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* Georgetown Law courts publicity again by inviting an alleged anti-Semite to speak on campus. Did they get a David Duke endowment recently or something? [Mosaic]

* Disney not sure what to do after getting Florida-ed. No way it’s more confusing than figuring out the licensing for the Kingdom Hearts franchise. [Star Advertiser]

* International Lawsuit: Musk’s attention-grabbing purchase isn’t rubbing the EU the right way. [Business Insider]

* “What’s all that movement back there?”: Suit filed against Massachusetts police for acting in secrecy. [Boston Herald]

* Good Apples: Two officers sue, claiming they were suspended because they reported a colleague’s racial profiling. [NJ.com]

* Many believe that today’s Supreme Court is one of the hottest benches in history; Adam Feldman uses data to assess the claim. [Empirical SCOTUS]

* As for who takes the SCOTUS bench, contingency plays a major role — along with credentials and conservatism, as Ian Millhiser explains. [ThinkProgress]

* Most people have their minds made up about Thursday’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings featuring Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and Judge Brett Kavanaugh — but if you’re still trying to process the proceedings, David Oscar Markus offers five simple rules for evaluating the witnesses. [The Hill]

* Ann Althouse has some reflections on Judge Kavanaugh’s emotional testimony and “present-day conservative masculinity.” [Althouse]

* David Bernstein proffers this interesting solution to the Kavanaugh nomination situation — but don’t hold your breath for its implementation. [Volokh Conspiracy / Reason]

* If the road to hell is paved with good intentions, “the EU is busy building a three-lane highway that leads to a particularly dark place,” according to Charles Glasser. [Daily Caller]

* Lawyer Luddites: “AI in the legal space is not scary,” as explained by David Kleiman of Bloomberg Law. [Artificial Lawyer]

* Indeed, as Greg Lambert argues, lawyers — especially “working partners” — need to join the innovation conversation. [3 Geeks and a Law Blog]

* It’s the first day of the bar exam in a number of jurisdictions. These young lawyers have suggestions for your last month of freedom. [Young Lawyers Advisory Board]

* Jeff Sessions is withholding funding from local law enforcement. Just the latest example of Dummy the House Elf’s curious interpretation of being “tough on crime.” [NJ.com]

* Now Trump will meet with Mueller? Oh, he’ll talk to Mueller about anything but obstruction. So I guess they could discuss the weather. [Time]

* Stormy Daniels is getting a divorce. [NY Times]

* After a dicey back and forth with the ABA, NCCU has retained its accreditation. [News & Observer]

* The EU keeps fining American companies. American companies keep right on monopolizin’. [The Economist]

* Jonathan Turley goes all “get off my lawn” about Millennials and free speech. Magistrate Judge James Donohue points out that Millennials might appreciate free speech more if they had any reason to believe people like Turley weren’t trying to turn it into a pay-to-play right. [Courthouse News Service]

* Arizona Summit Law School announces its plan to affiliate with an established university… Bethune-Cookman?!? Because when you think of a for-profit law school in Phoenix, you obviously think of an HCBU in Florida. [AZ Central]

* 150 law firm leaders wrote a letter asking the government to continue funding legal services, which is nice, but Jim Harbaugh’s already on the case. [Am Law Daily]

* House passes tough new regulations for class action certification… just what rural, Rust Belt voters were hankering for. [National Law Journal]

* K-Y sued over trade secret theft allegations. I don’t know about this case, but I always thought those guys were slippery. [P&T Community]

* A blow-by-blow of the day Kellyanne started shilling for cheap jewelry on national television. [NBC News]

* Restaurant sues to force Trump to divest from his hotel, citing unfair competition when a sitting president can entice people to eat at his well-done steak and ketchup establishments. [Law.com]

* Add Turkey to the list of countries with ethically dubious ties to the Trump campaign. [Huffington Post]

* The EU is figuring out that the “right to be forgotten” provides a gaping loophole for CEOs to cover up their mistakes and abuses. [Courthouse News Service]

* Which Biglaw giants are “committing tens of millions of dollars in free legal services” to the gun control cause? Seems like they’re getting a great return on that investment… [New York Times / Dealbook]

* The EU fined JPMC and two other banks $552 million for manipulating futures. As if the EU has any future now! [Courthouse News Service]

* Lawsuit filed against teacher for 16-year-old bad grade that trapped lawyer in low prestige career. It’s like the Plasgraf of bad life choices. [Legal Cheek]

* Police called because man whistled “Closing Time.” Good. [Lowering the Bar]

* Celebrate the holidays with this buyer’s guide for trademark disputed beer and wine! [Trademark & Copyright Law Blog]

* Immigrant children need assistance coping with trauma. Pro bono lawyers can help. [Psychology Today]

* A short reaction to today’s piece on Tiffany Trump’s law school plans — and make sure to note the update to that story about her experience taking the LSAT. [Law and More]

* Why would liberal states “remain [] member[s] of this union when the president is a raving narcissist that some describe as a sociopath?” Some law professors are having a difficult time imagining Donald Trump as president, and have said that things like secessions or coups could become real possibilities under Trump’s leadership if he should win the election. [WSJ Law Blog]

* Biglaw firms in the U.S. have made great strides when it comes to parental leave, but across the pond in the U.K., they don’t seem to be doing as well; in fact, these firms seem to be “hemorrhaging female talent,” and it’s “crippling” law firm diversity and career progression for lawyers with children and families. [The Lawyer (sub. req.)]

* Speaking of the U.K., its High Court has ruled that Prime Minister Theresa May must seek parliamentary approval before attempting to leave the European Union, writing “the Crown — i.e. the government of the day — cannot by exercise of prerogative powers override legislation enacted by Parliament.” Sorry, Brexit bros. [New York Times]

* “[A] well-intentioned majority acting in the name of tolerance and liberalism, can, if unchecked, impose its views on the minority in a manner that is in fact intolerant and illiberal.” Trinity Western University has won the right to operate a Christian law school, despite the fact that it intends to discriminate against LGBTQ students. [Globe and Mail]

* “They changed the legislative nature of the judicial system, they changed the American constitution, they paved the way for a lot of people’s lives.” Loving, the film that tells the tale of Richard and Mildred Loving’s landmark Supreme Court victory that struck down legislation prohibiting interracial marriage, is out in theaters this Friday. [Reuters]

* Glamour has named Emily Doe, the college student who survived Stanford swimmer Brock Turner’s sexual assault and helped to change a California law that once allowed for lighter sentences in sexual assault cases where victims were unconscious or intoxicated, as one of the magazine’s Women of the Year for 2016. Congratulations. [Glamour]

* Rhonda Crawford, the Illinois law clerk who allegedly posed as a judge and was running unopposed for her own judgeship, was indicted for her judicial impersonation. Crawford does not intend to drop out of the race for a seat on the bench, despite the state bar ethics commission seeking to suspend her license to practice. [Chicago Tribune]

* London firms CMS and Olswang are merging with international firm Nabarro for a three-way combination that’s set to close in May 2017 and operate under the name CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang, but rumor has it an American firm wants to get in on the action. Will Hunton & Williams join in for four-way fun? [The Lawyer]

* “[M]aybe Republicans can stop with the 60-something repeal votes they’ve taken … and just work with the next president to smooth out the kinks.” President Obama hopes that maybe when his second term in the White House is over, his signature healthcare law can be fixed. He doesn’t even care if they change its name to “Reagancare.” [Reuters]

* “The panic is starting to set in. Those who have a lot of interests at stake need to do work now.” Lawyers across the pond are poised for a profitable 2017 thanks to people scrambling for legal advice following Brexit, but those billables won’t last forever; after all, lawyers aren’t “immune to a broader economic slowdown.” [Big Law Business]

* More law schools are partially or completely covering bar exam preparation costs for their students, but with pass rates plummeting across the nation, you must be curious if this trend has had any positive effect. It worked for Loyola New Orleans and Southern University, whose pass rates for first-timers increased quite a bit. [ABA Journal]