* Fahrvergnügen! The DOJ charged six VW executives in the emissions-cheating scandal, arresting one in Miami. [New York Times]
* Dewey think the Trustee should be able to destroy records? [Law360]
* The Jeff Sessions confirmation hearing opted for the "he can't be racist, he has a black friend" strategy that absolutely, positively never fails. [Litigation Daily]
* Child prostitution isn't legal in California and oh my God why do we have to clarify this? [ABC News]
* Company under CFPB investigation battling to remain anonymous. This probably would be a significant legal challenge if we assumed the CFPB would exist past next month. [National Law Journal]
* Chelsea Manning's sentence may be commuted before Obama leaves office. [Lawfare]
* The fight over legal rights to Prince's catalog continues. [Page Six]
* "My album will never never never be on Apple. And it will never be for sale ... You can only get it on Tidal." Uh-oh! Kanye West and music-streaming service Tidal are facing a proposed $5 million class-action lawsuit over the availability of the rapper's album, The Life of Pablo, on other streaming services when it was supposed to be exclusive to Tidal. [Rolling Stone]
* Eighteen-year-old Marina Lonina stands accused of livestreaming her friend's rape on Periscope, and faces charges of rape, sexual battery, and pandering sexual matter involving a minor. The prosecutor alleges the teen hoped the broadcast would stop the rape, but she "got caught up in the likes" instead. [The Cut / New York Magazine]
* Given that "Americans are less likely to support the court when it is portrayed as a political body -- as it is during confirmation proceedings -- and not a legal body," it may not be wise for Chief Justice Roberts to enter the debate about nominee Judge Merrick Garland, especially since the SJC's chair has already criticized him. [New York Times]
* Think twice before you hack a Biglaw firm's computers, because it'll cost you a pretty penny. A former IT employee who wreaked havoc upon Locke Lord's computer network by disabling and deleting hundreds of user accounts was sentenced to more than nine years in prison and ordered to pay $1.69M in restitution. [Courthouse News Service]
* He's biased, but Dr. Arthur E. Snyder, the president of Indiana Tech, says there is a resounding need for a "different kind of law school" in Indiana. He calls out other schools for growing too large and having to perform layoffs, and says Indiana Tech Law is dedicated to remaining small (likely because no one knows it exists). [News-Sentinel]
