*
After
getting
called
out
for
his
record
low
pardon
rate,
Joe
Biden
pardons
1500
people
in
one
day.
He
probably
should
have
slipped
Hunter
into
the
middle
of
this
batch.
[AP]
*
After
ruling
that
boneless
chicken
can
have
bones,
Ohio
Supreme
Court
rules
that
big
pharmaceutical
companies
selling
a
dangerous
product
isn’t
a
product
liability
claim.
[Law.com]
*
Firm
institutes
“choose
your
own
billable
target”
policy
that
offers
tiered
bonuses
depending
on
what
lawyers
declare.
[Bloomberg
Law
News]
*
Chris
Wray
to
resign
rather
than
test
Trump’s
right
to
fire
him.
[Law360]
*
No
big
deal…
just
blithely
discussing
the
possibility
of
law
firms
ending
up
on
enemy
lists.
[National
Law
Journal]
*
Fifth
Circuit
strikes
down
right
of
private
entity
to
have
a
diversity
requirement
to
extend
membership
to
other
private
businesses.
So
much
for
the
free
market.
[CNN]
*
Following
a
thorough
rebuke
at
the
polls,
North
Carolina
Republicans
pass
law
stripping
governor
and
attorney
general
of
powers
before
elected
Democrats
take
those
jobs.
[Courthouse
News
Service]