* Data indicate the average attorney salary has doubled over the last 20 years. Adjusted for inflation though that’s about a 25 percent bump. Meanwhile, if law school tuition over that period only increased 25 percent, schools would be $40K cheaper now. [Law.com]
* Predictably, a staffing shortage is being blamed for Epstein’s death so everyone can start the push to hire a ton more guards rather than revisit overcrowding or reforming fundamental incarceration policies. [Huffington Post]
* Trump goes to war with the bald eagle. Finally, his revenge is complete. [NY Daily News]
* California and New York ban discrimination based on hairstyle almost 30 years after the Paulette Caldwell article pointing out exactly how messed up this practice is. [Law360]
* Biglaw shows up in force to help Burford fight back against short seller. [American Lawyer]
* ‘Space Law and Poop’ is coming to a 3L seminar near you. [Live Science]
* Ninth Circuit shuts down another attempt to get college football players a cut of the money they earn. [Courthouse News Service]