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Morning Docket: 04.04.11

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* Duke alumnus Richard Milhous Nixon (Law, ’37) is being celebrated at his alma mater with a bit of musical theater. Sock it to him? [New York Times]

* Harvard alumnus Daron Roberts (Law, ’07) is now the wide receivers and special teams coach at West Virginia. [Charleston Daily Mail]

* Two law professors, who successfully sued West Publishing after the company slapped their names on a text they didn’t author, saw their sizable punitive damages award slashed by a judge. [Philadelphia Inquirer]

* The Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State is about to get a whole lot more expensive, thanks to state budget cuts. Loosen up, Sandy baby. [The State Press]

* This article details baller extraordinaire David Boies’ work for the NFL, but omits my favorite Boies fun fact. Namely, that he had an affair with a professor’s wife while attending Northwestern Law. [New York Times]

* In hate crime news, a homeless man was arrested for beating up a gay man, but now claims to be gay himself. Apparently, the producer of Bumfights promised the man he’d get to do straight stuff only after starting out in gay scenes. [New York Daily News]

* Above the Law was part of two April Fool’s Day pranks on Friday. Here’s a deconstruction of the second one. [New York Personal Injury Law Blog]

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