• Adventures of a 28-year-old California foreclosure attorney [McSweeneys]
• National Enquirer ruled eligible for Pulitzer Prize consideration for John Edwards coverage [ABC, Guardian]
• Las Vegas attorney agrees to plead to unspecified charges in tort-mill scheme initially described by prosecutors as massive [ABA Journal, earlier here and here]
• Expect demands for greater regulation of general aviation after Austin attack [Skating on Stilts]
• Dear firm colleagues: does Morocco has an extradition treaty with the U.S.? Need to know quickly [Lowering the Bar] Related on Scott Rothstein: do not purchase investment advice from persons with gold toilets;
• Is a Texas prosecutor seeking to criminalize workplace accidents? [Bennett, Defending People]
• Cold comfort dept.: lawprof tired of people carrying on about being dragged through litigation, it’s not as if they’re being held liable [Howard Wasserman, Prawfsblawg]
• Iceland’s free-press project “is largely symbolic – which is not to say unimportant” [N.Y. Times quoting David Ardia, earlier]

Filed under: aviation, California, crime and punishment, mortgages, Nevada, Rielle Hunter, Scott Rothstein, workplace