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Almost like he doesn't care about the victims as much as he cares about generating a headline...

The next several years could be exciting ones for the aviation industry.

The universe is a plaintiff's attorney.

* The lawyer for Jeffrey Epstein’s guard accused of slacking off on the night of Epstein’s death had a shouting match with a federal judge over a planned vacation to Italy. Hey, everyone deserves some time off. [New York Post]

* Burger King is facing a new class action lawsuit about the contents of its meatless burgers. [Fox News]

* The District of Columbia is getting a new top federal prosecutor. [Wall Street Journal]

* A new lawsuit against Boeing claims that contaminated air might be present on flights involving many of the company’s planes. [MSN]

* Jeff Bezos is being sued by his girlfriend’s brother. Should make for some interesting family dinners. [New York Times]

* Brush of your resumes everyone, a longtime general counsel of Boeing is going to retire by the end of the year. [Wall Street Journal] * A UK lawyer is under fire for claiming he killed a fox with a baseball bat. Lawyers need to learn to stop being cruel to animals. [New York Post]

* An attorney who put price tags for cheaper items on more expensive products at Walmart has just received a one-year stayed suspension from practice. [Bloomberg Law]

* A plaintiffs lawyer involved in litigation against Monsanto has been charged with extortion for offering to cease legal action against a large company in exchange for a $200 million consulting fee. Hasn’t Michael Avenatti taught this lawyer anything? [CBS News]

* Boeing has been hit with another lawsuit involving its 737 Max jets. [CNN]

* The first African-American Attorney General in the history of Kentucky was sworn in this week. [NBC News]

* An attorney has been suspended for among other things submitting fake expense receipts for an ABA conference. [Bloomberg Law].

* It’s been a while since Above the Law published a “Lawyerly Lairs” segment, but check out famed “Making a Murderer” attorney Kathleen Zellner’s pad, which just hit the market. [Chicago Tribune]

* Even at a conference, Judge Easterbrook can be intimidating. [Business Law Prof Blog]

* Boeing filed a patent to make air travel slight less hellish. Good luck with that. [Travel and Leisure]

* Judge plans to stick Ammon Bundy’s merry band of militia men playing terrorist out in the woods with the bill for their security… to the tune of $70,000 a day. [Raw Story]

* Josh Duggar is such a loser he is even losing discovery battles like a pro. [Radar]

* Lawyer Eric Macleish played a role in the legal battles over child abuse by Catholic priests in Boston (as recounted in the movie Spotlight). Whether he was a villain or victim in the saga is still up for debate. [Guile is Good]

* Is it possibly true that you can really discharge student loan debt in bankruptcy? [My Bank Tracker]

* If you’re goofing off by pretending to work from home, don’t give yourself away. [Daily Lawyer Tips]

* Maybe things are getting better. Per the latest Law Watch Managing Partner Confidence Index, Biglaw partners have shown an uptick in confidence in the first quarter of 2014. [Am Law Daily]

* Thanks to this ruling, Chevron can sue Patton Boggs over claims it engaged in fraud during the Ecuador case. Don’t worry, we’re sure the merger with Squire Sanders will be just fine. [Reuters]

* Dewey know how much the latest clawback suit seeks from this failed firm’s ex-COO? About $9.3 million, for his “astronomically generous” employment contract. [WSJ Law Blog (sub. req.)]

* No more “unfounded” filings for this unfound plane: A firm’s attempts to get documents from Malaysian Air to file a possible lawsuit have been thwarted by a judge, with the possibility of sanctions. [Bloomberg]

* When your “concerned uncle” is writing to a pre-law adviser about your future when you haven’t even gone to college yet, you know you’re probably destined to be a gunner. [Law Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News]

What would lead four high-powered lawyers and hedge-fund types, including two former Kennedy clerks, to leave their current jobs? The chance to make millions....

In May 2006, then-Judge J. Michael Luttig made major news in the legal world by resigning from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit to become senior vice president and general counsel of aerospace giant Boeing. Luttig served as a Fourth Circuit judge for almost 15 years, during which time he reigned as […]