September 2012

Drinking

Non-Sequiturs: 09.14.12

* If you want to go to law school, but you hate reading, just buy the Illustrated Guide to Criminal Law. And don’t go to law school. [Boing Boing] * Analyzing an upcoming SCOTUS case though the Lonely Island’s I’m on a Boat. Andy Samberg seriously needs to recruit some justices for one of his videos. You know the Wise Latina could throw down. [FindLaw] * Something about politics and booze and a bar being forced to change an allegedly racist drink name. Probably for the best, if for no other reason “Marion Berry’s Dirty Asian Summer Punch” is a crummy drink name anyway. [Huffington Post] * This guy is so bad at being a criminal, I almost feel sorry for him. Worst part is he knows it, too. [LegalJuice] * Speaking of ineffective criminals, if you’re dating a wanted man, you might want to reconsider adding the local sheriff as a Facebook friend. [Bluefield Daily Telegraph] * Should lap dancing be classified as an art form for tax purposes? If curling is an Olympic sport, naked hip gyrations is clearly art. [Overlawyered] * You know those weird vaporless cigarettes that were kind of popular for a while? Well, now they have them for weed too. In other news, marijuana is still illegal. [East Bay Express]

By Christopher Danzig
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 09.14.12

* According to a recent Robert Half survey, about one third of law firms will be hiring in the fourth quarter of this year. But not so fast, because three percent of firms anticipate staff reductions. This is why we can’t have nice things. [Columbus Business First] * Dewey know who came out on top in this round of dueling deadline buzzer beater bankruptcy filings? We’ll find out next week on September 20 when both groups of former partners tell the court how pissed they are about the clawback plan. [Am Law Daily] * Gimme tax shelter: Donna Guerin, a former Jenkens & Gilchrist partner, pleaded guilty in the biggest U.S. tax-fraud prosecution in history. She faces a maximum of 10 years in prison, and will forfeit $1.6M. [Bloomberg] * Where’s the beef? Beef Products Inc. is suing ABC News for defamation after the network called BPI’s beef trimmings “pink slime.” It may be pink, and it may be slimy, but apparently it’s still meat. [Wall Street Journal] * The Ford Foundation will be placing as many as 100 students from Harvard, Stanford, NYU, and Yale Law in public interest jobs next summer, but not at public interest prices. $15K a pop, baby! [National Law Journal] * The U.K. royals are considering legal action against a magazine that published topless photos of Duchess Catherine (aka Kate Middleton). They are “hugely saddened”… but no one else is, amirite, boys? [CNN]

By Staci Zaretsky
Eugene Volokh

Non-Sequiturs: 09.13.12

* In response to our contest for the best law firm offices, Vivia Chen proposes a contest for the shabbiest law firm offices — and gets the ball rolling with one nominee. (Hint: CHECK YOU hallways.) [The Careerist] * Professor Eugene Volokh shares his views on the juicy leaked law review emails we covered earlier. [Volokh Conspiracy] * And Professor Josh Blackman has some ideas about the identity of the conservative professor discussed in the controversial emails. [Josh Blackman's Blog] * Villanova hired ESPN’s Andrew Brandt to be the director of the school’s Center for Sports Law. Students would probably be more excited if this meant ESPN was interested in hiring them. [SB Nation Philly] * Sumner Redstone of Viacom just donated $18 million to Boston University Law. Quick, Boston College, hurry up and find an old rich guy to make a multi-million dollar donation to your school! [Hollywood Reporter] * Reality TV hottie Reichen Lehmkuhl, perhaps better known for being Lance Bass’s ex-boyfriend, reports that he’s going to law school. He should be required to attend class without his shirt on. [Instinct Magazine]

By Staci Zaretsky