“Senior Justice Dept. officials told Whitaker signing gun regulation might prompt successful challenge to his appointment”: In today’s edition of The Washington Post, Devlin Barrett has an article that begins, “Senior Justice Department lawyers advised acting attorney general Matthew G. Whitaker not to sign a gun regulation change earlier this week, warning him that doing so could lead to a successful legal challenge to his appointment as the nation’s top law enforcement official, according to officials familiar with the discussions.”

“Harvard, Law Review Look to Dismiss Anti-Affirmative Action Lawsuit Against the Publication”: Connor W. K. Brown and Aidan F. Ryan of The Harvard Crimson have this report.

“The second most-clicked story in 2018 is still developing: Indiana University is investigating a professor at the Maurer School of Law under Title IX. Ian Samuel started just this semester.” Indiana Public Media has posted online a list titled “Tragedy & Activism: Indiana’s Top News Stories Of 2018.” That news outlet’s most-clicked news story of the year was titled “Kavanaugh Classmate speaks out” (with video).

That law school’s Spring 2019 Course Descriptions, last updated November 15, 2018, show that Samuel was scheduled to teach one class in the second semester of the 2018-2019 law school academic year.