December 26 roundup

L.A. County assessor, though in jail, will keep drawing $197K salary plus raise [LAT]
IRS lowers the regulatory boom on tax preparers [Institute for Justice video, auto-plays]
On Wal-Mart Mexico bribery, NYT has a bit of a blind eye of its own [Stoll; earlier here, here, etc.]
Another painful CPSIA regulation: CPSC on testing “representative samples” [Nancy Nord]
“Popcorn lung” couple “won a $20 million judgment. Now, they’re broke.” [ABC]
From Todd Zywicki: Libertarianism, Law and Economics, and the Common Law [SSRN via Bainbridge]
If the courts disapprove of throttling internet speeds, what do they think of throttling class action claims redemption rates? [Ted Frank]