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* You want your crazy? She’s got your crazy! Britney Spears — or rather, her father, perhaps better known as the conservator of her estate — has settled a lawsuit over the “darkest days” of her career with her former manager, Sam Lutfi. The settlement is rumored to be in the low six figures. [Yahoo! Music]
* Sorry, lawyers, but the J.P. Morgan private banking you’ve been enjoying as a perk of your Biglaw job is about to be taken away from most of you. Soon, you’ll need at least $10 million in investible assets for access to their prestigious banking services, and everyone from associates to partners will receive the financial cold shoulder from the bank. [WSJ Law Blog]
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* Everyone wants to know whether Hillary Clinton intends to re-nominate Chief Judge Merrick Garland of the D.C. Circuit to the Supreme Court if she’s elected president, but some have speculated that “[s]he’s trying to avoid the question obviously because she doesn’t want to provide the voters and the public with her position.” [Bloomberg News]
* “A large number of associates just got raises, we are hoping they will be generous with a portion of those and give back.” The Associates Committee, a group of young lawyers, awarded $200K in grants with the noble goal of improving the justice system. Why not do more than pay down your loans with your new Biglaw bucks? [Big Law Business]
* Now that ITT Tech has closed its doors, you can expect a wave of lawsuits to flood the courts. Thus far, the for-profit school has been accused of WARN Act violations, and next on deck may be an ITT filing against the Dept. of Education after it prohibited the school from enrolling new students using federal loans. [DealBook / New York Times]
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