Tom Baxter, AJC.com, Griffin Bell, Carter’s attorney general, dies (for background on Bell see King & Spalding here)

Liz Moyer, Forbes, SEC To Probe Its Oversight Of Madoff

Liz Moyer, Forbes, Why The SEC Missed Madoff

Pamela A. MacLean, National LJ, Defrauded borrowers are crime victims -Ruling could affect alleged Madoff victims.

Sasha Issenberg, Boston.com, Obama Cabinet nominee pulls out -Contract investigation bogs down Richardson; First bump in process for president-elect; Sheryl Gay Stolberg, NYTimes, Richardson Won’t Pursue Cabinet Post

Joe Palazzolo, Legal Times, Law.com, What Will Obama Administration Do With the U.S. Attorneys?

John Pacenti, Daily Business Review, Law.com, Kuehne Case ‘Hanging On by a Thread’

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