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The accused partner will be leaving the firm.

Chicago Law's controversial event is canceled for now, but the student body president has some harsh words for school leadership.

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We can hope that helmet manufacturers' patent fights don’t hamper the progress they are making, and rather spur them to continue innovating.

Associates are getting concerned about the firm's financial health.

* Waymo and Uber head to court in self-driving car battle. Uber's characterizing Waymo's allegations of industrial espionage as a conspiracy theory and hopes no one reads too much into the fact that Uber ran an industrial espionage group for years. [NPR]

* On February 2, Ropes & Gray was engaged by USA Gymnastics to investigate allegations of sexual abuse by Larry Nassar. Hey gang, we all loved the movie, but Groundhog Day doesn't mean you actually get a do-over on all the stuff you screwed up before. [American Lawyer]

* John Dowd and Jay Sekulow don't want Mueller to interview Trump. Ty Cobb thinks transparency and cooperation are the best policy. The existence of this story suggests Dowd and Sekulow are winning the internal struggle. [Business Insider]

* The Supreme Court isn't going to intervene to protect Pennsylvania's gerrymandered districts... [Courthouse News Service]

* ... So, Pennsylvania Republicans are looking into impeaching the state supreme court justices who ruled against them. [Daily Intelligencer]

* Is this the least qualified lawyer to helm a Gitmo case? He certainly thinks so. [NY Times]

* Speaking of Gitmo, there's a fight brewing over the Defense Department's recent decision to strip prisoners of their rights to own their own art. [Hyperallergic]

* When the Brits refuse to extradite to the U.S., maybe it's time to reconsider prison conditions. [The Intercept]

* Katten Munchin opens up in Dallas. [Law360]

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