Morning Docket

Morning Docket 05.21.15

* Modern Family star Ariel Winter wants to go to law school. Aw, that's a shame -- she seems so smart. [E!] * Five major banks will plead guilty to felony charges over allegations they illegally manipulated the dollar/euro exchange rate and pay over $5 billion in fines. Attorney General Loretta Lynch described the scheme as “brazenly illegal.” [National Law Journal] * Preet Bharara is making the rounds as a law school commencement speaker, find out why Lat calls him, "surprisingly entertaining for a prosecutor." [Wall Street Journal] * Despite release of several hundred pages of the report on CIA abuse and torture a federal judge will not require the disclosure of the full report citing evidence that Congress intended to "retain control" over it. [Legal Times] * Stay at home moms with JD are now commanding "bonuses" from their spouses --  at least on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. [American Lawyer] * Bail is set at $1 million for each of the bikers arrested in Waco after the deadly brawl. [CNN] * ConAgra Foods will plead guilty to criminal charges over a 2007 outbreak of salmonella that was traced back to peanut butter. [NPR]

By Kathryn Rubino on May 21, 2015 9:09 am

* Modern Family star Ariel Winter wants to go to law school. Aw, that’s a shame — she seems so smart. [E!]

* Five major banks will plead guilty to felony charges over allegations they illegally manipulated the dollar/euro exchange rate and pay over $5 billion in fines. Attorney General Loretta Lynch described the scheme as “brazenly illegal.” [National Law Journal]

* Preet Bharara is making the rounds as a law school commencement speaker; find out why Lat calls him “surprisingly entertaining for a prosecutor.” [Wall Street Journal]

* Despite release of several hundred pages of the report on CIA abuse and torture, a federal judge will not require the disclosure of the full report, citing evidence that Congress intended to “retain control” over it. [Legal Times]

* Stay-at-home moms with JDs are now commanding “bonuses” from their spouses —  at least on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. [American Lawyer]

* Bail is set at $1 million for each of the bikers arrested in Waco after the deadly brawl. [CNN]

* ConAgra Foods will plead guilty to criminal charges over a 2007 outbreak of salmonella that was traced back to peanut butter. [NPR]