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  • Non-Sequiturs: 12.29.16
    Non-Sequiturs

    Non-Sequiturs: 12.29.16

    * The “Obama can still appoint Merrick Garland” trope always seemed stupid and easily reversible. Here’s a thorough explanation of why. [Washington Post / Volokh Conspiracy]

    * Now that Twitter has officially begat a president, it’s time for law professors to fully embrace the platform. Make Academia Great Again! [Prawfsblawg]

    * Someone at Barclay’s is a Simpsons fan… and that knowledge has spawned a DOJ investigation. [Lowering the Bar]

    * The Top 5 Fantasy Sports and Law stories of the year. [Forbes]

    * Discussing the legal status of the different participants in the Rogue One mission. [The Legal Geeks]

    * Should Facebook be in the business of labeling fake news? [Dorf on Law]

    * What’s it like to work in an American firm in London? [Legal Cheek]

  • Non-Sequiturs: 12.28.16
    Non-Sequiturs

    Non-Sequiturs: 12.28.16

    * Tennessee wants to go all in with the ballot selfie ban. [The Tennessean]

    * What the hell does the 21st Century Cures Act do? [MedCity News]

    * Shoe’s on the other foot now, apocryphal Nigerian billionaire. [New York Daily News]

    * Just after Christmas seems like the perfect time to ask the Supreme Court to figure out sales tax rules for out-of-state deliveries. [SCOTUSblog]

    * We’ll have recreational marijuana… when we get around to it. [ABC News]

    * Poe’s Law > Godwin’s Law. [Slate]

  • Non-Sequiturs: 12.27.16
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    Non-Sequiturs: 12.27.16

    * I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened. [The Atlantic]

    * I’m dreaming of a white… genocide? No, that’s not how that song goes. That’s not how that song goes, even in my house. [Simple Justice]

    * The battle between Tata Sons and its former chairman, Cyrus Mistry, is probably the biggest corporate law story that you don’t care about. [New Indian Express]

    * Chris Christie has been totally abandoned. [New York Times]

    * Richard Cordray, head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, is probably more likely to be eaten by reindeer than have his job by this time next year. [Wall Street Journal]

    * Parole judge charged with assault for slugging a public defender. Do you even need a joke here? [New York Daily News]

  • Non-Sequiturs: 12.23.16
    Non-Sequiturs

    Non-Sequiturs: 12.23.16

    Ed. note: In observance of the holidays, Above the Law will be on a reduced publication schedule today and dark Monday, December 26th. We hope you don’t have to bill too much more in 2016! Have a happy holiday!

    * Be careful when shopping last-minute holiday deals on Amazon — counterfeits are aplenty. [Slate]

    * This terrible Missouri law makes school fights a felony. [Huffington Post]

    * Some law professors have their panties in a twist over the University of Oregon’s handling of a law professor’s decision to wear blackface to a Halloween party. [Tax Prof Blog]

    * Lessons from the North Carolina political shit show. [Salon]

    * Google’s employee confidentiality agreement is the subject of a lawsuit. [Law and More]

  • Non-Sequiturs: 12.22.16
    Non-Sequiturs

    Non-Sequiturs: 12.22.16

    * The top ten most ridiculous lawsuits of 2016. [U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform via USA Today]

    * Not the first homeless lawyer we’ve heard about, and surely not the last. [Instagram]

    * Jonathan Adler: “Donald Trump has not even been sworn in yet, and it’s already becoming easier for public figures to sue people in the nation’s capital.” [Volokh Conspiracy]

    * Congrats to Kellyanne Conway on her future role as counselor — or should that be “counsellor”? — to President Trump. [Althouse]

    * Why does defense lawyer Jon Katz smiles when he objects during trial? [Katz Justice]

    * Ivanka Trump’s incident at the airport has all the makings of a bar exam issue-spotter. [Instapundit]

    * Another in-house lawyer with critical comments about the Great Pay Raise of 2016. [ABA Journal]

  • Non-Sequiturs: 12.21.16
    Non-Sequiturs

    Non-Sequiturs: 12.21.16

    * Following up on today’s Morning Docket item about the blind law student challenging the ABA for discrimination, a tipster brought to our attention the recent loss of Justice Richard Teitelman of the Missouri Supreme Court, who faced discrimination trying to find work out of law school because of his own blindness. [STL Today]

    * Finding impeachable offenses for which Donald Trump could face charges is becoming a cottage industry. [Salon]

    * A Drexel Law professor, Lisa McElroy (remember her?), on why ‘Love Trumps Hate.’ [Huffington Post]

    * How the NCAA prevents students from using the legal process. [Vice]

    * How many Twitter followers you have may now be relevant to trademark inquiries. [The Fashion Law]

    * A fascinating new documentary raises interesting questions of security for lawyers. [Adjunct Law Prof Blog]

    * D’Oh! A look at Christmas criminal crackdowns. [Versus Texas]

  • Non-Sequiturs: 12.20.16
    Non-Sequiturs

    Non-Sequiturs: 12.20.16

    * How do the candidates on Trump’s short list thing stack up on campaign finance? [Empirical SCOTUS]

    * Yeah, the electoral college was never going to save us. [Slate]

    * Newt Gingrich wants Donald Trump to pardon his advisors that break the law. [Salon]

    * Judge Aaron Persky has been cleared of misconduct in connection with the lenient sentence given to Brock Turner, the Stanford University athlete who was convicted of sexual assault. [Jezebel]

    * Will the Trump administration spell the end for many law schools? [Law and More]

    * A software glitch is leading to false arrests in California. [Ars Technica]