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The Docket List

By Mark Obbie

Since there's no such thing as too many lists, we're happy to announce a new blog feature that will highlight some of the best investigative and interesting legal reporting out there. If you have any suggestions, feel free to send them to rsmascarenhas [at] gmail [dot] com. Now, for the first installment:The Columbus Dispatch has deservedly won plaudits for its special report, "Immigration Crackdown." Unfolded over four days, the series examines nearly every facet of the immigration debate, especially the variety of legal challenges the issue poses to the system. Watch out in particular for the gripping description of a mass deportation. Do you know what North Carolina's Retaliatory Employment Discrimination Act covers? It doesn't matter, because the labor law doesn't appear to be working well at all, according to a report in The Charlotte Observer. Many things appear to have gone wrong: budget cuts; lack of enforcement; complaining workers being laid off. And finally, the things you can FOIA! The Detroit News decided that its readers would be interested in how soon-to-be ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick spent his solitary night in jail. It's engrossing -- in a guilty pleasure kind of way -- because of the level of detail, and, paradoxically, because nothing much appears to have happened. He did have a hearty breakfast, though. -- Rohan Mascarenhas

Full post as published by Lawbeat on September 17, 2008 (boomark / email).