Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 07.09.15

* If Taylor Swift doesn't like a photographer she just shakes it off... and then roughs him up according to her contract. [Gawker] * Bankers commit crimes for the dumbest reasons. [Dealbreaker] * Chadbourne closes its Beijing office, leaving the firm with no more boots on the ground in Asia. It's like the Asian Pivot... but backward. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg BNA] * The Florida Supreme Court just ordered the legislature to redraw some of the state's congressional districts before 2016. All that hard gerrymandering work for nothing, huh? [Reuters via Yahoo News] * Richard Hsu of Shearman & Sterling and the host of the Hsu Untied podcast finds himself on the other side of this interview. [One-400] * Massively underpaying lawyers. It's not just for Massachusetts any more. [Legal Cheek] * Katten Muchin is back in hot water after the Seventh Circuit revived a malpractice suit. [Law 360] * Judge Rakoff relishes an opportunity to sit by designation on the Second Circuit. [Dealbreaker] * A reminder that Bloomberg BNA is hosting its inaugural Big Law Business Summit next week to hear from in-house counsel about the evolving relationship between Biglaw and its clients. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg BNA]

By Joe Patrice on July 09, 2015 5:25 pm

* If Taylor Swift doesn’t like a photographer she just shakes it off… and then roughs him up according to her contract. [Gawker]

* Bankers commit crimes for the dumbest reasons. [Dealbreaker]

* Chadbourne closes its Beijing office, leaving the firm with no more boots on the ground in Asia. It’s like the Asian Pivot… but backward. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg BNA]

* The Florida Supreme Court just ordered the legislature to redraw some of the state’s congressional districts before 2016. All that hard gerrymandering work for nothing, huh? [Reuters via Yahoo News]

* Richard Hsu of Shearman & Sterling and the host of the Hsu Untied podcast finds himself on the other side of this interview. [One-400]

* Massively underpaying lawyers. It’s not just for Massachusetts any more. [Legal Cheek]

* Katten Muchin is back in hot water after the Seventh Circuit revived a malpractice suit. [Law 360]

* Judge Rakoff relishes an opportunity to sit by designation on the Second Circuit. [Dealbreaker]

* A reminder that Bloomberg BNA is hosting its inaugural Big Law Business Summit next week to hear from in-house counsel about the evolving relationship between Biglaw and its clients. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg BNA]