Morning Docket: 08.06.10

onAugust 6, 2010 at 9:02 AMAugust 6, 2010 at 10:38 AM

* While everybody else takes a Prop 8 victory lap, Ted Olson is back at work. [ABA Journal]

* BP’s static-kill operation looks like a success. We’re just waiting for the concrete to dry. That wasn’t so hard, was it? [Discover]

* Screw outsourcing; more firms should be doing crowdsourcing. [New York Times]

Sponsored

Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance

In this CLE-eligible webinar, we’ll explore the most common accounting pitfalls and how to avoid them for your firm.

From Pilot and Above The Law

* A shareholder is not happy with the lawyers from the $3.2 billion Tyco settlement in 2007. [Forbes]

* Up here in the Northeast, the man who went on a shooting rampage at a Connecticut beer distribution company has been dominating the headlines. [New York Post]

* A former hot dog eating champ, Takeru Kobayashi, received probation for disturbing the hot dog eating championships on July 4th. He should have gotten a harsher sentence; the guy’s a real wiener. [CNN]

* Obama and Kagan will celebrate her confirmation at the White House today. [Chicago Sun-Times]

Sponsored