It’s the last day of classes, so we understand if you don’t have time to spend on last week’s legal news and miscellany. But if you could use a study break, here’s a celebrity filled edition:

• Prince, Abraham Lincoln, and others died without having executed wills (WSJ Law Blog)
• The Second Circuit reinstated Tom Brady’s four-game suspension in the wake of Deflategate (ATL Redline)
• A dress designer is suing Alexander McQueen for stealing the design of Kate Middleton’s wedding dress (Fashionista)
• “The Supreme Court Expands FBI Hacking Powers” (The Atlantic)
• But at least the House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill in favor of email privacy (Slate)

It’s the last week of classes, but even as we transition to exams, our weekly collection of legal news and miscellany continues as ever:

• Prince diligently guarded his copyright (WSJ Law blog)
• “Supreme Court Rules Frozen Iranian Money Be Turned Over to U.S. Terror Victims” (NPR)
• In deciding not to grant cert, the Supreme Court effectively decided that Google Books is covered by fair use (AV Club)
• To follow up on an item from last week, it appears that Led Zeppelin actually “ripped off” a 17th century composition . . . which would mean more fair use (Digital Music News)
• Martin Shkreli has been dropped as a defendant in the case of the $2 million Wu-Tang Clan album (NY Post)

A belated D&F is here to add some brio to your Wednesday afternoon:

• Uh oh: “Navy officer accused of passing secrets faces espionage and prostitution charges” (Washington Post)
• Justice Sotomayor thinks the Supreme Court should be more diverse (Time)
• Many Brazilians want to impeach president Dilma Rousseff (The Atlantic)
• A jury will decide if Led Zeppelin ripped off “Stairway to Heaven” (The Guardian)
• Is the Klingon language protected by copyright? (Consumerist)

A new week, a new collection of legal news and miscellany:

• You’ve probably heard about the Panama Papers, a collection of papers leaked from a Panamanian law firm detailing numerous shady financial transactions among the world’s wealthy and powerful (NY Times)
• The 1st Circuit ruled that Puerto Rico’s ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional (BuzzFeed)
• New Orleans is releasing prisoners pre-trial who can’t afford lawyers (CityLab)
• The 9th Circuit affirmed a prohibition on possession and distribution of marijuana by a Hawaiian church (Jurist)
• Here’s a discussion of why musician’s are speaking out against illegal uploads and the safe harbor provision of the DMCA (Pitchfork)

This week’s D&F is full of news that should be of interest to hedonists across the nation:

• The 9th Circuit says that not all habitual drunkards are bad people (WSJ)
• The Supreme Court will not hear Nebraska and Oklahoma’s complaint against Colorado in the wake of its legalizing recreational marijuana use (NPR)
• Sandra Day O’Connor has taken to making video games about running for president (NYT)
• A man in North Carolina was arrested for failing to return a movie he checked out in 2002 (AV Club)

I hope spring break provided some respite. To get you into the swing of things, here’s some news you may have missed from the beach:

• You probably heard that President Obama nominated Merrick Garland, chief judge of the D.C. Circuit, to Justice Scalia’s vacancy (SCOTUSblog)
• President Obama visits Cuba, the U.S. eases sanctions against Cuba (NPR)
• A congressman out of Texas wants to formally recognize magic as a national treasure (The Verge)
• Is Prince Harry going to Yale Law School?! (Probably not.) (Above the Law)
• If you live in central MA, police want you to be on the lookout for a roving band of men challenging people to rap battles (WCVB)

It’s spring break, so I imagine this week’s D&F is exactly what you’ve been waiting for:

• President Obama is reportedly considering three judges for the Supreme Court nomination (Reuters)
• An immigration judge thinks three-year-olds are perfectly capable of representing themselves in court (Washington Post)
• Erin Andrews was awarded $55 million in her nude video case (NBC)
• Why street gangs are trying white-collar crime (WSJ Law Blog)
• West Virginia lawmakers celebrated the legalization of raw milk by drinking some. They promptly and appropriately got sick (Gizmodo)

As the first signs of spring begin to tease their way into our lives, so too does this collection of last week’s legal news and miscellany :

• Clarence Thomas started asking questions during oral argument last Monday, which was the first time he’d done so in a decade (NY Times)
• The saga of Apple and federal investigators continues in New York (NPR)
• “It’s OK to Laugh at the Supreme Court” (BloombergView)
• Subway settled a case with plaintiffs who claimed that the famous Subway foot-long sub is not a foot long (Abnormal Use)
• Don’t bother making a cardboard license plate (Slate)