* A Perkins Coie partner got to go to Hawaii to pick up the President’s birth certificate. Weird, I thought the corporate headquarters of Adobe Photoshop was in California. [BLT: Blog of the Legal Times]
* More fun lockout news. Hey, can somebody tell Paul Clement that while he’s busy defending marriage from gays and lesbians the NFL owners are getting reamed by principles of fundamental fairness? [Blackbook Legal]
* The country with the second highest number of lawyers per capita is about to get full frontal Westlaw treatment. I hope they are oiled and ready. [Law Librarian Blog]
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* Do ladies have to wear high heels at work this season? [The Careerist]
* Wow, a 5-4 SCOTUS decision that protects big business and makes things more difficult for everybody else. Is this even news any more? What’s the point of being a “person,” I’m going to incorporate myself just to maintain my eligibility for Constitutional protection. [WSJ Law Blog]
* Does Texas A&M need a law school? If so, can it be located at “Legal Station”? And can we call people who attend the law school “The 13th Juror”? And at the start of every OCI, could the Aggie Law students use their transcripts to light a 50-foot-tall bonfire that will represent their willingness to take any job a UT-Austin man won’t do? [Austin-American Statesman]
* Lawyer tells judge: “your unconditional releases are meaningless.” I hope the judge writes back: “you have no chance to survive, make your time.” [Legal Blog Watch]
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* I thought the new skin on Above the Law was pretty nice, until I saw the new skin on our sister site, Fashionista. After complaining all afternoon, I’ve been informed that ATL advertisers don’t like to give us campaigns that we have to post with a NSFW warning. [Fashionista](NSFW)