James Ray III

* LSAT lives to fight another day as ABA halts its new rule to make the exam optional in the admissions process. Nothing inspires confidence like an accrediting body that repeatedly changes its mind! [Reuters]

* Britney Spears paid Greenberg Traurig over $4 million in the aftermath of her conservatorship. It seems as though people who care about her could’ve saved her a lot of money by ending the conservatorship without requiring lawyers get involved, huh? [TMZ]

* Firms may be trying to push people back to the office, but the hybrid work experience is also fueling creative lateral recruitment because firms care a lot less about office time when lawyers are bringing over fat books of business. [Law.com]

* The absurdist YSL case continues with an attorney curing a contempt rap with an order of wings. [WSB]

* Prince Harry will be the first royal to testify in court in over a century. I guess congratulations are in order for Prince Andrew somehow failing to break that record first. [Deadline]

* Former attorney who fled the country after killing his girlfriend in “self-defense” convicted of murder. [New York Times]

* Actress Fran Drescher writes about tax law for Bloomberg. It all makes sense. [Bloomberg Law News]

* So much for that plea deal! Mueller’s office says it’s caught Manafort in multiple lies since ostensibly reaching an agreement. I’m sure we’ll soon hear how this is all a “perjury trap” too. [Huffington Post]

* James Ray III says he shot his girlfriend in self-defense. Sure. [NJ.com]

* Hong Kong aims to be Asia’s arbitration hub and its neighbors aren’t giving up that title easily. [International]

* There’s apparently a DB Cooper convention. Amazing. [Courthouse News Service]

* The Thomas Jefferson School of Law still trying to keep its head above water. [Voice of San Diego]

*Meanwhile, the Florida legislature is looking to clear the obstacles to renaming FSU’s law school. [Florida Politics]

* Boies Schiller attempting to chase down deadbeat real estate magnate who stiffed the firm on million-dollar fees. The media keeps calling him a “Chinese dissident” which is technically true, but obscures the whole “fabulously wealthy” part. [Law360]