* Law firm expenses outpaced revenue for the first half of 2019 and there’s no way that’s going to come back and haunt us. [American Lawyer]
* The DOJ is siding with Led Zeppelin in the Stairway to Heaven copyright fight. Good to know this DOJ has everything else under control. [Rolling Stone]
* California has a new law that says police should only kill when “necessary” and consider the kind of dystopian world we live in where this needed to be spelled out in a law. [NPR]
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* Barr announces new BOP head to exploit Epstein’s death for the sake of some boondoggle in prison spending. [Courthouse News Service]
* The NRA tried to insert itself into Oliver North’s deposition in an act of stunning chutzpah. They got denied. [Law360]
* A follow-up on law student’s suicide and his family’s efforts to help others. [Good Men Project]
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* CFTC faces scrutiny for “being honest.” [National Law Journal]