* As Judge Shira Scheindlin leaves the federal bench to join Stroock concentrating on public interest work as of counsel, Law360 spoke with Judge Scheindlin about the move. [Law360]
* George Mason’s president responds to rumblings that the law school is too dependent on private donors who cajoled the school into its ASSLaw moniker. [Washington Post]
* A full rundown of all the twists and turns in the ongoing legal battle between Boies Schiller partner Nicholas Gravante Jr. and his mother. [The Am Law Daily]
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* These are the questions clients are about to ask you about cybersecurity. Can you answer them? [PC World]
* The McDivitt Law Firm is offering free cab rides home on Cinco de Mayo for lucky drunks in Colorado Springs and Pueblo. So toast the defeat of the hated French all you want Colorado residents! [KKTV]
* The U.S. Trade Representative has some choice words for countries that don’t respect IP laws, like China, India, and Switzerland. Wait, what? Switzerland? [Corporate Counsel]
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* Kentucky judge blocks the city of Louisville from removing a Confederate monument because, you know, “the South will rise again” and the city doesn’t want egg on its face when that happens. [Fox News]
* The complicated case of religious tax exemption for a coffee shop… on grounds owned by a religious order. [The Atlantic]