Scott Alvarez

* Jeff Sessions has a new job. [CNN]

* Beyoncé sued by YouTube star’s estate. She’d better hire Becky with the good law degree. [NBC News]

* David Boies is taking on human trafficking. Hopefully this fight doesn’t require any travel today. [Litigation Daily]

* Groups are suing to block Trump’s proposal to eliminate two regulations for every one enacted. If you want safe drinking water, hope you like spoiled eggs and no airbags, motherf**kers! [Law360]

* Speaking of political shenanigans with the law, the courts have put the kibosh on North Carolina’s hilarious lame duck effort to limit the powers of the governor once they realized they lost it. [ABC News]

* When lawyers go wrong. [Am Law Daily]

* Scott Alvarez, the Fed’s top attorney, is retiring. Or “leaving his current job.” Let’s not pretend there won’t be a Biglaw of GC seat waiting for him if he wants it. [MarketWatch]

* Is it legal for the president to delete Tweets? Probably not. [Forbes]

* Putin signs a law decriminalizing a huge chunk of domestic violence claims. In case you were wondering what’s on tap for after midterms. [Fox News]

* Daniel Chong, the student that the DEA locked in a cell and forgot about for a few days, has settled his lawsuit against the government for $4.1 million. No snark here, congratulations. [CNN] * Meanwhile, O.J. Simpson is getting parole (but not quite getting released yet). Here comes Naked Gun 4! [ABC News] * A Kenyan lawyer is challenging the trial of Jesus Christ at the International Court of Justice. [Legal Cheek] * Professor Paul Campos notes that from 2004-2013, it’s gotten much easier to get into law school. This year 80 percent of students applying to law school will get in somewhere. At least the profession is upholding its high standards. [Lawyers, Guns & Money] * DMX declared bankruptcy because bankruptcy actually makes it easier to get a passport. How is DMX broke? Are the residuals from Exit Wounds not paying the bills? [Grantland] * King & Wood Mallesons and SJ Berwin LLP are merging to create one of the largest law firms in the world. Dewey think a merger is a good idea? [WSJ Law Blog] * A follow-up on a previous item, checking in on the status of the petition to save the federal defenders one week in. [PrawfsBlawg] * A profile of the “eighth governor” of the Federal Reserve and Georgetown Law grad, General Counsel Scott G. Alvarez. I would say this is a fascinating look at a prominent regulatory staff member, but the article makes it clear that “regulation” is not exactly the Alvarez agenda. [DealBook] * Watch the dean of a law school defend a 0 percent bar passage rate. [ABC 33/40] * Another new resource out there — LawTrades. Basically, it’s ZocDoc for lawyers where lawyers can register and prospective clients can search for an attorney who meets their needs. [LawTrades] * What are the greatest legal novels of all time? The ABA Journal assembled a panel including our own David Lat and provided a list. You can disagree, but I see one of Archer’s favorites made the list (clip after the jump)…