Morning Docket

  • Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 07.31.08

    * Will work for laid-off Cadwalader attorneys be hard to find? [Am Law Daily] * Legislation allowing FDA to regulate tobacco moves through House, heading towards veto. [Washington Post] * Turkish court allows president and PM to remain in politics. [CNN] * Former Thai PM’s wife found guilty of tax evasion, sentenced to three years. […]

  • Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 07.30.08

    * Martindale-Hubbell goes 21st century with LinkedIn partnership. [Am Law Daily] * 82-year old Jerry Lewis cited for concealed firearm in an airport. [CNN] * Karadzic extradited to the Hague. [Washington Post] * At U. Chicago, law professor Obama tested ideas in the classroom. [New York Times] * Stevens indictment a set-back for GOP. [Washington […]

  • Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 07.29.08

    * Law firms in on KKR offering. [Am Law Daily] * PETA wants military to stop using animals in medical training. [CNN] * Congress boldly agrees to ban toxins in toys. [Washington Post] * Hamdan trial tests military commission system. [New York Times] * Bush approves execution of Army private. [AP] * L.A. city council […]

  • Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 07.28.08

    * Conviction in Siemens bribery and corruption case. [Reuters] * Another malpractice suit filed, this one against Thelen Reid. [The Recorder via Am Law Daily] * Virginia jails must report foreign inmates to feds. [Washington Post] * Shia LaBeouf arrested for DUI. [CNN] * Mistrial motion in Barbie-Bratz dolls case, after juror booted for ethnic […]

  • Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 05.21.08

    * Justice Department report details FBI objections to interrogation techniques used on terror suspects. [Legalities / ABC News; McClatchy] * Jurors get a bit too much evidence in R. Kelly trial. [CNN] * Officers in Sean Bell case face NYPD charges of misusing firearms. [New York Times] * Florida woman gets seven years for enslavement. […]

  • Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 05.20.08

    * Senate reaches agreement on housing relief bill. [New York Times] * Polygamists question fairness of custody laws. [MSNBC] * SCOTUS upholds child porn law. [Washington Post; SCOTUSblog] * SCOTUS upholds tax exemptions for municipal bonds. [TaxProf Blog; WSJ Law Blog] * AG Mukasey wins first SCOTUS argument in terror prosecution. [Washington Post]

  • Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 05.19.08

    * Microsoft proposes a new collaboration with Yahoo. [New York Times; CNN] * Obama administration would pursue more aggressive antitrust regulation. [Reuters] (But Sen. Obama maintains a monopoly on 80,000 person rallies. See MSNBC.) * Judge orders arrest of terror operative in Yemen. [Washington Post] * Previews of the Obama, McCain, and Clinton Justice Departments. […]

  • Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 05.16.08

    * Hollywood private eye Anthony Pellicano convicted on 76 out of 77 counts, including wiretapping, racketeering, and wire fraud. [AP; New York Times] * Federal indictment in the MySpace suicide case. [CNN] * American Red Cross vanquishes Johnson & Johnson in trademark dispute. [WSJ Law Blog] * Polar bears listed as “threatened” under the Endangered […]

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  • Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 05.05.08

    * Yahoo rejects Microsoft bid… What now? [New York Times; New York Times] * FBI investigating weekend bombing at Federal Courthouse in San Diego; no injuries. [CNN] * Drawn-out primary comes down to 30 cents a day… When will it end? [Washington Post] * FBI and IRS to look deeper into the abyss that is […]

  • Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 05.02.08

    * Uma Thurman gives dramatic testimony at the trial of her alleged stalker. [City Room / NYT] * The latest on delays in judicial confirmations. [How Appealing (linkwrap)] * Wilson Sonsini accused of malpractice in new shareholder derivative lawsuit filed against Brocade directors and officers. [The Recorder] * More information about the apparent suicide of […]

  • Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 04.08.08

    * I hear wedding bells… no wait, that’s the buzzer for yard time. [CBS Local] * Rob Lowe and wife sue former nanny for defamation. [CNN] * Kids: Obama now cool. [New York Times] * Meet the superelite. [Newsweek]

  • Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 04.07.08

    * Authorities enter compound of polygamist sect and remove more than 219 women and children. [CNN] * Drug companies find some success, and hope for more in the future, in using preemption doctrine as a defense against lawsuits. [New York Times] * Plaintiffs lawyers and witnesses associated with Dickie Scruggs barred, respectively, from representing policyholders […]

  • Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 04.04.08

    * You’ve come a long way, baby — but you’re not getting past the Second Circuit. Appeals court tosses $800 billion class-action lawsuit over light cigarettes. [New York Times] * The economy is in the toilet. Does that still count as news? [AP] * West Virginia Supreme Court, after shedding some members via recusals, rules […]

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  • Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 04.03.08

    * States, cities, environmental groups sue EPA in D.C. Circuit, seeking rules on vehicle emissions. [New York Times] * Defense lawyers and civil libertarians not cool with “surreptitious sampling” of DNA — e.g., collecting DNA from saliva on discarded cigarettes. (Strikes us as an uphill battle, at least under existing Fourth Amendment law.) [New York […]

  • Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 04.02.08

    * A 2003 memo shows that the Justice Department greenlighted aggressive interrogation methods (including poking; Facebook, holla). Maybe those Yalies suing John Yoo need to amend their complaint. [New York Times; Washington Post] * Speaking of Yalies, here are a Yale 1L’s thoughts on the U.S. News rankings controversy. [Hartford Courant] * A bipartisan effort […]

  • Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 04.01.08

    * Supreme Court grants cert in fantasy baseball case. [New York Personal Injury Law Blog] * Treasury Department plan to reform financial regulation meets with skepticism, faces long odds for passage this year. [New York Times] * “Breaking News? Less M&A Work for Lawyers in Q1.” [WSJ Law Blog] * More about the departure of […]

  • Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 03.31.08

    * Media mogul smackdown: Barry Diller (pictured) prevails over his former mentor, John Malone, in Delaware Chancery Court. [New York Times; Wall Street Journal (subscription) via WSJ Law Blog] * HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson, under DOJ investigation, calls it quits. [AP] * Questions raised about 9/11 lawyer Peter Napoli, of fen-phen fame (or infamy). [New […]

  • Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 03.28.08

    * Defense contractor accused of supplying ancient arms to Afghan army and police…. [CNN] * While Defense Secretary Gates orders review of nuclear arsenal after accidental shipments to Taiwan…. [Washington Post] * And AG Mukasey vows to crack down on corruption in wake of PR governor accusations…. [MSNBC] * Meanwhile, 11th Circuit grants bail pending […]

  • Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 03.27.08

    * Clear Channel and private equity firms sue banks they claim are balking on financing their buyout deal; injunctive relief secured. [WSJ Law Blog; AP] * Lilly settles Zyprexa litigation with Alaska. [New York Times] * SCOTUS considers pro se rights. [Washington Post] * Did KPMG “enable” New Century’s collapse? [New York Times] * Federal […]

  • Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 03.26.08

    * Supreme Court rebuffs claim of presidential power with respect to enforceability of World Court ruling. [Washington Post] * Meanwhile, other countries’ courts reject U.S. punitive damages. [New York Times] * Second Circuit shoot down New York State’s Airline Passenger Bill of Rights, on preemption grounds. [New York Times] * Affirmative action opponents seeking ’08 […]