* The United States has been downgraded to a "flawed democracy." [New York Daily News]
* The irony is too much. [Washington Post]
* Rick Hasen on how a voter fraud investigation should really go. [Slate]
* The ACLU wants Jeff Sessions back before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary. [ACLU]
* Trump's election changed a lot of things. [Medium]
* Get ready for insurance to be disrupted. [Law and More]
* Wait, where the heck _is_ Staci?
https://twitter.com/stacizaretsky/status/824339825063055364
Tomorrow, Donald Trump will become our President. There are a lot of people who can and should be afraid of that. LGBTQ folks. Anyone not in the country legally. Good people. Anyone who would rather not see the United States default on its debt. China. One group that should be uniquely afraid: federal workers. Republicans […]
Lake Whillans is providing financial relief to insurance companies that offered plans on the ACA’s health insurance exchanges and are now impaired by the government’s delay in making promised so-called “risk corridor payments.”
Lake Whillans is providing financial relief to insurance companies that offered plans on the ACA’s health insurance exchanges and are now impaired by the government’s delay in making promised so-called “risk corridor payments.”
* Need help deciding if law school is right for you? Well, if you have doubts you probably shouldn't go, but here are some things to consider. [Bobogado]
* Is there a way to use the law to take a stand against the police killings of unarmed black men? [Guile Is Good]
* Sometimes thinking like a lawyer can save you an awful lot of money. [Law and More]
* What lessons do you wish you'd learned in law school? [ABA For Law Students]
* Insurance is super important to the resolution of personal injury cases. [The Daily Record]
* State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby dropped all remaining charges against the three Baltimore police officers still awaiting trial in the death of Freddie Gray -- a decision she called "agonizing." [New York Times]
* Judge Paul L. Friedman (D.D.C.) ordered the release of John W. Hinckley Jr., the man who in 1981 attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan (and who, some argue, murdered White House press secretary James Brady). [Washington Post]
* Traci Ribeiro, a non-equity partner at Sedgwick, sued the firm for discrimination, alleging that she and other women "cannot crack the glass ceiling at Sedgwick." [Law.com]
* A promising proposal from the Justice Department for how to deal with the law enforcement challenges presented by evidence stored in other countries (in the wake of Microsoft's Second Circuit victory over the DOJ). [Christian Science Monitor]
* "Is fake burping in gym class enough to get a seventh-grader arrested?" Professor Noah Feldman analyzes an interesting new Tenth Circuit ruling. [Bloomberg View via How Appealing]
* Judge Janet Bond Arterton: sorry, Principal National Life Insurance Co., but you can't escape paying out on the $10 million life insurance policy you issued to a law firm partner just because he died 15 months after the policy's issuance. [Law.com]
* For folks finishing up the bar exam today, some advice from former ABC News president (and former SCOTUS clerk) David Westin: it's okay to walk out of there early. Good luck! [Big Law Business]
This unfortunate situation appears to be less of a legal matter and more a case of not fully anticipating and being prepared for the financial risks of the assisted reproduction process.
