* Pope Francis has changed church law to allow women slightly larger roles in church services. Maybe he was inspired by the movie On the Basis of Sex... [Washington Post]
* An NYPD lawyer is under investigation for allegedly threatening to shoot another attorney in her unit. [New York Daily News]
* A show based on the film The Lincoln Lawyer has been greenlit for a 10-episode run on Netflix. [Deadline]
* A black lawyer claims he was racially profiled by law enforcement for not wearing a suit in court. [New York Post]
* A lawsuit against the publisher of Dungeons and Dragons has been settled. Maybe they resolved the case using 20-sided dice... [Polygon]
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* Hank Greenberg won his lawsuit against the government for illegally seizing insurance giant A.I.G. as part of a bailout. But the court awarded no damages, finding that shareholders weren't harmed by the takeover. So, to translate this, the court basically said to Greenberg, "You were so bad at running your business that a cabal of bureaucrats acting illegally did better for shareholders than you." That's... gotta sting. [New York Times]
* Lost in the excitement of today's Baker Botts decision was the Supreme Court declining to save North Carolina's struck-down abortion law that would have required doctors to bend over backwards to dissuade women from getting an abortion. Over the dissent of Justice Scalia, the Court killed the law without giving it a chance. [Jezebel]
* If you're going to Richmond, California, make sure you've left your Ultimate Nullifier at home. [Lowering the Bar]
* Something finally goes wrong for wealthy people moving into Brooklyn. SPOILER: it's other wealthy people moving into Brooklyn. [Brownstoner]
* Justice Ginsburg tells the crowd at the annual ACS Convention that Natalie Portman held up the upcoming RBG biopic, On the Basis of Sex, demanding that the film have a female director. Men's rights activists can take heart that a man will be directing the inevitable porn version. [The Week]
* Alan Dershowitz worries that the Zivotofsky decision gives the White House too much power over foreign policy as opposed to some myopic former water commissioner awash in lobbyist money from AIPAC and apocalyptic-minded Evangelicals Congress. [The Blaze]
* Do you hate patent trolls? Good. Consider supporting this feature comedy film trolling patent trolls. [Indiegogo]
* If you're in D.C. Thursday morning, come hear our own David Lat discuss the future of the Roberts Court with some other people who are nowhere near as important. Like congresspeople and former federal judges and such. [Politico]
