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* Bernie Madoff’s investment strategy may yield a billion dollar return… for the trustee. [American Lawyer]
* Lanny Davis is now representing Michael Cohen, which certainly doesn’t bode well for Trump. [Bloomberg]
* The fiance of Princess Mako of Japan is going to Fordham next year. [Japan Times]
* Federal judge rules that sanctuary city policies aren’t obstacles to immigration policy because standing aside is not the same as standing in the way. [NY Times]
* A disturbing look at the border crisis through the eyes of an immigration lawyer. [Mother Jones]
* Job opportunity: the Senate is looking for special counsel to grease the wheels on the effort to roll back decades of jurisprudence. [National Law Journal]
* Akin Gump is representing a woman separated from her children by the Trump administration. The representation comes as part of a public-private venture backed by the state of New York. The story is the latest testament to Governor Andrew Cuomo’s deeply held moral conviction that people shouldn’t vote for Cynthia Nixon. [Journal News]
* The head of Arizona Summit Law School thinks the school’s been treated unfairly. The nerve of these people. [KJZZ]
* IBM says Watson’s about to take away your job, which is an announcement IBM makes roughly every three months because they’re taunting us. [Corporate Counsel]
* Betty Shelby acquitted in the killing of a black motorist because apparently it’s always reasonable to believe a random black guy is going to pull a gun. [NBC News]
* Former client seeks $1.4 million back that it spent trying to disqualify BakerHostetler. [Law360]
* Latham’s Alice Fisher has pulled out of the FBI Director sweepstakes. All eyes are on Joe Lieberman right now, but folks G. Gordon Liddy is just sitting there raring to go. [National Law Journal]
* And apparently Sheriff Clarke (who I’m sure was Trump’s personal pick) is taking a Homeland Security job so he can focus on harassing the poor and disadvantaged without having to bother all those nice bankers. [New York Times]
* Judge Charles Breyer took a break from writing the best benchslaps of all time to issue a groundbreaking video game ruling citing Star Wars and Love Actually — two movies that should never, ever be mentioned in the same sentence. [Hollywood Reporter]
* Stupid fan lawsuit against Warriors center ZaZa Pachulia moves on. [KENS5]
* More horrific allegations from Ken Starr’s world-class leadership at Baylor. [Huffington Post]
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