* Is there a strategy for dealing with the dreaded performance review? [Modern Mom]
* Particularly pertinent advice on the Monday after a blizzard: how to interview (and what to wear) in a snowstorm. [Corporette]
* Uber is facing a staggering number of lawsuits... and they have 27 job openings for attorneys worldwide. Get those résumés ready. [Fusion]
* You are being judged by the food you choose to eat at your desk; maybe you should rail against the conventions. [New York Magazine]
* Lawyer arranges secret Dominican Republic divorce to shield his assets from his "wife." [New York Post]
Ed. note: Happy Holidays! Above the Law will be dark tomorrow, Christmas Day. We'll be back on Monday, December 28.
* Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin may be newly elected, but that hasn't stopped him from reneging on campaign promises. [Wonkette]
* Here's a fun hot take -- Citizens United is to blame for Donald Trump's rise, because he refuses to use Super PACs. Yeah, it's pretty convoluted, but maybe this will convince... anyone on the right to do anything about campaign finance reform. [Huffington Post]
* Krampus violates the 8th Amendment and other constitutional ruminations on Saint Nicholas's evil twin. [The Legal Geeks]
* This markup is what happens when lawyers get ahold of a Christmas carol. We should all be ashamed. [Legal Cheek]
* A bill that would prevent people from buying a gun while going through a divorce... yeah, that could be useful. [Slate]
* A New Zealand court ruled Kim Dotcom can be extradited back to the United States. [Wall Street Journal]
* If you have to send a work email on Christmas Day and you sign off this way, you are probably an asshole. [Daily Lawyer Tips]
* There are a bunch of theories to explain why crime rates have dropped over the last 25 years. [Vox]
* The ultimate California bar exam breakdown. [Bar Exam Stats]
* Stingrays -- no, not the kind that killed the Crocodile Hunter, but the kind that are used to determine cell phone locations and intercept messages -- have been deemed by a judge as too powerful for law enforcement to use without safeguards. [Ars Technica]
* On the ethics of misrepresentations in negotiations. [Associate's Mind]
* You shouldn't have to feel bad about billing 2,000 hours -- even if everyone around you is billing 2,500. [Bashful Buffalo Marketing]
* The latest buzz from the world of family law: judge rules a divorced couple's frozen embryos should be destroyed. [LA Times]
* The controversy surrounding the new documentary The Hunting Ground about sexual assault on campus features an incident at Harvard Law School. [Slate]
* Folks may argue over whether the Iran deal is a good idea, but one "citizen-lawyer" has taken to court to prove it is unconstitutional... but does that argument hold any weight? [Constitution Center]
* An Arkansas law firm is offering to represent Anna Duggar -- pro bono -- should she ever decide to divorce her husband, Josh Duggar, after his very public cheating scandal. Which is good, since you know Jim Bob is never going to let Anna see any of that rapidly vanishing TV money. [THV11]
* What are the 5 best Halloween costumes for law students/lawyers? The real key to nailing number 5 is the bangs. [Law and More]
* At last, some cold hard evidence that the nation's fever dream -- the one where Donald Trump is the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination -- might be ending. [New York Times]
* How do you deal when you're assigned to work with a real prick who always has to be right? [Attorney at Work]
* You guys, the intellectual property regime in this country is definitely broken, but at least it isn't so bad that a man can copyright a chicken sandwich. [Washington Post]
* In unsurprising news, George Zimmerman had some pretty disgusting things to say about the deaths of Alison Parker and Adam Ward. [Salon]
* Williams & Connolly has been subpoenaed as a part of the ongoing Lance Armstrong fraud case brought by former teammate Floyd Landis. I'm just glad I don't have to put together that privilege log [Legal Times]
* Two Biglaw partners, Hydee Feldstein a former partner at Sullivan & Cromwell and Paul Hastings and Peter Gregora a partner emeritus at Irell & Manella, face off in divorce court over $20 million that's gone "missing." It's probably under the couch, whenever stuff goes missing in my house it's under the couch. [The Recorder]
* Legal research prevails: after "thorough" research Georgia prosecutors have dropped murder charges against Kenlissia Jones for taking the abortion pill. [Washington Post]
* Pope Francis is establishing a court to deal with the bishops who woefully mishandled clerical child sex abuse allegations. Just another reason why Pope Francis is making it okay to be a Catholic again. [Wall Street Journal]
* Leaders in Nepal finally reached an agreement for a new constitution. After years of infighting the terrible tragedy of the Nepalese earthquake motivated the parties to work together. [Jurist]
* Ever wonder what it takes to make a successful law blog? Wonder no more -- and read tips from our own David Lat. [Law360]
Although poetry may be the best way to make passive-aggressive complaints about your case, the next time you’re considering writing a four-page, 60-line email riffing on a classic holiday poem, you might want to consider your audience.
The divorce started as amicably as one could reasonably hope for, but as distrust bubbled, the split escalated from a perfunctory proceeding into contentious brawl.
* Justice Sotomayor would like to remind you that just because you’ve been to one Indian casino, that doesn’t mean all Native Americans are fantastically wealthy. [KGOU]
* Nor is every Native American cured by this news, but this is certainly a start — the Department of the Interior will sign a $554 million settlement in the breach of trust case brought by the Navajo nation. [Buckley Sandler LLP]
* A Peruvian woman has sued Disney for $250 million because she alleges that Frozen is a rip-off of her life story. Because she has magic ice powers? I guess. Actually, it looks like the only connection is that she lived in a cold place and had a sister. This reminds me of my lawsuit against Chuck Palahniuk for basing Fight Club on my life story. Not that I ran anarchic underground fight clubs, but because one-time at camp I made a bar of soap. [Bustle]
* Law professor goes after revenge porn and patent trolls because he’s trying to win the title of best person ever. [Brooklyn Paper]
* Harold Hamm, Continental Resources’ Chairman and CEO — and former energy adviser to Mitt Romney — is staring down the barrel of a massive divorce settlement. So he takes a page from Romney’s adversary. Hamm is arguing that his fortune… he didn’t build that! He was just the beneficiary of a good market rather than a contributing factor so he doesn’t have to share. [Upstream Online]
* The CAC launches a new series on the Roberts Court at 10. It’s hard to believe how long ago that was. When the Chief Justice took over we still thought the ending of Lost was going to make sense! [Constitutional Accountability Center]
* Winston & Strawn lawyer turned famous LEGO artist Nathan Sawaya opened a new show in London. Sculptures made of thousands and thousands of hand-assembled bricks. Just in case you were wondering if there was a task more boring than document review. [Yahoo! Canada News]
* Paul Clement and Mike Carvin offer a SCOTUS preview. [Heritage Foundation]
