* Lawyer demands IRS recognize pets as dependents. [Forbes]
* How many laws does Santa Clause break in one night. [Legal Cheek]
* Supreme Court lays groundwork for “except for agencies that effect our personal wealth” exception to the novel theory they expounded in the FTC oral argument. The “pets as dependents” argument seems positively well-founded by comparison. [Reuters]
* National Trust sues over Trump’s ballroom plans. [Law360]
* Deregulaion reaching pre-Depression status. [National Law Journal]
* Law professor sues Boeing alleging toxic fumes inhaled during flight. [ABA Journal]
* Australia faces first legal challenge to law banning children under 16 from social media. [NPR]
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