• UK panel declines to ban “I like gin” tea ad [Campaign]
• Do pics of tree-shaped air fresheners violate trademark rights of product marketer? [PoL]
• Man’s EU trademark for “Keep Calm and Carry On” raises hackles [Maria Bustillos, The Awl]
• When was the last time Congress chose to repeal a law restricting employers? Surely more recently than with the Portal to Portal Act of 1947 [Fox, Jottings]
• NYC: “City’s Top Lawyer Details Payouts of $561 Million in Lawsuits” [NYT]
• Calif. Gov. Brown vetoes attorney-backed bill widening fee entitlement where claimed damages not recovered [CJAC]
• Ira Stoll has been assembling a list of cost-free measures to help the economy, #17 is the proposed EPA-curbing Cement Regulatory Relief Act, #13 is “Eliminate requirements for legal ads in print newspapers in connection with business formation.” [Future of Capitalism]

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