Non-Sequiturs

  • Non-Sequiturs: 08.24.16
    Non-Sequiturs

    Non-Sequiturs: 08.24.16

    * A debate between two British academics in honor of National Ukrainian Independence Day. [Debates.EU]

    * Fascinating podcast with Professor Steve Drizin who heads up the legal team defending Making A Murderer’s Brendan Dassey. [Scalar Learning]

    * You really don’t want a stressed out jury on your hands. [Law360]

    * The University of Kentucky would rather sue its student newspaper than release documents about a professor accused of sexual assault. [Buzzfeed]

    * Early retirement is probably not happening for law firm partners. [Law and More]

    * The Title VII loopholes restaurants use to only hire pretty servers. [Jezebel]

    * Scott Brown is denying Andrea Tantaros’ allegations that he sexually harassed her at Fox News. [Slate]

    * Is law school worth the money? 1 percent of attorneys have high paying careers — you be the judge. [Investopedia]

    * Analogizing law school to setting a track and field world record. [Tax Prof Blog]

  • Non-Sequiturs: 08.23.16
    Non-Sequiturs

    Non-Sequiturs: 08.23.16

    * When a case about giant inflatable cats and rats comes before Judge Easterbrook, he rises to the occasion. [FindLaw]

    * Lesson from the Lochte incident. [Huffington Post]

    * Analyzing the cert petitions filed with the Court this summer. [Empirical SCOTUS]

    * Expanding corporate speech to deny climate change. [Law360 (sub. req.)]

    * The role of expert testimony in the talcum powder case. [The Expert Institute]

    * Get your tickets for this Friday’s reading of two legally themed TV pilots. [The Tank]

  • Non-Sequiturs: 08.22.16
    Non-Sequiturs

    Non-Sequiturs: 08.22.16

    * Sonia Sotomayor is proving she is a different kind of Supreme Court justice. [Guile is Good]

    * Nick Denton gets a nice payday in exchange for a non-compete clause. [Wall Street Journal]

    * Federal judge rules Ferguson School District violated the Voting Rights Act. [Huffington Post]

    * Democrats are screwing up Obamacare — does this open the door to the single-payer option? [Slate]

    * Even Mike Pence can’t keep a straight face when confronted with Trump’s “ideas.” [Salon]

    * The battle over #sponsored posts continues. [Speechwriter-Ghostwriter]

    * No maternity leave? No problem. Just learn the basics of an office birth. [Funny or Die]

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  • Non-Sequiturs: 08.05.16
    Non-Sequiturs

    Non-Sequiturs: 08.05.16

    * Josh Duggar’s problems continue: he is being sued by the guy whose pic he used in his Ashley Madison profile. [Jezebel]

    * Republican statehouses have been doing what they can to make Chief Justice John Roberts look dumb. [Lawyers, Guns and Money]

    * Zika might be changing American opinions on abortion. [Slate]

    * Olympic scandal! Moroccan Olympic boxer arrested for sexual assault. [Huffington Post]

    * NRA v. Police: Why open carry laws make policing difficult. [Salon]

  • Non-Sequiturs: 08.04.16
    Non-Sequiturs

    Non-Sequiturs: 08.04.16

    * Jason Greenblatt, an NYU Law grad, is Donald Trump’s chief Israel advisor; so what if he is a real estate lawyer and has no foreign policy experience? Trump has no political experience, and now he’s the GOP standard bearer. [Politico]

    * The Paul, Weiss investigation into Roger Ailes has allegedly grown in scope. [Law and More]

    * Apparently you can be suspended from legal practice for sexting — well, if the sexts are unwanted and sent to a client. [Legal Profession Blog]

    * A look at the Supreme Court’s historic disregard for black lives. [Huffington Post]

    * An eight-member Court is really putting a crimp in SCOTUS’s style. [Empirical SCOTUS]

  • Non-Sequiturs: 08.03.16
    Non-Sequiturs

    Non-Sequiturs: 08.03.16

    * What, exactly, did it take for Donald Trump to evade avoid the draft? [PrawfsBlawg]

    * The Supreme Court just temporarily blocked a court order allowing a transgender teen to use the bathroom according to their identity. [CNN]

    * Just in time for your $180K scale… Eric Schneiderman loses a talking point, and New Yorkers can all go back to making a killing at DraftKings. [Associated Press]

    * FBI arrests DC law enforcement officer for helping ISIS. If he was as good a terrorist as DC is at policing, then maybe we should have left him out there. [ABC News]

    * The battle over tougher bar passage standards rages on. [WSJ Law Blog]

    * And the Tim Kaine love letter about law school. [ABA Journal]

    * A good website really is key to a thriving, modern law practice. [Reboot Your Law Practice]

    * The ten-year anniversary of the tragic murder of Robert Wone. [Who Killed Robert Wone?]

  • Non-Sequiturs: 08.02.16
    Non-Sequiturs

    Non-Sequiturs: 08.02.16

    * Remember that Donald Trump tell-all from a former lawyer? Does the piece violate rules against the disclosure of privileged information? [New York Personal Injury Blog]

    * Judge Jed Rakoff slams consumer consent to arbitration agreements as a “legal fiction.” [Law360 (sub. req.)]

    * According to a HUD report, a New Orleans judge is running a home for the elderly and disabled with “dangerous health and safety risks.” [NOLA.com]

    * Advice on prepping for an oral argument. [Lawyerist]

    * Canadian Supreme Court justices are going to be chosen in an all new way. [The Star]

    * Field-administered drug tests are not as reliable as the criminal justice system would like you to believe. [Guile is Good]

    * Stuff lawyers say.

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  • Non-Sequiturs: 08.01.16
    Non-Sequiturs

    Non-Sequiturs: 08.01.16

    *  An in-depth look at the 2016 cert petitions that have been granted, and those still pending. [Empirical SCOTUS]

    * Ballerina Misty Copeland got married to a lawyer, Olu Evans. [People]

    * Remember how awful forced arbitration clauses have gotten? The Center for Justice & Democracy at New York Law School is doing something about it in the financial services sector. [Center JD]

    * Hope you aren’t expecting any good news related to attorneys and addiction issues, because there isn’t much. [Forbes]

    * How is the practice of law evolving? [Prism Legal]

    * One of Donald Trump’s former attorneys really doesn’t think you should vote for him. [Huffington Post]

    * Nick Denton filed for personal bankruptcy. [Law and More]

  • Non-Sequiturs: 07.29.16
    Non-Sequiturs

    Non-Sequiturs: 07.29.16

    * You know who no one talked about at that convention? Merrick Garland. Here’s a theory as to why… [Lawyers, Guns & Money]

    * Steven Avery is not pleased with Dean Strang and Jerry Buting and he’s got a handwritten screed about it. [USA Today]

    * Law professor has bats in her belfry. [Tax Prof Blog]

    * Jury nullification in the murder of Bruce Banner. [The Legal Geeks]

    * Professor Orly Lobel on the prisoner’s dilemma of reporting sexual harassment. [Fortune]

    * This is how easily a Supreme Court vacancy is handled in a civilized country. [Legal Cheek]

    * French court says Lockout was plagiarized from Escape From New York. I thought it was a little suspicious that Lockout followed the adventures of Lizard Flissken. [io9]

    * What is the proper choice of law for space crimes? Um, pretty sure it’s Judge Dredd, but you write up your little piece anyway. [Seeker]

    * Becoming addicted to Biglaw power. [Law and More]

  • Non-Sequiturs: 07.28.16
    Non-Sequiturs

    Non-Sequiturs: 07.28.16

    * Using legal technology to help low-income Americans get legal services. [Law360]

    * A legal analysis of the Donald Trump’s possible relationship with Russia that has sparked a lot of debate recently. [Lawfare]

    * Miss South Dakota, a knife and fee sharing — this attorney suspension has everything but the kitchen sink. [Legal Profession Blog]

    * The factors that undermine the reliability of drug field testing. [Katz Justice]

    * New networking opportunity? [Law and More]