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  • Bail, Morning Docket, State Judges, Wall Street

    Morning Docket 11.20.08

    * California’s Supreme Court agreed to hear the case against Prop. 8. [Reuters] * For all the associates who go crazy working late into the night in dark conference rooms dreaming of embezzling money from the firm–let this be a lesson to you. Employee Angela Marie Dees was arrested for stealing 1.67 million dollars from […]

  • Morning Docket

    Morning Docket 11.19.08

    * Former Alaska Senator Ted Stevens, who lost his bid for re-election on Tuesday, says he will not seek pardon from President Bush. [CNN.com] * MJ says he is too sick to fly to testify at High Court in London in a breach of contract case. His opponent in the case, the son of the […]

  • Antonin Scalia, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Books, Civil Rights, Google / Search Engines, Morning Docket, William Rehnquist

    Morning Docket 11.18.08

    * Change you can believe in? It looks like Obama has recruited a few “washington insiders”: 8 of the 10 top lawyers he has hired for his transition team are veterans of the Clinton administration. [Bloomberg.com] * After his hunt yesterday, Justice Antonin Scalia told a room full of big-time Texas lawyers that he disagreed […]

  • Morning Docket

    Morning Docket 11.6.08

    * A puppy named Afro was rescued from a burning law firm in South Africa, and his owner promptly “smothered him with kisses.” [Independent Online] * Google dumped its needy girlfriend Yahoo, forgoing their advertising partnership instead of going to court to fight an anti-trust law suit filed by the US justice department. Yahoo is […]

  • Morning Docket

    Morning Docket 11.4.08

    [Ed. Note: Check back throughout the day for election shenanigans updates.] * Vote. Even if your boss tells you that clocking a full fourteen-hour-day at your miserable law firm is more important, remember that this is a historic election no matter who wins. Check out this fun New York Times piece on election night. * […]

  • Morning Docket

    Morning Docket 11.3.08

    * Readers who plan to become ambulance chasers might want to read this. The Supreme Court hears arguments today in a case involving the FDA. “At issue is whether the federal government can limit lawsuits by consumers…who have been harmed by prescription medications.” [NPR] * UBS clients issued claims over “100 percent principal protected notes” […]