* Florida only wants to fund education that creates jobs. Apparently English majors are concerned, but shouldn’t Florida’s law schools be really, really concerned? [Legal Blog Watch]
* I’ve said this before, but the Republican failure to bargain for tort reform during the health care negotiations shows that they don’t really have good faith when negotiating about this issue. [New York Personal Injury Law Blog]
* A chilling tale of malicious prosecution by the government. [Popehat]
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* I don’t think Eliot Spitzer won’t go away, I think he can’t go away. [Dealbreaker]
* The Winklevii don’t want to pay their lawyers. Always remember folks, people who are rich without working for it tend to suck. [Hollywood Reporter]
* Lawrence Lessig has some advice for the Occupy Wall Street people. [Huffington Post]
* The Underwear Bomber pleads guilty. I don’t usually support excessive punishments, but seeing as he’s the proximate cause of everybody getting groped or scanned in the nude when they fly, I really hope he spends the rest of his life tossing salads. [CBS News]
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* I think I’ve watched this 20 times today. No legal hook, unless South African laws allow you to sue antelopes. [YouTube]