• Irony alert: Get-money-out-of-politics measure passes 53-47 in Howard County, Md. after backers outspend foes 10-1 [Len Lazarick, Maryland Reporter]
• “Hershey’s Scoffs At Class Action Over Amount Of Kisses In Bags” [Dee Thompson, Legal NewsLine/Forbes]
• Philippines bar responds after president Duterte menaces lawyers of drug suspects [Tetch Torres-Tupas/Inquirer, InterAksyon and letter]
• What should Trump do re: conflicts? Richard Painter and David Rifkin discuss [Federalist Society podcast; earlier]
• Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, lately seen in this space using subpoena power to go after political adversaries who hadn’t taken a dime from ExxonMobil, also known for curious assault on gunmakers [David Meyer Lindenberg, Fault Lines]
• “N.Y. Top Court Rules Litigation Finance Transaction Violates Champerty Doctrine” [Kevin LaCroix, Alison Frankel on Justinian Capital SPC v. WestLB AG] “An epic legal battle with big implications for litigation funding” [The Economist on Liberian insurance claims against Cigna]

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