* Tipsters, I’ve seen the Milbank / Harvard Law news. I just don’t have a strong opinion about it. Good, bad, indifferent? You tell me. [Harvard Law School; National Law Journal via Truth on the Market]
* Is Ashley Madison (the dating site for adulterers) a scam? [Forbes]
* Ah, the real reason Hosni Mubarak finally stepped down. [Slate]
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* These are the kind of epic meltdowns that happen when hedge fund folks tangle with Bess Levin. [Dealbreaker]
* Which law firm claims to embrace diversity while one of its partners — a woman who was once married to a gay man, by the way — goes on TV to bash GOProud (a prominent gay conservative group)? [Pam’s House Blend]
* Speaking of law firms and LGBT issues, why is it taking so long for WilmerHale partner Edward DuMont, the first openly gay nominee for a federal appeals court in U.S. history, to get a hearing? [The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times]
* Taco Bell really knows how to defend a lawsuit. [WSJ Law Blog]
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* I didn’t know the world had a rape capital, but if we had to pick one this seems right. [ABA Journal]
* You’re not so naive as to think that only guilty plead guilty? [Underdog]
* Congratulations to David Kazzie, creator of the viral So You Want To Go To Law School video, on landing a literary agent. [Wall Street Journal]