* President Barack Obama recently nominated two attorneys for the Federal Circuit who are being referred to as "noteworthy" because of their ethnicity (Asian American) and sexual orientation (openly gay). Let's hear three cheers for diversity! [Blog of Legal Times]
* Dewey & LeBoeuf and Howrey have something in common aside from going down in a gigantic ball of flames that rocked Biglaw as we know it. Both firms' fine art collections will soon be auctioned off by Adam A. Weschler & Son Inc. [WSJ Law Blog (sub. req.)]
* There's nothing like acting like the product you're selling: MGA, the maker of Bratz dolls, would like to have Orrick's $23 million arbitration award vacated because paying your legal bills is so passé. [The Recorder]
* We briefly noted California's new bar passage mandate for state-accredited schools here, but now a law school is suing over it, claiming the bar examiners are "waging a vendetta" against it. [National Law Journal]
* The NCAA wants to get Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett's suit over PSU's Sandusky-related penalties tossed, with a harsh reminder that hurt feelings have absolutely nothing to do with antitrust law. [Bloomberg]
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