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Here’s to hoping that next year’s Super Bowl commercials stay away from using icons like MLK to sell their wares.

Even a monster like Larry Nassar deserved better than this.

It's possible that UChicago has deeper problems than a handful of law students.

* “Nobody should live their life as a bystander. You’re going to do bigger things than me,” said Justice Sonia Sotomayor tells an audience in what will almost assuredly turn out to be a lie. [Daily Report Online]

* While examining Uber's former CEO, Charles Verhoeven of Quinn Emanuel successfully played a clip from Wall Street for jurors in the Uber-Waymo trial. Next up, "Dude where's your car?" while interviewing the engineer who allegedly stole automotive plans. [The Recorder]

* Andy Sandler is leaving Buckley Sandler to concentrate on his other three full-time jobs. Slacker. [Litigation Daily]

* After winning a case for a wheelchair-bound former prosecutor and netting a share of her back pay settlement, attorney Mark Moody is suing his client, seeking a share of her salary on the logic that he technically "won" her job back entitling him to a share of her salary going forward. Wow. [NY Post]

* Judge says serial objector engaged in conduct “unfitting for any member of the legal profession.” But, you know, offered no sanction whatsoever so that was more of an FYI. [American Lawyer]

* Why Patriots Offensive Coordinator Josh McDaniels probably won't be sued by the Colts despite the fact that they clearly detrimentally relied on his promises. [Sports Illustrated]

* If you saw high-heeled shoes with a red sole, would you know who made them? Obviously. Yet Louboutin is embroiled in litigation over whether or not the brand really has a trademark. Another example of how if you parse every legal conundrum to death, you will only achieve absurd results -- [Quartz]

THERE WERE 329 ATTORNEYS ON THIS CASE? This is why people hate lawyers, especially "judge" people.

FIRM ANNOUNCING 2017 BONUSES IN 2018 BUT, WHATEVER PEOPLE SEEM OKAY: The bonuses are decent. The health care, less so.

TRUMP IS MAKING THINGS DIFFICULT FOR HIS LAWYERS: I mean, I don't feel sorry for them, but still. Trump's lawyers are going to face a basic integrity test, really, really soon.

SEEING A PARTNER IN HIS UNDERWEAR IS ONE OF THE THINGS YOU CAN'T UNSEE: On the other hand... no, no there is no tighty-whitey lining I can see in this.

WILL THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO'S REACTION TO THE EDMUND BURKE SOCIETY HURT THEM WITH IMMIGRANT STUDENTS? Of course it will. The question is whether the law school will care.

YOU SHOULDN'T USE A TURKEY BASTER TO GET PREGNANT: There are legal ramifications to this that you haven't thought of, especially if you're the kind of person who would use a turkey baster to achieve insemination.

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