Friday, January 25, 2008 8:35 AM - By David Lat
* Does the Bush Administration have Blackwater's back? The U.S. pushes for specific legal protections from Iraqi law for civilian contractors. [New York Times]
* West Virginia: a little less corrupt than last week? WV Supreme Court agrees to rehear Massey Energy case (previously discussed here). [AP; WSJ Law Blog]
* D.C. Circuit Chief Judge Douglas Ginsburg steps down early, to make way for Chief Judge David Sentelle. [D.C. Circuit (PDF) via How Appealing]
* NYT endorses Hillary Clinton (but not for the reasons identified in the bumper sticker at right). [New York Times; New York Times]
* A more detailed report on the Georgetown Law event with Justice Ginsburg that we wrote about last night. [Georgetown Hoya via How Appealing]
Wednesday, January 16, 2008 10:00 AM - By B Clerker
* 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? [Washington Post]
* Austrian court rules animal rights group can't have custody of chimp; appeal will be to the European Court of Human Rights. [AP]
* DOJ to investigate Tejada? [New York Times]
* Collected news coverage about yesterday's Stoneridge decision. [How Appealing (linkwrap)]
Thursday, November 8, 2007 8:35 AM - By B Clerker
* 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]
Friday, October 12, 2007 9:30 AM - By B Clerker
* 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. [MSNBC]
* After typo, infants in Arkansas can't not be allowed to marry. [CNN]
Thursday, September 6, 2007 10:30 AM - By Billy Merck
* Um, let me get this straight: a U.S. judge is holding a hearing about whether France will comply with the Geneva Conventions? [BBC]
* Don't be fooled by the arbitration award that she got; she's still Jenny from the block. [AP via Fulton County Daily Report]
* Haditha officers sanctioned, but not criminals. [CNN]
* The Law Blog follows through on its whip count promise with a quiz. [WSJ Law Blog]
* And here are the answers (60 lawyers, if you want to cut to the chase). [WSJ Law Blog]
Thursday, May 10, 2007 9:46 AM - By B Clerker
* Inmate's last request: pizza for homeless. [CNN]
* Iraqi death row inmate claims innocence, confession by torture.[CNN]
* Brit convicted for leaking secret Bush-Blair memo. [AP]
* AG Gonzales feels he has weathered the Attorneygate storm... [New York Times]
* ... Meanwhile, another US Attorney firing is revealed. [Washington Post]
Tuesday, March 27, 2007 9:57 AM - By B Clerker
* Officers face sanctions in Pat Tillman death in Afghanistan. [CNN; Sportsline]
* Australian at Gitmo pleads guilty to terror charges. [New York Times]
* Is Coke suing itself... for taste infringement? [Law.com]
* DOJ's Monica Goodling to plead the 5th. [CNN]
* Border protection agent gets jail time for taking bribes. [MSNBC]
Friday, February 23, 2007 8:54 AM - By Billy Merck
* The war on terror on trial in Miami. [The Nation via How Appealing]
* Death for South Carolina cop-killer; I wonder if the fact that he gets to choose between the chair and the needle in SC helps the constitutionality any. [CNN]
* 100 years for U.S. soldier in Iraq rape-murder case. [CNN.com]
* Speaking of concerns about the death penalty, Maryland's new governor wants it done away with in that state. [Jurist]
* Aaron Sorkin: heavy recycler of tv actors and fictitious law firms. [WSJ Law Blog]
Monday, February 12, 2007 9:39 AM - By B Clerker
* The next great chapter in first-year Contracts: stupid sports bets. [CBS]
* What's a little software piracy between post-Cold War friends, right? [CNN]
* Soldiers busted for bribes in Iraq contracts. [MSNBC]
* Lawyer takes advantage of that First Amendment right to petition the government for a redress of grievances... And it works! [WSJ Law Blog]
* "The Litigation-Filled Life of Anna Nicole Smith, and the Legal Aftermath of Her Demise" [FindLaw via How Appealing]
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