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* After getting called out for his record low pardon rate, Joe Biden pardons 1500 people in one day. He probably should have slipped Hunter into the middle of this batch. [AP]
* After ruling that boneless chicken can have bones, Ohio Supreme Court rules that big pharmaceutical companies selling a dangerous product isn’t a product liability claim. [Law.com]
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* Firm institutes “choose your own billable target” policy that offers tiered bonuses depending on what lawyers declare. [Bloomberg Law News]
* Chris Wray to resign rather than test Trump’s right to fire him. [Law360]
* No big deal… just blithely discussing the possibility of law firms ending up on enemy lists. [National Law Journal]
* Fifth Circuit strikes down right of private entity to have a diversity requirement to extend membership to other private businesses. So much for the free market. [CNN]
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* Following a thorough rebuke at the polls, North Carolina Republicans pass law stripping governor and attorney general of powers before elected Democrats take those jobs. [Courthouse News Service]