“Madness need not be all breakdown. It may also be break-through.” - R.D. Laing

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“Madness need not be all breakdown. It may also be break-through.” (R.D. Laing). Welcome back! We’ve missed you. And, we hope y’all had a relaxing and enjoyable Spring Break. Remember, if you need reference or circulation help, reach out to your friendly neighborhood law librarian.

The following are 10 interesting articles from the previous week. These articles were pulled from either the: ABA Newsletter, AALL Newsletter, vLex Newsletter, Law360, Law Practice Magazine Newsletter, LexisNexis’ Practical Guidance Newsletter, Bloomberglaw Filings of Note and/or Frontiers Newsletter. Enjoy!

Abstract: “This paper concerns the business of law, a subject ignored by legal academia and sugarcoated by the organized bar. If law professors express little or no interest in this subject, their students most certainly do. Indeed, I have found that students are desperately hungry for information on the day-to-day realities of working in a law firm. Students are especially keen to learn about possible paths for career advancement within firms, across them, or across the organizations served by the firms.”

Excerpt: “As we move toward the confirmation hearings of Ketanji Brown Jackson and debate the place of the judiciary in American life, it helps to examine three persistent myths about the Supreme Court: that the number of justices is set by the Constitution; that the Constitution grants the Supreme Court the right of judicial review; and that justices once confirmed often veer from the political views of those who nominated them.”

Introduction: “You’re at work when you suddenly feel a deep sense of dread. Heart pounding, hands trembling, lightheaded, and drenched in sweat, you can’t breathe. You think you’re having a heart attack and feel like you’re about to die. You’re about to call for an ambulance when the symptoms start to fade. You just had a panic attack.”

“On March 9, 2022, President Biden signed an Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets (the EO) directing various agencies and departments of the federal government to coordinate and report on digital assets in furtherance of six overarching policy priorities... Please see full Publication below for more information.”

“Advice on your school debt as clock potentially restarts on May 1 for repayment — and tools to plan ahead and manage the burden”

“Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser recently announced that three Colorado-chartered credit unions had entered into Assurances of Discontinuance (AODs) with the Colorado Administrator of the Uniform Consumer Credit Code (UCCC) to resolve the issues between the Administrator and credit unions concerning whether the credit unions had failed to make refunds of unearned fees for Guaranteed...”

“The Dallas Mavericks condemned as "utterly fictitious" former longtime general manager Donn Nelson's wrongful termination lawsuit claiming he was fired for reporting team owner Mark Cuban's chief of staff for harassment, saying it was part of a scheme to extort $100 million from the NBA team.”

“Nineteen states and the federal government have still not decriminalized simple possession of marijuana, and the legacy policies continue to have ramifications for millions of Americans, according to a new report released Tuesday by legalization advocacy group Marijuana Policy Project.”

“Four BigLaw heavyweights and a veteran of the U.S. Department of Justice with more than four decades of experience will be arguing a case on Wednesday before the U.S. Supreme Court that asks the justices to clarify the scope of a foreign discovery statute.”

“The U.S. Supreme Court struggled on Wednesday during oral arguments with how to address concerns that expanding the scope of a foreign discovery statute would overburden federal courts and slow the pace of arbitration, although it did not appear to be completely against the idea.”