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Man behind the rise of the Federalist Society sat for an interview that gives softball a bad name.

You got to hand it to a man who continues to make poor business decisions after halving his companies values and getting out-voted from leading it.

* Michael Avenatti has been temporarily cut loose from prison amid COVID-19 concerns. Avenatti is prohibited from using a computer during his release, so I guess he won’t send me another email anytime soon. [AP]

* 3M alleges in a new lawsuit that a company charged 600 times the ordinary price for N95 respirators. [MSN]

* The Kansas Supreme Court has upheld the governor’s executive order limiting the size of religious services. [NPR]

* Fox News is facing a lawsuit in Washington State alleging that it violated the law when it called COVID-19 a “hoax” in February and March. [Forbes]

* Many attorneys are stepping up and offering pro bono services amid the COVID-19 pandemic. [New York Post]

* Julian Assange fathered two children with his lawyer while holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London. They must have some interesting ethics rules overseas… [Reuters]

Perhaps only some of us hold these truths to be self-evident?

How does law student borrowing compare to that of medical students, MBAs, or other graduate programs?

Yesterday we mentioned, as our Quote of the Day, a quip by NPR legal affairs commentator Nina Totenberg that some conservative bloggers interpreted as being anti-Christmas. As it turns out, La Totenberg loves Christmas — and her innocent remark was badly misinterpreted. She explained everything to Roxanne Roberts and Amy Argetsinger, of the Washington Post’s […]

And I was at — forgive the expression — a Christmas party at the Department of Justice, and people actually [were] really worried about this [budget issue]. — NPR legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg, in a recent on-air discussion. Totenberg’s apology for using the “C” word has generated controversy in conservative circles. UPDATE: Totenberg intended […]

The mainstream media is on to the fact that life kind of sucks for the law school class of 2010. The Wall Street Journal brought your troubles to the attention of the general public earlier this month, and we encouraged you to send the article to your family and friends to explain how screwed you […]