• “Heir hunters” chase missing relatives entitled to inherit unclaimed fortunes, for a share of the recovery. Some relatives might not even be relatives [James Fanelli, New York Daily News first, second stories]
• Put up a statue of Clarence Darrow for the Scopes case? OK, but then take it back down for the L.A. Times case [Mark Pulliam, Law and Liberty]
• Lawyer who founded Prenda Law is disbarred [Joe Mullin, ArsTechnica]
• “Escaping the ICWA Penalty Box: In Defense of Equal Protection for Indian Children” [Timothy Sandefur, Children’s Legal Rights Journal]
• “Russian bank owners sue BuzzFeed over Trump dossier publication” [Josh Gerstein, Politico]
• On OMB regulatory management, Trump administration is headed in its own new direction [Andrew Grossman]

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