Kodak

* The Supreme Court ruled that a low-level crack-cocaine offender was unable to receive a reduced sentence under a recently passed law. That’s whack… [CNN]

* A defendant acting as his own lawyer yelled at lawyers during opening arguments at his murder trial yesterday. [NBC News]

* An Indian lawyer accidentally showed that he was wearing shorts during a virtual hearing earlier this week. [India Today]

* Check out this article on the persuasive impact of Supreme Court briefs. [Juris Lab]

* Kodak officials must testify in a probe about insider trading. That should be a Kodak moment… [Bloomberg Law]

* Dominion Voting Systems is trying to hold MyPillow liable for statements made by its CEO about the election. Might be time for MyPillow to hit the mattresses… [Business Insider]

* Derek Chauvin is purportedly financially unable to hire a lawyer to fight off federal civil rights charges. [Insider]

* A Maryland lawyer has been disbarred for allegedly failing to file an appeal and then lying to a client about the situation. [Daily Record]

* The New York Attorney General is ordering the CEO of Kodak to testify about alleged insider trading. [CNBC]

* An asparagus recipe was inadvertently included in a Belgian legal database. Would have expected a waffle recipe… [CNN]

* Kodak and its CEO might be sued over insider trading that allegedly occurred just before the company announced a lucrative deal with the U.S. government. Maybe they figured regulators didn’t know the company still existed… [Wall Street Journal]

* Derek Chauvin’s lawyer denied that he leaked information about a rejected plea deal to the press. [Insider]

* A new lawsuit alleges that Montana is infringing on the rights of Native American voters. [New York Times]

* Rudy Giuliani’s legal team disputed the legitimacy of search warrants issued against the former Trump lawyer. [Wall Street Journal]

* The Supreme Court rejected Uber’s attempt to avoid a lawsuit over drivers’ pay. Guess the company is going to have to take the off ramp… [Reuters]

* According to Justice Elena Kagan, the rest of her colleagues are Supreme technophobes. Because “[t]he court hasn’t really ‘gotten to’ email,” they still pass handwritten memos to each other. [Associated Press]

* “[I]f we don’t get some relief we might as well close our doors.” Thanks to sequestration, budget cuts to the federal judiciary have resulted in layoffs in the Southern District of New York. Sad. [New York Law Journal]

* Kodak’s Chapter 11 reorganization was approved by Judge Allan Gropper, who called the affair “a tragedy of American economic life.” He must’ve had fond memories of getting other people’s pictures. [Bloomberg]

* Bankruptcy lawyers for corporate debtors are going to have to crack down on churning their bills. Starting in November, they will be subject to additional rules, and even (gasp!) fee examiners. [WSJ Law Blog]

* Guardian reporter Glenn Greenwald’s partner, David Miranda (because of course his surname is Miranda), has lawyered up after his unusual nine-hour detainment at Heathrow airport this weekend. [Am Law Daily]

* So long, Nuts and Boalts: Christopher Edley, dean of Boalt Hall, is taking a medical leave and cutting short his term as the school’s leader at the end of the year. [Bottom Line / San Francisco Chronicle]

* “We’ll take him.” Indiana Tech Law School opens today, and its founding dean is very excited to add a 33rd student — one who was admitted yesterday — to the school’s inaugural class. [National Law Journal]

* Eugene Crew, co-founder of the firm once known as Townsend and Townsend and Crew, RIP. [Recorder]

* It looks like the Biglaw buzzwords for 2012 are “challenge” and “uncertainty.” Good! Great! Grand! Wonderful! Speaking of uncertainty, where are the spring bonuses? [Thomson Reuters News & Insight] * Kodak got the go-ahead for a $950M bankruptcy financing deal. Just think, if you had taken pictures using a film camera instead of a […]

* Listen up, internet pirates: if your license plate says “GUILTY,” it’s almost like you’re doing the DOJ’s job for them. More on this later. [Blog of Legal Times] * Say cheese, because you’ll want to catch this first on camera. Sullivan & Cromwell is serving as lead counsel on Kodak’s bankruptcy case. [Am Law […]