Non-Sequiturs: 12.02.16
* Tony Mauro hangs out with Meg Ryan -- no, not the actress, but the SCOTUS clerk and JAG lawyer turned judge and possible Supreme Court nominee. [National Law Journal via How Appealing] * Speaking of SCOTUS, ain't no mountain high enough for the Notorious RBG. [The Onion] * New partner watch: congrats to the three new partners at an elite boutique (that just announced nice bonuses): Blair Kaminsky, Neil Lieberman, and Daniel Sullivan. [Holwell Shuster & Goldberg] * During this holiday season, help two lawyers help the homeless. [What About Clients?] * If you have to ask whether something is allowed under HIPAA, the answer is probably no. [MedCity News] * Orin Kerr on the latest skirmish in the "Magistrate's Revolt" -- an opinion by Magistrate Judge James Orenstein that Kerr believes is "clearly wrong." [Volokh Conspiracy] * Did the media misread Donald Trump during the campaign, taking him literally but not seriously (when it should've been the other way around)? [Althouse]
* Tony Mauro hangs out with Meg Ryan — no, not the actress, but the SCOTUS clerk and JAG lawyer turned judge and possible Supreme Court nominee. [National Law Journal via How Appealing]
* Speaking of SCOTUS, ain’t no mountain high enough for the Notorious RBG. [The Onion]
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* New partner watch: congrats to the three new partners at an elite boutique (that just announced nice bonuses): Blair Kaminsky, Neil Lieberman, and Daniel Sullivan. [Holwell Shuster & Goldberg]
* During this holiday season, help two lawyers help the homeless. [What About Clients?]
* If you have to ask whether something is allowed under HIPAA, the answer is probably no. [MedCity News]
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* Orin Kerr on the latest skirmish in the “Magistrate’s Revolt” — an opinion by Magistrate Judge James Orenstein that Kerr believes is “clearly wrong.” [Volokh Conspiracy]
* Did the media misread Donald Trump during the campaign, taking him literally but not seriously (when it should’ve been the other way around)? [Althouse]
David Lat is the founder and managing editor of Above the Law and the author of Supreme Ambitions: A Novel. He previously worked as a federal prosecutor in Newark, New Jersey; a litigation associate at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; and a law clerk to Judge Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. You can connect with David on Twitter (@DavidLat), LinkedIn, and Facebook, and you can reach him by email at dlat@abovethelaw.com.