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Morning Docket: 12.07.10

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* Julian Assange was arrested at a London police station last night. What a dumb place for Julian Assange to be hanging out. What a stupid, stupid place. [CNN]

* I can’t tell whether this story is real or not, but the Supreme Court heard the case yesterday of a deceased Korean War veteran diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. [Washington Post]

* Also yesterday, the Supreme Court agreed to decide whether the gender-bias suit against Wal-Mart can continue as a class action lawsuit or, alternatively, whether all of these women should wear red bracelets. [Bloomberg Businessweek]

* A robosigning “kingpin” is in serious legal trouble. Robots haven’t gotten such a bad rap since the Roomba. I said, the Roomba. [Reuters]

* The NFL Players Association is preparing to file a grievance accusing the NFL of collusion related to restricted free agents last offseason. They should also file assault charges against the Patriots due to the absolute pistol-whipping they gave the Jets last night. [ESPN]

* Divorce is skyrocketing in Iran. Reached for comment, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad remarked, “In Iran we don’t have divorce like in your country. In Iran we do not have this phenomenon. I don’t know who’s told you that we have this.” [New York Times]

* So Continental Airlines and one of its mechanics were found guilty of manslaughter by a French court, in the crash of a Concorde a decade ago. Check out the monetary damages. Is that insanely low? I’ll await your analysis in the comments. k thx. [Los Angeles Times]

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