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* “Every school has had to make choices, even at the top. This has been upheaval for everyone.” With a significant drop in applicants, the crisis in legal education has reached the members of the T14, the very best law schools in the country. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg BNA]
* Another lawyer has filed suit in federal court seeking a declaratory judgment that Ted Cruz is ineligible to serve as POTUS. In his last federal suit, he claimed the government was trying to cover up the threat of a black hole. [Talking Points Memo]
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* A Winston & Strawn partner is trying to make sure this unauthorized “Star Trek” film lives long and prospers even though Paramount Pictures and CBS have filed a copyright-infringement suit against the movie’s production company. [Crain’s Chicago Business]
* Congrats, you did it! Because we clearly needed another law school, the American Bar Association’s Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar has greenlighted Indiana Tech Law School’s application for provisional accreditation. [News-Sentinel]
* That’s nothing a little “blowing in firm pose” can’t fix: A jury recently found that Bikram Choudhury, the founder of Bikram yoga, must pay ~$925K to a lawyer who sued him for gender discrimination and sexual harassment. [L.A. Now / Los Angeles Times]