• Former county prosecutor convicted of theft is still prosecutor in another county [Nebraska Watchdog]
• Epstein vs. Posner on patents [via Josh Wright, TotM] “Congress Takes Aim at ‘Patent Trolls’ With SHIELD Act” [Lisa Shuchman, Corporate Counsel]
• “Guest Post: The Bucky Balls Ban” [Free-Range Kids, earlier]
• Preacher Bill Keller threatens defamation suit against SPLC unless it removes his ministry from “hate group” list [Ed Kilgore, Washington Monthly, earlier on SPLC vs. critics]
• Both sides of the law: “Shon Hopwood robbed five banks. Now he’s a budding attorney with a pair of U.S. Supreme Court cases under his belt.” [Lincoln, Neb. Journal Star]
• “New Mexico Supreme Court Will Hear the Elane Photography Case” [Volokh, earlier here, here]
• James Huffman on tort law: “How modern law promotes victimhood over liberty.” [Hoover “Defining Ideas”]

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