* Ed Martin formally charged by D.C. disciplinary authorities. In case you were wondering why the DOJ is so adamant about banning local licensing authorities from investigating ethical breaches. [CNN]
* Journalists from Law360 join sibling publication writers in protesting parent company RELX signing a LexisNexis deal with ICE. Reuters journalists also asked about the various deals Thomson Reuters has with Homeland Security. [ABA Journal]
* Berkeley now has a month-long 1L course on dealing with early recruiting. Hey, offer it for the whole year! Just move Torts and Contracts to 2L… it’s not like the firms care about those grades anyway. [The Recorder]
* Judiciary plans to make electronic filing and records system upgrades a priority after hacking incident. With this decision to fast-track an overhaul we could be looking at a truly modern PACER in… I don’t know… 10 years or so. [Reuters]
* Judiciary sit down continued long-running discussion of lower court judges needing more security and the Chief Justice… not really doing anything about it. [Law360]
* NASDAQ changing its rules to bring on SpaceX, and historically, great things happen when the financial industry throws out all its standards to appease billionaires! [CNBC]
* Lawyer convicted of stalking legal blogger sentenced to community service and plans to appeal. [Legal Cheek]