Morning Docket: 07.22.11

* James Murdoch may have been lying. That is all. [New York Times]

* Bennie Wilcox, a former “dean” of Kaplan “University’s” “law” and “legal” “studies”, was sentenced to a year in prison for posting online threats against the “school.” [Bloomberg]

* Arnold Schwarzenegger is trying to prevent Maria Shriver from terminating half his assets over that secret Junior he created. She’s like the Predator, this one. Thank you. Thank you. If you need me, I’ll be over here Pumping Iron. [WSJ Law Blog]

* Anita Hill is returning to private practice, joining Cohen Milstein, a Washington D.C. plaintiff’s firm. In related news, Ginni Thomas can’t wait to drunk dial Cohen Milstein. [Am Law Daily]

* Texas: where the lawyers are lawyers and the alligators are nervous. [Fort Worth Star-Telegram via ABA Journal]

* Two lawyers are accused of draining most of Rosa Parks’s estate via legal fees. Something something hush that fuss. [Associated Press]

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