Non-Sequiturs: 02.23.09

* Are there true alternatives to layoffs? Well, I suppose people could just quit. [Adam Smith, Esq.]

* Dan Slater’s excellent tenure at the Wall Street Journal Law Blog has come to a close. We’re excited to see what he does next, and wish him the best of luck. In the meantime, longtime editor Ashby Jones becomes the main law blogger. [WSJ Law Blog]

* Proskauer Rose “disaffirms” statements to the SEC about Stanford Financial Group. [The Conglomerate]

* Here is a lawyer website that is focused on helping lawyers not be lawyers every second of every day. [The Complete Lawyer]

* The Obama administration has released its first Gitmo detainee. Binyam Mohammed, do not screw up. [SCOTUSblog]

* Speaking of shutting things down, how long before the “tech savvy” Obama people crush this Twitter feed? [Twitter – Eric Holder]

* Justice Ginsburg gets right back to work. [CQ Politics]

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* Meanwhile, Senator Bunning should probably spend more time on Baseball Prospectus, and less time on WebMD. [Louisville Courier-Journal]

* 200 weeks of Blawg Review and counting. In blog years, that is a geological epoch. [Blawg Review]

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