All-law-blog edition:

• Tom Kirkendall on the downfall of Texas federal judge Sam Kent [Houston's Clear Thinkers; more, Scott Greenfield and David Hricik]
• "How To Work With Jargon" -- advice for trial lawyers which generally works as applied to persuasive writing as well [Anne Reed, Deliberations]
• In a New York lawsuit? Here's how they'll pick your jury [John Hochfelder, New York Injury Cases]
• Let's report the facts accurately on trends in securities litigation, please [LaCroix]
• "Decently prepped plaintiffs always deny informed consent." Such naughty cynics over at Drug & Device Law [Beck & Herrmann]
• Memoir of traveling-carnival dangers from a northern Wisconsin boyhood [Day]