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* A lawyer was suspended for forging a judge’s signature. There’s a good pun about lacking judgment somewhere in that. [Bloomberg Law] * Judge who jailed kids under a bogus law still under fire. If cancel culture is real, she should be the Cancelee of the Month. [WKRN] * SCOTUS Justice thinks about if cops can be sued vis a vis cigarette-smoking centaurs. I didn’t think I’d ever write that string of words, yet here we are. [Bloomberg Law] * Beware, lovers: Ohio has an antiquated law that...

* Judge still under fire for having a racist law clerk. I’m surprised he hasn’t just defended his actions as encouraging “thought diversity” or something. [Law.com] * Texas won’t stand for at least two things: mask mandates and litter. Also, Biden is a bully apparently. [Reuters] * Lawyer in trouble after allegedly feeding his client answers during a deposition. Expect this to be on the lawyer ethics final. [ABA Journal] * Federal appeals court brings SB8 back to life. Next stop, SCOTU...

* Paul Kirgis, University of Montana's School of Law's former dean, quits post after multiple Title IX cases have been filed against the school. Would anyone else rather quit than dissuade sexual misconduct and the use of slurs? If so, please do. [ABA Journal] * Donnie wants 4 former aides to keep insurrection info in the darko. Hopefully they'll rebel against him. [Politico] * Jan Wolfe hopes that recent ruling on Texas's abortion ban will have a chilling effect on other sta...

* Whistleblower claims Facebook encourages hate speech to make money. Might explain why yesterday was so much calmer. [The Verge] * Todd Akin died of cancer. I thought that the body had ways of maintaining health in cases of "legitimate illness." [NBC News] * Grimes's ex's company ordered to pay former employee $137M because of racism. [NBC News] * Pfizer's COVID vaccine is very effective in the first six months, but it drops off after that. Relatable. [Washington Post] ...

* Couple bought home without knowing it was the site of events that inspired The Exorcist. Does this count as a material or immaterial omission of fact? [NPR] * In the most Karen move this side of the Mississippi, Mom calls police on her son because she doesn't like his haircut. [Fox Wilmington] * Torts professors, watch out! New trend on TikTok involves smacking teachers. Might want to update your syllabus. [Valley News Live] * Diamond Season: Woman finds 4 carat yellow diamond in a public...

* West Coast bill strips no good cops of badge and their vocation. Dream of Californication! [Kansas City] * Americans pay way more for medicine than the rest of the world does. Are we ready to admit we lost the drug war? [Commondreams.org] * Alex Jones is held accountable for the fake news he spread about the Sandy Hook shooting. [CNN] * AOC explains biology to co-workers whose birds and the bees talk was probably given by an actual bee keeper. [HuffPost] * Marco Rubio keeps red scare tactics a...

* The Warriors are coming out to protect and serve. This lawsuit, and others like it, hopes to change that. [ABA Journal] * Arizona and Colorado will be having water cuts. Maybe global warming is just the push we need for environmental lawyers to consider switching over to something with more electrolytes? [Insider] * The Swiss used a supercomputer to calculate Pi to 62.8tn figures. Unfortunately, lawyer that I am, numbers above 13 that aren't salaries stop registering for me. Would that be...

* Are civil arrests a thing? These Texan lawmakers are about to find out. [New York Post] * If you aren't in Texas or Florida, you may need to flash your other paperwork if you want to grab drinks after work. [PBS] * Inroad on weakening the undue hardship requirement for declaring bankruptcy on student loans may be on the way. [Yahoo News] * 4th Circuit says requiring skirts in school uniform violates Title 9. Three cheers for letting people wear things! [Justia] * Did we lose our shot at h...

* A lawsuit claims that a Minnesota law firm fired pro-Trump employees. Maybe the litigation is going to be "yuge"... [New York Post] * A New York disbarred lawyer allegedly helped an ex-con swindle friends our of half a million dollars. [New York Daily News] * Counsel for Derek Chauvin is seeking to probe alleged bias on the part of the jury that convicted Chauvin in the killing of George Floyd earlier this year. [AP] * Jeffrey Toobin has returned to CNN after he took time off follow...

* A lawsuit between the Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee and the national organization is reportedly imperiling cookie sales. The Samoas must flow... [Tennessee Lookout] * A Colorado lawyer's discipline for using an anti-gay slur has been upheld. [Colorado Politics] * A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against McDonald's by black franchisees claiming racial discrimination. [CNBC] * The Texas State Bar is purportedly investigating whether efforts by the Attorney General of Texas to al...