The lawfirm of Wilson Sonsini was recently added as a defendant in the Brocade Communications backdating scandal. It will be interesting to see whether the lawfirm will be deemed complicit in the mess.

"Did the U.S. Marshals Service in Boston assign deputies to drive Fox Sports broadcasters Tim McCarver and Joe Buck between their hotel and Fenway Park during last year's World Series? The DOJ is looking into it . . ."

The Fifth Circuit denied a lawfirm's request to bill its normal hourly rate for time spend traveling.

The Senate is likely to approve the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, which would make it illegal for insurance companies and employers to discriminate on the basis of one's genetic makeup/predisposition.