Legal Current recounts a 60 Minutes piece in which
parsing definitions from Black’s Law Dictionary figures prominently. 60 Minutes is now officially out of material.
The New York Times invited a bunch of people to comment on the student debt issue. One more time for the record: we would be in favor of not having any.
Justice Kennedy spoke to the graduating masses at Stanford about the
importance of law and freedom. The response, according to the San Francisco Chronicle:
students dozing off.
The University of Illinois’ “Clout List” continues to make news. The WSJ Law Blog says there’s
a lawsuit brewing over public access to admissions records.
Lawyerist has a handy tip to help you
avoid handing over metadata in discoverable documents. (Sorry – this one is kind of practical. We’ll work on avoiding that.)
A reminder from Courtoons: beware those plaintiffs’ lawyers.
Ethics question of the week: should you try to bend the rules on removal, just in case opposing counsel isn’t paying attention? Drug and Device Law (via Volokh) wants to know.
The Am Law Daily says to eat a good breakfast.
Always write a thank-you note. Or, according to Lateral Attorney Report, don’t.
Always look out for family. If Dad wants to start a second career as an associate, and you own a law firm, hire him. That’s what the Connecticut Law Tribune would do, anyway.
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