* Because there’s nothing funny about being a political prisoner in Iran for this long, I’m going to pull a Juggalo and show you a kitten stuck in a hamster ball. [New York Times]
* Lawyers on television used to be pretty bland, so I’m glad I grew up in the era of Ally McBeal’s dancing baby. [Wall Street Journal]
* Unlike the pro boxer who took one too many left hooks and decided to go to law school, this kid is going to hit it out of the park by ditching law school to play pro baseball. [ABA Journal]
AI Is Killing Legal’s Billable Hour. It’s Also Repeating Its Worst Mistake
Law firms and legal departments are writing the future of the profession in separate rooms. What happens when they actually work together?
* If at first you don’t succeed, you can try all you want, but Michael Douglas’ Wall Street 2 money will never sleep for his ex-wife, at least in New York. [Hollywood Reporter]
* For lawyers in Israel, life’s a bitch and then you die. And then you turn into a bitch. And then you get sentenced to die. Moral of the story: don’t piss off judges in Jerusalem. [BBC News]
* Another lawsuit in a case of walking while black in New York, but this time, parents got involved. When you make fun of a man’s son for crying like a girl, you get punched in the face. Allegedly. [New York Daily News]
* More and more law grads are going solo, and apparently, the best way to convince others to do so is to brag about your “bigger than Biglaw” salary. [MSNBC]