* Easing older partners out the door presents all sorts of problems in eat-what-you-kill firms. [American Lawyer]
* Doctor saves juror's life during med mal trial. [ABA Journal]
* Remember the cyclist who flipped off the Trump motorcade and then got fired from her job at a government contractor? Yeah, she's suing over that BS. [Courthouse News Service]
* Do you want fries with that? NLRB's top-notch customer service bends over backward to help McDonald's avoid answering for labor law infractions. [Law360]
* South Korea's former president gets 24 years in corruption case. [Reuters]
* State supreme court releases its opinion allowing Tarra Simmons to take the bar exam. [Seattle Times]
* Legal aid is moving into doctor's offices to help pregnant women fight for their rights. [Slate]
* If you were wondering how the tax bill would screw over attorneys, here it is. [Law360]
* Neil Gorsuch appeared at the Federalist Society dinner and made jokes about the "frozen trucker" case because a lifetime appointment means never having to say you're sorry. [National Law Journal]
* Jared Fogle tried the old "sovereign citizen" trick. Unfortunately for him, admiralty courts have jurisdiction over subs. [ABA Journal]
* Does the media's prophylactic use of "allegedly" to avoid libel contribute to a culture that dismisses women's stories of harassment? An interesting Al Franken-inspired case study. [Washington Post]
* Don't kill Section 230 just because some websites don't take the time to manage their trolls. [Slate]
* Robert Hays secured a fifth term as chair of King & Spalding. Woe to those who oppose his glorious reign. Dilly dilly. [American Lawyer]
* The Washington Supreme Court has finally ruled that former Skadden Fellow Tarra Simmons can take the bar exam. [KING5]
* When you're paying $160 million in bribes, you're doing something wrong. [Law360]
* "When the founders wrote the Declaration of Independence, they invoked our creator four times, because in America we don't worship government we worship God." Guess who was awarded an honorary law degree this weekend? It was none other that President Donald Trump, who delivered the commencement address at Liberty University on Saturday morning. [The Hill; TIME]
* The Pink Ghetto (Partner Edition)? A Proskauer Rose partner has filed a $50M gender bias suit against the firm, claiming she was not only paid less than male colleagues, but that she was "overtly objectified based on her sex" when a fellow partner allegedly "made inappropriate comments regarding her appearance, body, clothing, or 'sexiness'" on numerous occasions. [Am Law Daily]
* Tarra Simmons has quite the résumé: she's a convicted felon and former drug addict who also happens to be the recipient of a prized Skadden fellowship. Unfortunately, she may not be able to practice law thanks to a recommendation from the Washington State Bar Association’s Character and Fitness Board that she be denied bar admission. She plans to appeal. [Northwest Public Radio]
* Walter "Chet" Little, a former Foley & Lardner partner, has been arrested on insider trading charges that stem from his time at the firm. Soon after finding out about the nature of the charges, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, his current firm, politely showed him the door. If convicted, Little will likely face quite the lengthy prison term and a fine of up to $5 million. Ouch. [WSJ Law Blog]
* "There was never a question of whether I was going to go to law school or not. It was just when I was going to go...." Chris Carr, a former cornerback for the Baltimore Ravens, is set to graduate from GW Law School this weekend. He'll be taking the California bar exam this summer, but he recently accepted a job offer at an immigration law firm in Virginia. Congratulations! [Washington Post]
Congratulations to the winners of the Skadden Fellowships, and good luck to them as they start working next year at wonderful organizations around the country.
