Animals
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 11.15.22
* Want to get a JD and really care about koalas? This school has you covered. [Washingtonian]
* Things get real legally when you know it is a drought. [SLTrib]
* The “It’s my money and I need it now!” energy is strong with this one. [WSJ]
* Sometimes your adversaries are attendees. Tough luck. [Bloomberg]
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Government
The Costs Of Communication Rise For Aurora City Residents After This New Law
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Government
When It Comes To Housing, Big Cats Aren’t A Force Majeure
Don’t the rich know that NIMBY by proxy isn’t the cat’s meow?
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Animal Law
Sure Impeachment Is Serious, But Look At This Lawyer Cat!
Is there a limit on how many cat puns we can have purr episode? -
Animal Law
Cat Lawyer Is Real And He Is Everything Right Now
Your feel good story of the day, courtesy of the lawyer cat. -
Small Law Firms
Total Bull... Lawyer Keeps Buying Steer For Publicity And Then Not Paying, Says Lawsuit
How does someone let this happen twice? -
Small Law Firms
Florida Man Lawyer Kicks Raccoon Off His Boat Into The Sea Because Florida
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Animal Law
Predicting The Next Trend: Support Animals For Lawyers
Weighing in on emotional support animals. -
Crime
Lawyer Gets 2 Years In Jail For Killing Dog
The judge said it “showed almost incomprehensible violence and malice.” -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 10.30.15
* Even Jordan Weissmann of Slate, who is relatively pro-law school, accepts that there are some people who shouldn’t bother going. [Slate]
* Yet another prosecutor with a temper: sorry he whipped out a gun at the office, but “Assistant Prosecutor Chris White is really [really, really] afraid of spiders.” [Charleston Gazette-Mail]
* Moot Court: the movie! Unleash your inner gunner and check out this documentary next month. [DOC NYC]
* Roadkill: it’s what’s for dinner (and apparently there’s no law or regulation against this). [Grub Street / New York Magazine]
* Professor Michael Koehler on “The Uncomfortable Truths and Double Standards of Bribery Enforcement” (beyond the FCPA). [FCPA Professor]
* Nationwide Layoff Watch: sports bloggers. Grantland, RIP. [Bloomberg]
* ICYMI, here’s your chance to be a D.C. judge (Superior Court, not D.D.C. or D.C. Cir.). [D.C. Judicial Nomination Commission]
* Elsewhere in interesting employment opportunities, Practical Law / Thomson Reuters is looking for an experienced IP lawyer to join its Intellectual Property & Technology Service. [Glassdoor]
* We wish all our readers a happy (and safe) Halloween — and remind you to submit legally themed costumes in our annual competition. [Above the Law]
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Politics, Quote of the Day, Weirdness
Goat-Sacrificing Lawyer Making Headlines Again
Longtime readers were not surprised by the recent controversy surrounding a Florida lawyer. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 09.17.15
* Another GOP debate is over (did you get drunk?), and you know what was conspicuously absent? Talk about Wall Street. [Dealbreaker]
* Is it even possible to balance motherhood and a career in the law? Anyway you slice it, seems like a raw deal to me. [The Atlantic]
* There isn’t much quality bestiality coverage anymore. Good thing there is this case of a farmer and his pig from 1642 we can talk about to fill that gap. [Slate]
* Can you believe “The Roberts Court” has been a thing for 10 years? Here’s a retrospective. [Constitutional Accountability Center]
* The dislike button is coming to Facebook… and might put lawyers out of business. [Law and More]
* Elie went to a fashion show, and it was everything. [Fashionista]
* Carey Gabay, a lawyer in the Cuomo administration, passed away yesterday from a gun shot wound suffered before the West Indian American Day Parade last week. [New York Times]
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White-Collar Crime
Prison For The Lion Killer! Prison For Everyone!
Why is the answer to everything always prison? -
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Animal Law, Crime, Dubious Defenses, Jury Duty, Oral Sex / Blow Jobs, Trials, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Cow Rejects Man’s Sexual Advances. What Happens Next... Is the Jury Laughs At Him.
Jury reveling in the hilarious testimony in an attempted bestiality case. -
Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Bonuses, Money, Pets, Real Estate, Shopping, Shopping For Others
10 Things You Can Buy With Your Associate Bonuses
How should you spend your bonus? Here are 10 really prudent ideas. -
Animal Law, Divorce Train Wrecks, Quote of the Day, State Judges
Cut the dog in half! That way each of you can have part of him.
This is what happens when you don't have babies. -
Animal Law, Quote of the Day, Trials, Videos, YouTube
But Will This Goat Have To Enter Witness Protection?
A surprise witness shows up for a man's bestiality trial. -