* Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes took advantage of Washington state law and purchased himself some legal pot yesterday, making him the highest-profile lawyer in the country. [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]
* DC Comics blocked plans to build a memorial to a murdered 5-year-old Superman fan dressed in costume. Realizing that this was awful and stupid, they’ve reversed themselves. [Gawker]
* New York Justice Roger Barto said he was attacked and beaten with a toilet seat. The police disagree. [WHAM]
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* Laurence Tribe recounting his experiences with a young Barack Obama. [Fiscal Times]
* Remember when Justice Scalia screwed up that decision and quietly edited it hoping we wouldn’t notice? Well the days of the secret editing of SCOTUS opinions are over. [CREW]
* The continuing coverage of the Donald Sterling trial: Sterling takes the stand. [mitchell epner]
* We talk a lot about work-life balance among lawyers, but we don’t think much about the work-life balance among law professors. [TaxProf Blog]
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* If you wanted to understand the UK legal market, this infographic is basically “choose your own adventure” for a legal career across the pond. [Gorvins]
* What do the former Biglaw Bigshot and Joan Rivers have in common? [Law and More]