* ABA votes to continue allowing law schools to seek variances to admit students without standardized test scores. A big deal if law schools need to care ABA accreditation anymore. [ABA Journal]
* Court refuses DOJ bid to scrub Steve Bannon’s conviction. [Daily Beast]
* Sam Alito apparently told Clarence Thomas that they weren’t friends in law school because “Clarence, you were scary.” So much to unpack there. [Fox News]
* Law school applications surging. [TaxProf Blog]
* KKR will fork over $250 million for breaching Hart-Scott-Rodino premerger notification rules. [Law360]
* Justin Baldoni’s studio ordered to pay Blake Lively roughly $407,000 in legal costs tied to their litigation. [Courthouse News Service]
* Third Circuit allows prosecution against Rep. McIver to move forward. [Roll Call]
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