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  • 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: 09.29.16
    Non-Sequiturs

    Non-Sequiturs: 09.29.16

    * The scary part is I am not even surprised by the allegations in the latest Trump lawsuit. [Los Angeles Times]

    * An intimate look at Marilyn Mosby and the aftermath of the Freddie Gray case. [New York Times]

    * President Obama is bringing sick days to more Americans. [Slate]

    * Unequal treatment of women in law firms can start at the interview. [Medium]

    * NYC settles over the death of an inmate at Rikers Island. [Huffington Post]

    * In criminal cases, you’ve got to be in it to win it. [Katz Justice]

  • Non-Sequiturs: 09.22.16
    Non-Sequiturs

    Non-Sequiturs: 09.22.16

    * A look at the Supreme Court’s IP docket for next Term. [The Fashion Law]

    * The Los Angeles Rams just lost a lawsuit to its personal seat license holders back in St. Louis. [Deadspin]

    * Judges in North Carolina can still refuse to perform same-sex weddings. And, it may not change any time soon. [The Atlantic]

    * Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow (affiliate link), is taking a break from Ohio State’s Moritz College of Law to serve as a visiting professor at the Union Theological Seminary. [Union Theological Seminary]

    * The uneven resources in local criminal prosecutions. [Katz Justice]

    * Tiffany & Co. aggressively defends its trademarks. [Androvett Blog]

  • Morning Docket: 07.19.16
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 07.19.16

    * It’s been exactly two years since FSU Law Professor Dan Markel was killed in an alleged murder-for-hire plot. He was locked in child-custody litigation with his ex-wife, Wendi Adelson, until the time of his death, and it is that litigation that is the suspected motive for his violent slaying. The Adelsons’ attorney suggests instead that perhaps some FSU students “had it in for [their] law professor.” [Sun Sentinel]

    * In an effort to ensure criminal defendants receive competent representation, Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) has introduced the Clarence Gideon Full Access to Justice Act, which would create the Defender Office for Supreme Court Advocacy. Per Justice Elena Kagan, a program like this would be an “enormous help to the system.” [Big Law Business]

    * Husch Blackwell and Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek have officially completed their merger, and the combined firm, which will continue to be known as Husch Blackwell, has more than 700 lawyers. Now that the books are closed on the merger, maybe the firm will have time bring its associate salaries to market — or not. [Journal Sentinel]

    * The recent outcome of the Microsoft data privacy case is a great example of what can happen when the law can no longer keep up with technology. Perhaps Congress will be inspired to update these old laws related to digital information that were first created when email was still considered a nascent technology. [DealBook / New York Times]

    * Is getting a law degree still lucrative? Probably not, but despite the lawyer glut and fewer job opportunities for law school grads, there still exists a need for legal representation among the poor and working class. You may not be able to make a lot of money this way, but you may be able to help close the justice gap. [Clarion Ledger]

  • Non-Sequiturs: 06.03.16
    Non-Sequiturs

    Non-Sequiturs: 06.03.16

    * On the importance of having your criminal clients dressed for court, not for jail. [Katz Justice]

    * An eight-justice Supreme Court has inspired some fanfic! No, there aren’t any group sex scenes, it isn’t that kind of fanfic. [Medium]

    * A group of law professors have now joined Massholes in supporting Tom Brady’s Hail Mary for a Second Circuit rehearing. [Profootball Talk]

    * We need to protect the free speech rights of teachers too. [Bloomberg View]

    * A Trump presidency will threaten the rule of law, at least according to a bunch of libertarian legal scholars. [New York Times]

    * Florida banned Medicaid patients from using Planned Parenthood, and now PP is fighting back in court. [Slate]

    * There seems to be more legal bad news for Uber. [Law and More]

    * Ammon and Ryan Bundy still don’t think the rules apply to them, even when they are in jail. [Huffington Post]