Above the Law

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Twitter reacts to President 45.

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Here are the 24 individuals who will be holding down the fort at the Justice Department for the Trump Administration.

Things not looking good for the USPTO.

* Welcome to the Trump era! Have you considered pro bono work? [The American Lawyer]

* Speaking of Republican leadership, former Speaker and Dickstein Shapiro alum Dennis Hastert trying to get out of paying the rest of that hush money that landed him in prison. [ABA Journal]

* To the tune of Paula Cole’s magnum opus: Where have all the ampersands gone? [The Am Law Daily]

* A profile of Nancy Hollander, the lawyer who won Chelsea Manning’s clemency. [The Litigation Daily]

* Good tips on how to attract and keep the lawyer of the future. But I assume we’ll all just keep condescending to them anyway. [Law360]

Which raises the question: what in the hell is a labor/employment attorney?

* President Obama commuted the sentences of an additional 330 federal prisoners held on drug convictions today. [Huffington Post]

* The Democrats who are not going to attend the inauguration. [Politico]

* More dustup over undisclosed celebrity endorsements. [The Fashion Law]

* Need a new job? Do you know how to crack the phone interview? [Law and More]

* Noam Chomsky has some thoughts on the ACA repeal. [Salon]

* This has become particularly poignant. [Slate]

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