Morning Docket: 8.30.06
* The number of women clerking at the Supreme Court has fallen to the lowest level since 1994. It’s all Scalia’s fault. Oh wait, no it isn’t — he never hires women anyway. [New York Times] * Former...
View ArticleMorning Docket: 09.29.06
* 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...
View ArticleNon-Sequiturs: 12.11.06
* I think I may be the only New Yorker who regularly watches local channel NY1 — I just can’t get enough of Pat Kiernan’s deadpan delivery, especially of the more frivolous items. What would he say...
View ArticleMorning Docket: 01.12.07
* Jury selection begins in Atlanta courthouse shooting case. [Fulton County Daily Report ] * Jury rocks State Farm like a hurricane (complete with both wind and storm surge damage), awards $2.5 million...
View ArticleMorning Docket: 05.04.07
* No do-over for Vonage. [c|net via How Appealing] * Legislature approves $5 million settlement in Florida boot camp death case. [CNN] * Katrina wrongful death claims blown away by judge. [Jurist] *...
View ArticleKatrina + 2 Years = A Rebuilt Legal System In New Orleans?
This week marked the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. The news has been full of reports about the status of the affected areas, particularly New Orleans, two years later. Most of them have not...
View ArticleLawyer of the Day: Dickie Scruggs
Yesterday the FBI executed a search warrant on the Scruggs Law Firm in Oxford, Mississippi — the shop of high-flying plaintiffs’ lawyer Dickie Scruggs. It wasn’t immediately clear what investigation...
View ArticleHow Lawyers Would Botch The Zombie Apocalypse
When we suffer the zombie apocalypse, if we continue to place executive power in the hands of lawyers, we're all screwed....
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