Kellyanne Conway, future White House adviser (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
* The top ten most ridiculous lawsuits of 2016. [U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform via USA Today]
* Not the first homeless lawyer we’ve heard about, and surely not the last. [Instagram]
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* Jonathan Adler: “Donald Trump has not even been sworn in yet, and it’s already becoming easier for public figures to sue people in the nation’s capital.” [Volokh Conspiracy]
* Congrats to Kellyanne Conway on her future role as counselor — or should that be “counsellor”? — to President Trump. [Althouse]
* Why does defense lawyer Jon Katz smiles when he objects during trial? [Katz Justice]
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* Ivanka Trump’s incident at the airport has all the makings of a bar exam issue-spotter. [Instapundit]
* Another in-house lawyer with critical comments about the Great Pay Raise of 2016. [ABA Journal]
David Lat is the founder and managing editor of Above the Law and the author of Supreme Ambitions: A Novel. He previously worked as a federal prosecutor in Newark, New Jersey; a litigation associate at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; and a law clerk to Judge Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. You can connect with David on Twitter (@DavidLat), LinkedIn, and Facebook, and you can reach him by email at [email protected].