* Supreme Court lifts order barring Alabama from redistricting away Black voting power, three years after rejecting the same proposed redistricting. [Washington Post]
* ABA Committee recommends dropping law school diversity rules in order to protect accreditation status from Trump administration. [Reuters]
* Ye argues that his use of another person’s song was “test drive” and not infringement. Pretty sure that’s not in the hornbook. [Law360]
* Trump continues to pay his personal lawyers in federal appointments as opposed to cash. [National Law Journal]
* Virginia asks U.S. Supreme Court to overturn state supreme court decision. Which is crazy because the Supreme Court doesn’t rule on exclusive state constitutional issues… unless it’s Bush v. Gore. [Bloomberg Law News]
* Federal judge applauds Susman Godfrey for trusting young associate with high stakes copyright argument. [Litigation Daily]
* Lawyer spends evenings as extra on hit soap opera. [CBS]
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* Supreme Court lifts order barring Alabama from redistricting away Black voting power, three years after rejecting the same proposed redistricting. [Washington Post]
* ABA Committee recommends dropping law school diversity rules in order to protect accreditation status from Trump administration. [Reuters]
* Ye argues that his use of another person’s song was “test drive” and not infringement. Pretty sure that’s not in the hornbook. [Law360]
* Trump continues to pay his personal lawyers in federal appointments as opposed to cash. [National Law Journal]
* Virginia asks U.S. Supreme Court to overturn state supreme court decision. Which is crazy because the Supreme Court doesn’t rule on exclusive state constitutional issues… unless it’s Bush v. Gore. [Bloomberg Law News]
* Federal judge applauds Susman Godfrey for trusting young associate with high stakes copyright argument. [Litigation Daily]
* Lawyer spends evenings as extra on hit soap opera. [CBS]
