Big gift: “When J.B. Pritzker’s great grandfather immigrated to Chicago in 1881, he had to work his way through law school. Aiming to help disadvantaged students—like Nicholas J. Pritzker once was—attend a top tier law school, J.B. Pritzker and wife M.K. Pritzker have donated $100 million to Northwestern University’s School of Law, officials announced Thursday morning,” the Chicago Tribune reports. The Wall Street Journal’s law blog has more. The NLJ’s Sheri Qualters reports on the donation here.
Pinterest loses: “Social media giant Pinterest can’t block a startup travel planning site from using the similar-sounding name Pintrips, a federal judge ruled Wednesday,” NLJ affiliate The Recorder reports.