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Morning Docket: 02.18.10

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* Eight of the ten Americans detained in Haiti on kidnapping charges have been released, by order of a Haitian judge, and have returned to the United States. Congratulations to WilmerHale (which, as we previously noted, represented one of the detainees). [CNN; WilmerHale (press release)]
* The North Carolina Innocence Commission exonerates a man who was wrongfully convicted of murder. The proceedings took place at Campbell University Law School, and Campbell students worked with the Commission on the case. [Raleigh News & Observer]
* An emerging trend in Biglaw financial results for 2009: decreases in revenue, but increases in profit. [WSJ Law Blog; Am Law Daily (Latham & Watkins); Am Law Daily (Sidley Austin)]
* Under Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman, the New York Court of Appeals has grown more divided and more liberal. [New York Times]
* The latest revelations in the Bank of America / Merrill Lynch mess — including an explanation on the sudden and mysterious firing of BofA’s general counsel, Timothy Mayopoulos.[Am Law Daily]


* Judge Sharon Keller, the Texas criminal court judge accused of improperly refusing to accept a last-minute appeal from a death row inmate, remains under fire. [How Appealing]
* If a lawsuit is filed over the death of the Georgian luge racer, a possibility we’ve mentioned before, here are some considerations that might come into play. [WSJ Law Blog]
* The No Child Left Behind law will be getting an overhaul. [Washington Post]
* One upside to the epic snowstorms: a decline in crime. [WBAL Baltimore via Drudge]

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