News and items of interest from last week:
- A retired attorney, age 102, sold his coin collection for a cool $23 million (ABA Journal)
- “Mistrial declared in Rick Springfield’s buttocks-assault case” (Lowering the Bar)
- May a judge participate in a dance contest to raise money for a religious organization? Yes, with some warnings (WSJ Law Blog)
- One Chicago food truck owner is suing the city, arguing that ordinances concerning food trucks are impermissibly anti-competitive (ABA Journal)
- And in more serious news, a long-overdue pardon has been granted to the rest of the Scottsboro Boys (CNN)