* ABA votes to continue allowing law schools to seek variances to admit students without standardized test scores. A big deal if law schools need to care ABA accreditation anymore. [ ABA Journal ] * Court refuses DOJ bid to scrub Steve Bannon's conviction. [ Daily Beast ] * Sam Alito apparently told Clarence Thomas that they weren't friends in law school because "Clarence, you were scary." So much to unpack there. [ Fox News ] * Law school applications surging. [ TaxProf Blog ] * KKR will fork over $250 million for breaching Hart-Scott-Rodino premerger notification rules. [ Law360 ] * Justin Baldoni's studio ordered to pay Blake Lively roughly $407,000 in legal costs tied to their litigation. [ Courthouse News Service ] * Third Circuit allows prosecution against Rep. McIver to move forward
