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* Troubling confession: Lawyer fined for warning school of a priest’s history of sexual misconduct. [The Guardian]

* Pig in the mine: California’s pork law is an unexpected proxy for the legal side of the culture war. [Cal Matters]

* Gauntlet thrown: Hawaii won’t make it easy for other states to criminalize abortion. [Huff Po]

* No laughing matter: Comedians claim Atlanta airport’s search practices use racial profiling. [AP]

* The right to cancel loans? You should read up on this cease and desist. [Business Insider]

This should definitely be a data point in the next assessment of gender discrimination among law schools deans.

Back in my day, artists just had to worries about Groupies. Now, concerts are getting cancelled over Stick Talk.

His books perpetuated a culture of racism and misogyny.

Hopefully students will get the support they need.

* A lawsuit challenging New York’s quarantine has been dismissed partly because an Arizona woman did not suffer harm by not being able to help a New York friend move. The judge obviously doesn’t know how fun assembling Ikea furniture can be… [New York Daily News]

* Georgia’s governor has withdrawn a lawsuit challenging a mask mandate instituted by the Mayor of Atlanta. [CNN]

* Claims of sexual impropriety are roiling the Texas Supreme Court. [Texas Lawyer]

* An Ohio lawyer has been granted the green light to provide financial planning services along with legal representation in certain circumstances. [Bloomberg Law]

* Carole Baskin of Tiger King fame has been served with papers related to a lawsuit about her missing former husband. Baskin took a selfie with the process server, maybe “service selfies” will trend on insta one day… [CBS News]

Attempt at earnest statement reveals a lot about law school's major institutional shortcomings.

* Attorneys associated with the Trial Lawyers College are currently embroiled in litigation. It would be amazing if this case went to trial… [Bloomberg Law]

* An ex-lawyer from Atlanta, who hired a hitman to murder his wife, has died of natural causes in prison. [Daily Mail]

* Check out a behind-the-scenes look at a lawyer featured on the new Netflix show Trial by Media. Haven’t gotten to that episode yet. [NBC News]

* A New York City judge has denied Mary-Kate Olsen’s request for an emergency divorce, even though she may be forced out of her apartment. Guess she can always crash with Ashley. [Fox News]

* An appeals court has refused to dismiss an emoluments lawsuit against President Trump, setting up a battle at the Supreme Court. [Business Insider]

* The L.A. City Attorney is suing the maker of a radish paste that allegedly provides protection from COVID-19. Sounds kind of like the Carbolic Smoke Ball, haven’t thought about that fact pattern since law school. [Los Angeles Times]

If law students are looking for a way to help, consider this model.

* A New Jersey lawyer has been suspended from practice for submitting a fabricated law school transcript to Williams & Connolly falsely listing his GPA as a 3.825 when he actually had a 3.269. Kuddos to the firm for catching this! [ABA Journal]

* A lawsuit in New Hampshire is arguing that New Hampshire’s governor does not have the authority to limit crowd sizes to 50 people or less. [Boston Globe]

* A Maryland attorney has been disbarred for convincing a client to invest settlement proceeds in litigation matters at the firm and then lying about the results of those cases. [Bloomberg Law]

* Some government entities are looking to release prisoners who may be vulnerable to COVID-19. [Boston Globe]; [Washington Post]

* A GoFundMe campaign for two University of Michigan Law School cafe workers has raised over $30,000 in two days. It’s good to have a feel-good story in these trying times. [Michigan Live]

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Jordan Rothman is a partner of The Rothman Law Firm, a full-service New York and New Jersey law firm. He is also the founder of Student Debt Diaries, a website discussing how he paid off his student loans. You can reach Jordan through email at jordan@rothmanlawyer.com.

Pass/fail won't help everyone.

Getting the most out of social isolation.

Okay, that's pretty good.

As ugly as it gets online, remember it's just a reflection of what's out in the real world too.

Yeah, Biglaw bills are usually a lot more detailed than that.

Michigan student has problem with students getting extra exam time.

Ipse Dixit is bringing parody to law school.

This law professor is using analytics to identify patterns in legal documents and predict future outcomes.