog]
* The Ninth Circuit, in a closely-divided en banc decision, upholds a process formerly used by San Francisco for strip-searching new jail inmates. [ABA Journal]
* Burma sentences a U.S. citizen (and pro-democracy activist) to three years of hard labor. [Washington Post]

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