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* “I even got out of community service, suckers!” [AP via HuffPo] * And somewhere, a torts professor is drafting his “false imprisonment” hypo for upcoming final exams. [Detroit Free Press] * This is the problem with straight fashion designers. (Serious Note: Sexual violence is one of the few things I NEVER make light of, […]

* Justice Scalia on judicial paychecks. [Associated Press] And meanwhile… * “It was just a matter of time before well-heeled business and other interests would expand their influence-peddling efforts, and begin pouring large amounts of money into previously sleepy judicial campaigns.” [TimesSelect (pass-through link) via How Appealing] * No more melting coins for the value […]

Remember Professor Viet Dinh? If not, here’s what we previously wrote about him: Dinh represents venture capitalist god Thomas Perkins, in Perkins’s (rather tense) dealings with HP’s board and lawyers [concerning the HP spying controversy]. Dinh, for those of you visiting from other planets, is one of the highest-flying legal eagles in the country. He’s […]

* O.J.’s “confession”? The trial of the century takes a twisted PR turn, years later. [CNN] * President Bush intends to renominate, to the lame duck Senate, some of the judicial nominees who were not previously confirmed, before the Democrats swept the midterm elections. Interesting strategy. [

Supreme Court Scions: * Janet Rehnquist, daughter of the late Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, is leaving Venable to start her own health care law practice. She will be based out of the Washington offices of Arent Fox. Rehnquist previously served as Inspector General of the Health and Human Services Department, before she resigned amid […]

* The Justice Department has launched a preliminary inquiry into possible collusion in the private equity industry. We say: Anyone making that much money has GOT to be doing something naughty. [New York Times] * What, another U.S. Attorney’s Office can be uttered in the same breath as the vaunted Southern District of New York? […]

Oodles of juicy moves today, especially out of and into the federal government. As the leaves change, so do the lawyers. Government to Private Sector: * Federal prosecutor John Hueston, a leader of the team that prosecuted Enron execs Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling, is heading for the greener pastures of Irell & Manella. All […]

* “If Mark Foley had sex with a page in the District of Columbia, it wouldn’t be a crime. In the capital, the age of consent is 16, as it is in many states. That, coincidentally, is the minimum age to be a page.” [Los Angeles Times] * The Sixth Circuit has placed Judge Anna […]

* Senate approves broad new rules to try detainees. [New York Times; Bashman linkwrap] * Senate House grandstands over Hewlett-Packard as most witnesses take Fifth; libertarians celebrate that time wasted is time not spent passing new appropriations. [New York Times; WaPo] * Verizon Wireless piles on against H-P. [WSJ Law Blog] * Observers suggest Supreme […]

1. They’re both having A REALLY CRAPPY Thursday. 2. They both like to SPY ON OTHER PEOPLE (e.g., fellow board members, husbands). 3. OMG: They have THE EXACT SAME HAIRSTYLE!!! (Gavel bang: David Minkin) Hearings Open on H.P.’s Spying: Patricia Dunn Testifies [New York Times] Pirro Hits Trail After Inquiry Emerges [New York Times] Jeanine […]

We are guilty of dereliction of duty. We’ve neglected to write about the Hewlett-Packard leak investigation scandal, now unfolding in all of its glory before Congress. (Yes, that Congress: a body that knows all about unethical behavior, illegal conduct, and mind-blowing stupidity.) We’ve been avoiding this scandal for two main reasons. First, it’s a story […]

Hey, it’s not yet noon — so we can still call this “Morning Docket.” (Sorry for the delay. But if you care about actual legal news, as opposed to our crude musings on them, you really should go here or here instead.) * BREAKING: Ann Baskins just resigned as general counsel of HP. And her […]

* We’re several days late on this; but it’s just as well. We’re not touching this controversy (see photo below) with the proverbial 10-foot pole. [Althouse; Feministing; Althouse; Feministing] But just out of curiosity, ATL readers, what’s your first reaction to this photo of Bill Clinton and a group of bloggers? Please place your responses […]

* The Judicial Conference of the United States, the policy-making body for the federal judiciary (but not the SCOTUS), has announced measures to improve the judiciary’s self-policing and public accountability. They include required installation of “conflict checking” software — get with it, Your Honors, that’s long overdue — and enhanced disclosure concerning judicial junkets. [New […]

* More back-and-forth between the Bush Administration and Congress concerning rules to govern the interrogation of terror suspects. The White House sent Congress a revised proposal last night; a deal could be reached by the end of this week. [Washington Post] * More developments in the HP leak investigation scandal. The most interesting: even Larry […]

* Another day, another deepening of the doo-doo over at HP. Now the plot is taking on a “made-for-television-movie” feel: “[D]etectives tried to plant software on at least one journalist’s computer that would enable messages to be traced.” [New York Times] * National security adviser Stephen Hadley indicates that the White House is trying to […]

* Anna Nicole Smith, the buxom ex-Playmate and victorious Supreme Court litigant, supports a formal inquest into the mysterious death of her 20-year-old son, Daniel Wayne Smith. [Associated Press] * SCOTUS groupies, rejoice: Same-day transcripts of Supreme Court oral arguments will be made available, for free, on the Court’s website. [Washington Post; SCOTUSblog] * The […]

The recent HP leak investigation scandal has drawn into the spotlight a legal celebrity of the first rank: Viet Dinh. Dinh represents venture capitalist god Thomas Perkins, in Perkins’s (rather tense) dealings with HP’s board and lawyers. Dinh, for those of you visiting from other planets, is one of the highest-flying legal eagles in the […]

We have oodles and oodles of moves — some actual, and some rumored — to share with you today. Lateral Moves: * Antitrust lawyer Jeffrey Brennan and mass torts/products liability lawyer Kathleen O’Connor, to Dechert, from the FTC and Merck, respectively. (Can O’Connor be the “Countess of Toxic Torts”? The title of “Queen of Toxic […]

* Law professors remember 9/11. [TaxProf Blog] * Heh, now we know what the law clerk to retired Justice O’Connor will be working on. [SCOTUSblog] * HP and Wilson Sonsini: in bed together? [WSJ Law Blog] * But enough about you; let’s talk about us. [FishBowl DC]