Halloween
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Justice, Law Schools, Minority Issues, Racism
It's After Halloween, So OF COURSE We Have To Talk About Law Professors Wearing Blackface
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Contests, Holidays and Seasons
ATL’s 7th Annual Legally Themed Halloween Costume Contest
Have you got what it takes to top the winners of years past?
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Biglaw
Biglaw Gets In On The Funnies This Halloween
Pumpkin decorating contest is met with hilarious results. -
Education / Schools, Holidays and Seasons, Justice
New Haven School Bans Clowns... For Halloween... Because They're Too Terrifying?
This is the dumbest possible way of dealing with a threat. -
Contests
ATL’s Legally Themed Halloween Costume Contest: The Winner (2015)
Who was the lucky winner of this year's competition? -
Holidays and Seasons, Law Schools
NYU Law's Offensive Halloween Party
It seems some students at NYU Law are mad about the decorations at the annual Fall Ball. -
Contests
ATL’s Legally Themed Halloween Costume Contest: The Finalists (2015)
We’ve got eight awesome finalists for you to choose from, and voting starts today. Who will be the winner of this year’s competition? - Sponsored
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Guns / Firearms, Holidays and Seasons
Real Gun Nut Attacks Fake Spiders
Halloween. Guns. And Spiders. -
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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Contests, Holidays and Seasons
ATL’s 6th Annual Legally Themed Halloween Costume Contest
Have you got what it takes to top the winners of years past? Send us pictures of your costumes! -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 10.28.15
* In September, Fox News anchor Harris Faulkner sued Hasbro over a toy hamster named Harris Faulker, claiming it violated her likeness rights. Hasbro has moved to dismiss the suit by providing a judge with side-by-side photos and a snark-filled filing. [THR, Esq. / Hollywood Reporter]
* Per Gawker’s GC Heather Dietrick, it’s “more likely than not” that the media empire will lose in Hulk Hogan’s case over the release of his sex tape. She doesn’t think it’s likely, however, that the wrestler will get the $100 million in damages he’s seeking. [POLITICO]
* It’s time for a ride at the regulatory rodeo, because for the first time in more than 20 years, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued a new operating license for a nuclear power plant. Say hello to Watts Bar Unit 2 in Spring City, Tennessee. [The Verge]
* We mentioned previously that when Apple refused to unlock a defendant’s iPhone for the DOJ, a federal judge wasn’t sure if he had the legal authority to order Apple to do so. As it turns out, Apple’s EULA gives the government the perfect loophole. [Simple Justice]
* In case you missed it last week (we did), LegalZoom has settled its $10.5 million antitrust lawsuit against the North Carolina State Bar. The online legal documentation company will now vet all of its documents with lawyers from North Carolina. [ABA Journal]
* Breaking Media Editor at Large Elie Mystal appeared on The Docket to defend sex offenders’ civil rights on Halloween. His Darth Vader costume is worth seeing. [MSNBC]
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Contests, Holidays and Seasons
Above The Law’s 6th Annual Legally Themed Halloween Costume Contest
Have you got what it takes to top the winners of years past?
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Holidays and Seasons, Sex
Halloween Violates Sex Offender Rights
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 08.27.15
* Folks may argue over whether the Iran deal is a good idea, but one “citizen-lawyer” has taken to court to prove it is unconstitutional… but does that argument hold any weight? [Constitution Center]
* An Arkansas law firm is offering to represent Anna Duggar — pro bono — should she ever decide to divorce her husband, Josh Duggar, after his very public cheating scandal. Which is good, since you know Jim Bob is never going to let Anna see any of that rapidly vanishing TV money. [THV11]
* What are the 5 best Halloween costumes for law students/lawyers? The real key to nailing number 5 is the bangs. [Law and More]
* At last, some cold hard evidence that the nation’s fever dream — the one where Donald Trump is the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination — might be ending. [New York Times]
* How do you deal when you’re assigned to work with a real prick who always has to be right? [Attorney at Work]
* You guys, the intellectual property regime in this country is definitely broken, but at least it isn’t so bad that a man can copyright a chicken sandwich. [Washington Post]
* In unsurprising news, George Zimmerman had some pretty disgusting things to say about the deaths of Alison Parker and Adam Ward. [Salon]
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Contests, Holidays and Seasons, Pictures
ATL’s Legally Themed Halloween Costume Contest: The Winner
Who was the lucky winner of this year's competition? -
Contests, Holidays and Seasons, Pictures, Reader Polls, Ruth Bader Ginsburg
ATL’s Legally Themed Halloween Costume Contest: The Finalists (2014)
It's time to vote for your favorite law-related Halloween costume. Tell all your friends! -
2nd Circuit, Books, Holidays and Seasons, Murder, Non-Sequiturs, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Wall Street
Non-Sequiturs: 10.31.14
* Thanks to Wonkette for pointing out that we were on this whole Ruth Baby Ginsburg thing last year. [Wonkette] * Speaking of our legally themed Halloween costume contest, please send us your nominations. [Above the Law] * Salacious allegations about a high-flying investment banker invite comparisons to The Wolf of Wall Street. [Dealbreaker] * The Second Circuit puts a stop to a legal challenge to the stop-and-frisk settlement. [How Appealing] * You’d expect a former lawmaker to have a better understanding of… the law. [Lexington Herald-Leader] * The Wall Street Journal reviews Paul Barrett’s new book (affiliate link) about the never-ending Chevron/Ecuador litigation. [Wall Street Journal] * Speaking of the Chevron/Ecuador matter, here’s more about the Canadian Bar Association’s controversial involvement, which Canada columnist Steve Dykstra covered earlier. [rabble.ca] * Some thoughts from Jonathan Mermin on something lawyers see every day: bad arguments. [Green Bag] * Here’s a great new resource for our fellow aficionados of appellate arguments. [Free Law Project] -
Holidays and Seasons
6 Horror Movie Villains Who Do Not Belong In Jail
Even ghouls and ghosts are innocent until proven guilty. -
Holidays and Seasons, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Minority Issues, Racism
Law School Asks That Students Not Be Racist Idiots This Halloween
Law students can get carried away with racially insensitive costumes.