* Wells Fargo has a new compliance officer. Imagine a job that easy. Just saying “no, for the love of God, don’t do that!” over and over again pretty much covers it. [Law.com]
* Post McDonnell, Shelly Silver still thinks we need more protection for political bribery.[Law360]
* Rockland County doesn’t think everyone’s a winner at Nixon Peabody. [New York Law Journal]
* Former congressman and convicted felon Michael Grimm paid off his nearly half a million debt to Biglaw. And he’ll probably be back in the House soon because Staten Island is the absolute worst. It’s where New York put its garbage. [National Law Journal]
* When access to justice includes a foreign sovereign. [Litigation Finance Journal]
* Literally EVERYTHING about the Obama years was done with one hand tied behind his back. [Empirical SCOTUS]
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* A review of Gaslight Lawyers (affiliate link), the history of steampunk criminal trials. [Foreward Reviews]