Classes have started for the fall semester, so of course it’s time to take a break and check out some legal news and items of interest from the past week:
- Governor Rauner signed a pretty major piece of police reform legislation (Jurist)
- Harvard law professor Larry Lessig may enter the democratic primary solely to tackle the issue of election reform (NPR)
- Marvin Gaye’s son is now suing Lee Daniels and Fox for stealing Empire (AV Club)
- Michael Jordan stopped across the street to testify on the value of his image (WSJ Law Blog)
- A federal judge gave HP a taste of its own medicine in issuing a heavily redacted order (techdirt)
