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Quick headlines from the Bitter Newsroom:
President-elect Obama had a meet-and-greet at the Supreme Court with a fireside chat with Chief Justice Roberts, but Justice Alito was a no-show. [Los Angeles Times]
The world’s largest law firm has a new bestie. David Childs, Clifford Chance global managing partner, said the firm had signed a “best friends” relationship by which the UK-based firm would refer work in India to AZB. Hm—sending work to India. Novel idea! [Financial Times]
Bob Barker, come on down! The spay-and-neuter madman donated $1 million to UVA to establish The Bob Barker Animal Law Program. Because his Georgetown Sexy Spokesmodel Law Program was such an instant success. [CavalierDaily.com]
Being grade-A law school beef might not be a hot selling feature it once was. [Times Online]
A record-setting 70 new law firm mergers occurred in 2008, and 44% of them involved at least one Southern law firm. A cultural thing, I suppose. [Bizjournals.com]