Non-Sequiturs: 06.22.15

* Amal Clooney's firm reportedly has a lawyer working for £1.50 an hour, which in U.S. dollars is "piddly squat." [Legal Cheek] * People are pretty worked up over raisins. [The Volokh Conspiracy / Washington Post] * "A video shot in court shows a lawyer tussling with bailiffs and being forcibly removed in handcuffs from a foreclosure hearing." Go on... [Daily Business Review] * Maybe that outsourcing thing was a bad idea for Biglaw. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg BNA] * Keith Lee reviews Lat's Supreme Ambitions (affiliate link). [Associate's Mind] * Yahoo! General counsel Ron Bell discusses the challenges and rewards of representing the tech giant. [Hsu Untied] * Speaking of Yahoo!, on the eve of Obergefell, here's a quick guide to the American government's war on gays. [Yahoo!] * Elizabeth Wydra, chief counsel at the Constitutional Accountability Center, discusses the Affordable Care Act with Bob Garfield. Listen now while the ACA is still a thing. [On The Media]

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* Amal Clooney’s firm reportedly has a lawyer working for £1.50 an hour, which in U.S. dollars is “piddly squat.” [Legal Cheek]

* People are pretty worked up over raisins. [The Volokh Conspiracy / Washington Post]

* “A video shot in court shows a lawyer tussling with bailiffs and being forcibly removed in handcuffs from a foreclosure hearing.” Go on… [Daily Business Review]

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* Maybe that outsourcing thing was a bad idea for Biglaw. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg BNA]

* Keith Lee reviews Lat’s Supreme Ambitions (affiliate link). [Associate’s Mind]

* Yahoo! General counsel Ron Bell discusses the challenges and rewards of representing the tech giant. [Hsu Untied]

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* Speaking of Yahoo!, on the eve of Obergefell, here’s a quick guide to the American government’s war on gays. [Yahoo!]

* Elizabeth Wydra, chief counsel at the Constitutional Accountability Center, discusses the Affordable Care Act with Bob Garfield. Listen now while the ACA is still a thing. [On The Media]