* John Carney on backdating: "Although it was billed as the latest financial crime of the century, backdating is turning out to have some very minor results. Few prosecutions, stalled or failed lawsuits..." [DealBreaker]

* Glenn Reynolds on the Omaha mall shooting: "[W]e've reached the point at which a facility that bans firearms, making its patrons unable to defend themselves, should be subject to lawsuit for its failure to protect them." [Instapundit]

* Ann Althouse on Hillary Clinton: "The resistance I feel toward Hillary has to do do with her advancement under the aegis of a powerful man — a powerful man who seems to have diminished quite a number of women." [Althouse]

* Dan Solove, author of The Future of Reputation, on breaking up with someone via Facebook. [Concurring Opinions]

* Michael Dimino on SOC: "Justice O'Connor's status as the first woman on the Court makes it easy to praise her. I cannot imagine that she would be receiving the praise that she gets from the country if she were male." [PrawfsBlawg]

* Valerie Plame, whose exposure as a CIA agent launched lengthy legal proceedings, on the prospect of posing in Playboy: "I'm a mother of twins, are you kidding me?" [Washington Examiner / Yeas and Nays via Gawker]

* Let's just steal Drudge's tagline: "JUDGE: PLAME HAS NO GAME." [Washington Post; Associated Press]

(But she does bear an uncanny resemblance to Patricia Wettig, who plays Holly Harper on Brothers and Sisters. See photos at right.)

* A lawsuit against Hillary's pollster, Mark Penn, has been dropped. [AP]

(Watch out: your employer might be reading your Blackberry messages.)

* Lots of lawyers among the D.C. Madam's clientele. [CNN]

("[B]ut of course in Washington it sometimes feels like everyone is a lawyer.")

* Escalation in the battle over executive privilege. [Washington Post]

(Bush Administration to Congress: "You wanna prosecute us for contempt? You and what prosecutor?")