* Studying for the bar? Here are the top 10 people you want to kill. [Legally Noted]
* Are the Mel Gibson tapes admissible in court? Here is one lawyer’s opinion. [Blogonaut]
* Goldman Sachs won’t take a tax deduction on its $550 million settlement with the SEC. [TaxProf Blog]
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* Holy Hotties, Batman! West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin will appoint his hunky ex-GC, Carte Goodwin, 36, to the Senate seat formerly held by the late Senator Robert Byrd. [WSJ Law Blog]
* Rod Blagojevich’s crassness has been established beyond a reasonable doubt — but what about his alleged corruption? [Chicago News Cooperative]
* The courthouse is not a boxing ring. Except maybe in Scranton. [Allentown Morning Call]