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* It's almost Halloween, so members of the legal profession had to have expected some spooky legal proceedings to occur this week. It seems that Lori Sforza, a witch priestess from Salem, has been granted a protective order against a well-known warlock. [Associated Press] * Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders would like to remove marijuana from the list of dangerous controlled substances that are regulated by the Drug Enforcement Administration, which would free up states to legalize it on their own terms. Stoners are really feeling the "Bern" now, in more ways than one. [Washington Post] * Four federal lawyers spent weeks nailing down the legalities behind the killing of Osama bin Laden, and they weren't allowed to ask Attorney General Eric Holder for help for fear of leaks to the press. They even had to do the legal research themselves! [New York Times] * According to a new report by the National Association of Women Lawyers, there's been no "appreciable progress" made for women in the nation's largest law firms since at least 2006. This is extremely disheartening. Please do better, Biglaw. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg BNA] * You know Walgreens is buying Rite Aid for $9.4B, but you might not have known which law firms were prescribing advice in the mega pharmacy merger. Skadden, Jones Day, Simpson Thacher, and Weil Gotshal got billable scripts. [DealBook / New York Times]
* Utah court rules woman can sue herself. Technically there are three separate parties to the case, and she's all three of them. Leave it to the Mormons to have the best practical description of the Catholic Trinity since St. Patrick and the clover. [Lowering the Bar] * An entertaining look at 50 ridiculous anomalies that arise in the ACA if the King v. Burwell plaintiffs succeed. Noscitur a sociis, people! [Miami Business Law Review] * The geniuses at Clickhole have a quiz: How many John Grisham novels have you read? [Clickhole] * The Obama administration has gotten some high-profile scrutiny for its zealous campaign to stamp out government leaks. Here's the story of one of the lower-profile government workers under the thumb of the Espionage Act. [The Intercept] * A follow-up on his earlier piece on whether or not New York should adopt the Uniform Bar Exam focuses on what the UBE might mean for finding a job. [Bar Exam Stats] * Seven months after the fact, Professor Dan Markel's death is still a mystery. [Tallahassee Democrat] * The National Association of Women Lawyers Mid-Year meeting will commence in Chicago on March 5. Check out details here. [NAWL]
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