- Wisconsin offers an opinion on whether webinars create attorney client relationships.
- Maxwell v. Roe: Ninth Circuit reverses because the prosecutors didn't provide Brady materials about the jailhouse informant's history and deal-making.
- ALM: The New Normal. Less leverage, fewer profits, fewer equity slots.
- Franco Tarulli looks at the ethics of a prosecutor making faces at the jury while opposing witnesses testify.
- Jeb Brooks takes a stab at a code of ethics for sales professionals.
- Following up on Renee's item from yesterday, Dan Filler at Leiter Law School Reports looks at the possibility that Kaplan will open up a for-profit law school, in DC, with a JD sticker price of $40,000 -- total, not per year. Interesting idea, perfect city, and good price, no?
- Humor - Lowering the Bar: Supreme Court Using More Words, and Making Less Sense, Than Ever
- UK: Law Society press release pushes for mandatory legal ethics education for law students. "The Law Society, in light of the review of legal services education and training announced by the legal regulators (the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), the Bar Standards Board (BSB) and the Institute of Legal Executives Professional Standards (IPS) have launched the review ), called for a greater focus on ethics in the Qualifying Law Degree and for the development of more robust systems for assuring quality in the provision of legal education and training."
- Nigeria: a bar exam leaked, causing a "national shame"