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* BYU and Pepperdine are the “most ideologically balanced faculties.” You know, if you want to give more fuel to the snowflakes. [TaxProf Blog]

* When will Neil Gorsuch retire? [Empirical SCOTUS]

* UCLA Law has a $20 million movie deal. Sort of. [Law.com]

* CFPB sues law firm. Wow, there’s still a CFPB? [Law360]

* Zara apparently branching out into the Noe-Nazi market. And here I thought Hugo Boss had that locked up. [Fashionista]

* Do you know your state’s official bird? Well, this legislator thinks you shouldn’t have to and is waging the single most important policy fight in his state. [Lowering the Bill]

* Demand for legal services may be down, but to keep up appearances, law firms are raising their rates. Despite those rate increases — which are driving revenue across most firms — Wells Fargo Private Bank’s Legal Specialty Group says, “We do not expect the results to match the record peak performance experienced in 2014.” At least you tried? [WSJ Law Blog]

* In-house attorneys make a lot of money, but that won’t stop them from being envious of their Biglaw colleagues. Per a new survey, 44 percent of in-house counsel say their compensation is “below or significantly below that of their peers,” and 40 percent said they were likely to search for a new job because of comp issues. [Big Law Business]

* If you missed it this weekend, Joan Biskupic had an excellent profile of Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. Though she once lamented that her decisions were “being dismantled,” she’s modest about how influential she was on the Supreme Court: “We [tried] to persuade by the strength of the argument. Everyone [had] a very key vote.” [CNN]

* “The current condition of the [Cincinnati College of Law may] not [be] good enough for [its] wonderful students,” but that doesn’t mean it’s getting a new building any time soon. The school’s trustees just scrapped a plan to build a new law school at the downtown riverfront, opting to keep it on UC’s main campus. [Cincinnati Enquirer]

* “[B]ehind its façade of attainable elegance, Zara is engaged in a widespread practice of deceiving American consumers through a classic bait and switch.” Clothing store Zara has been slapped with a $5 million federal suit for allegedly engaging in deceptive pricing tactics. The store typically only lists prices in euros in its U.S. stores. [Us Weekly]

* Per Dean David Herring, applications have tanked at New Mexico Law (ATL #18) — we’re talking a 30% drop over the past five years. Wait, no, nevermind, the school’s assistant admissions dean says things are great. Oops? [Albuquerque Journal; Albuquerque Business First]

* Gov. Chris Christie thought he was through with the Bridgegate scandal, but oh, how wrong he was. His former deputy chief of staff’s lawyers want to subpoena Gibson Dunn’s work product, but the firm claims it doesn’t exist. [Talking Points Memo]

* ¡Ay dios mío! This week, a New York appellate court ruled that Cesar Vargas, an undocumented immigrant, should be eligible to practice law in the state, completely sidestepping federal law and a Justice Department brief to the contrary. [WSJ Law Blog]

* Concordia Law is getting a second chance at obtaining provisional accreditation from the ABA. This would’ve been way more helpful before the majority of its third-year students transferred to an accredited school so they could take the bar exam. [Idaho Statesman]

* The ex-GC of Zara has filed a discrimination suit against the fashion retailer, claiming that he was fired because he’s Jewish, American, and gay. Apparently senior executives used slurs as ugly as the company’s clothes. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg BNA]