B Clerker
Posts by B Clerker
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Animal Law, CIA, Crime, Hillary Clinton, Iraq, Morning Docket, Politics, SCOTUS, Securities Law, Sports, Supreme Court, Television
Morning Docket: 01.16.08
* Gov. Romney wins Michigan. [CNN] * Sen. Clinton faces challenge from “uncommitted.” [CNN] * NV Supreme Court overturns decision allowing Rep. Kucinich to debate. [MSNBC] * Criminal prosecutions of Blackwater security guards would not be easy. [New York Times] * Did CIA lawyers and officials implicitly sign off on the destruction of interrogation tapes? […]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 01.15.08
* U.S. to deport imprisoned immigrants more quickly. [New York Times] * Baseball warms up for more congressional hearings; media prepare “curveball” pun headlines. [ESPN] * LeBron James gets speeding ticket, plans to use “magna carta” defense. [CBS Sportsline] * Britney Spears is in court and for some reason still famous. [MSNBC] * Blawgs have […]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 01.14.08
* Midsize CA firms to…what? [Law.com] * Baseball trainer McNamee wants to testify. [ESPN] * Show goes on without writers, viewers. [New York Times] * Search heats up for suspect in pregnant Marine slaying. [MSNBC] * Should you sue your doctor? [CNN] * Quality of mercy strained for ex-track star Marion Jones, who gets six-month […]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 01.04.08
* Score one for Harvard Law School. Sen. Obama (HLS ’91) and Gov. Huckabee win Iowa. [New York Times; Washington Post] * Spears taken to hospital after long custody dispute with Federline, hours after 14-minute deposition. [AP] * D.C. taps Dellinger for Second Amendment case in SCOTUS. [Washington Post via How Appealing] * U.S. expresses […]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 01.03.08
* DOJ initiates criminal probe into destruction of CIA tapes. [New York Times; Washington Post] * DC fires lawyer in SCOTUS gun control case. [The BLT via WSJ Law Blog] * Geragos argues SF zoo delayed help for tiger victims. [MSNBC] * Same sex divorces raise new legal issues. [Washington Post] * Man in charge […]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 01.02.08
* Dahlia Lithwick lists the Bush Administration’s 10 dumbest legal arguments of 2007. Number 3 is “Alberto Gonzales.” [Slate] * Law student/beauty queen charged with kidnapping and torturing ex-boyfriend. [Fox News] * Murdered Bronco cornerback’s family and teammates await arrests. [MSNBC] * Banished words list once cited by AZ Supreme Court justice includes “surge,” “organic,” […]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 12.21.07
* CIA to cooperate with investigation of alleged torture tapes. [Newsweek] * The Jamie Lynn Spears pregnancy and statutory rape laws. Discuss. [CNN] * California may face an uphill battle in taking its bid to limit greenhouse gases to the D.C. Circuit. [Los Angeles Times via How Appealing] * Manslaughter trial that allegedly originated from […]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 12.20.07
* Associates, rejoice. Congress passes AMT legislation. [New York Times] * Guitar Hero injunction denied. [Detroit Free Press] * White separatist group sues over Jena march. [MSNBC] * U.S. executions on the decline. [Washington Post] * New Holloway evidence to be revealed. [CNN]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 12.19.07
* White House lawyers discussed destroyed CIA tapes. Harriet, holla. [New York Times] * Meanwhile, Judge orders hearing on the destroyed tapes. [CNN] * Defense contractor KBR employee alleges rape, testifies before House Judiciary Committee. [ABC Local] * Teen convicted of murder when he was 12, who unsuccessfully invoked Zoloft defense, seeks cert. [MSNBC] * […]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 12.18.07
* Arbitration rising in the workplace. [WSJ via Law Blog] * Judge orders disclosure of White House visitor logs. [CNN] * It’s official: NJ bans death penalty. [New York Times] * FCC to vote on rule allowing greater consolidation of local media ownership in big cities. [Washington Post] * Wealthy couple busted for forcing labor, […]
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Baseball, Guns / Firearms, Morning Docket, Rape, Sentencing Law, Sports, Television, War on Terror
Morning Docket: 12.17.07
* Bush administration seeks greater power over promotions of military lawyers. [Boston Globe via How Appealing] * Saudi king pardons rape victim who had been sentenced to 200 lashes (for being alone with a man at the time of the attack). [AP via New York Times] * Limited effects of recent SCOTUS sentencing decision? [Chicago […]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 11.19.07
* Summer associate survey released. [American Lawyer; ABA Journal] * On the Bonds indictment. [Slate] * Jeter sued over tax residency. [ABA Journal] * Supreme Court stay upsets victim’s family. [CNN] * Broadway strike continues. [MSNBC]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 11.09.07
* Mukasey confirmed as U.S. Attorney General [CNN; Washington Post] * Merck settles thousands of Vioxx suits for $4.85 billion. [New York Times] * Bernard Kerik indicted on fraud charges. [AP; New York Times] And some items of interest from the ABA Journal this morning: * “Associate loyalty” reaches a low. [ABA Journal] * Law […]
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Iraq, Morning Docket, Murder, O.J. Simpson, Pakistan, Tax Law, Trials
Morning Docket: 11.08.07
* Pakistan sets parliamentary elections. [CNN] * What’s going on with the AMT? [ABA Journal] * State Department absolves Blackwater of certain shootings. [MSNBC] * Initial OJ hearing begins today. [MSNBC] * Reno businessman pleads guilty during murder trial. [CourtTV]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 11.07.07
* A close look at the lawyers’ intensifying protests in Pakistan. [Slate] * Execs defend Yahoo in emotional hearing. [New York Times] * Dole loses pesticide case; jury awards farmers $3.2 million. [Los Angeles Times] * “Transformers” star arrested for obstinate shopping. [CNN] * Justice Thomas question watch continues. [WSJ Law Blog]
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Cars, Celebrities, Morning Docket, Sports, Violence
Morning Docket: 11.06.07
* Lockdown of Pakistani legal system intensifies. [CNN] * Reggie Bush investigated for receiving gifts while at USC. [Los Angeles Times] * Keanu sued for Porschal assault. [MSNBC] * Peter Lattman on the charms of the dormant Commerce Clause. [WSJ Law Blog]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 10.26.07
* White House offers to share secret documents on the NSA surveillance program with the Senate Judiciary Committee. [New York Times] * Mandatory arbitration clauses affecting litigation? [Red Tape] * U.S. soldier acquitted in Italy. [CNN] * Seventh Circuit refuses to rehear Gov. George Ryan’s appeal en banc; three judges dissent. [How Appealing (linkwrap)] * […]
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Crime, Eavesdropping / Wiretapping, Morning Docket, Politics, Rank Stupidity, Sports, War on Terror, Weirdness
Morning Docket: 10.25.07
* Dems to propose new surveillance bill? [Newsweek] * Only a Garrison Keillor stalker would call it “transcendental love.” [CNN] * Pearl drops lawsuit against terrorists. [MSNBC] * Law firm World Series. [WSJ Law Blog] * Today’s stupid crimes from Court TV. [CourtTV]
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Antitrust, Barack Obama, Cars, Celebrities, Email Scandals, Hillary Clinton, Jed Rubenfeld, Michael Mukasey, Morning Docket, Politics, Sports, Violence
Morning Docket: 10.23.07
* Some Fahrvergnügen for Porsche, courtesy of the European Court of Justice. [How Appealing (linkwrap)] * Surprise surprise: a Yale law professor has issues with Michael Mukasey. Professor (and novelist) Jed Rubenfeld questions the nominee’s views of executive power. [New York Times via WSJ Law Blog] * If confirmed, Mukasey has his work cut out […]
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Celebrities, Crime, Dahlia Lithwick, Deaths, Divorce Train Wrecks, Environment / Environmental Law, Iraq, Morning Docket, Rape, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Weddings
Morning Docket: 10.12.07
* Al Gore, law school dropout, wins Nobel Peace Prize. [WSJ Law Blog; Washington Post; New York Times] * Houston crime lab drops the ball, again. [CNN] * Iraqi families sue Blackwater in U.S. court. [CNN] * Lithwick’s take on the interesting SCOTUS case, Medellin v. Texas. [Slate] * McCartney-Mills divorce settlement could break records. […]
