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Morning Docket: 07.22.10

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* No criminal charges will be filed in connection with the removal of U.S. Attorney David Iglesias of New Mexico. [The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times]

* Constance McMillen, the lesbian who wasn’t allowed to bring her girlfriend to her high school prom, has settled her suit with the school. [ABA Journal]

* A New York State appellate court will let a model’s malpractice claims against Boies Schiller walk the runway. [Am Law Daily]

* Former media mogul Conrad Black is released on bail, courtesy of a SCOTUS ruling. [WSJ Law Blog]

* A closer look at Rod Blagojevich’s decision not to testify at his trial. [New York Times]

* Chief Justice Margaret Marshall, author of the majority opinion in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health (aka the MA gay marriage case), is retiring from the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. [How Appealing]

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* BP is generating work for transactional attorneys as well as litigators. [Am Law Daily]

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