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Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 08.06.15

* A reminder to stay safe when you watch the GOP debates tonight -- drinking games can seriously jeopardize your health. [Raw Story] * The Washington NFL team has filed a notice of appeal to the Fourth Circuit over their canceled trademark registrations as they move their failure off the field and into the courts. [Bloomberg BNA] * Penn State unveils a new logo. Critics call it a "hypnotized dog looking at cupcakes," but it actually looks more like the vacant stare of someone who has seen something but refuses to tell authorities about it. [TaxProf Blog] * How to take good notes. Apparently, "actually take notes" is the first step. Good to know. [Survive Law] * Congrats to occasional Legal Cheek blogger Amy Woolfson on her Harvard Law scholarship. Welcome to our side of the pond. [Legal Cheek] * Dumb people can get ripped off on Craigslist. And not just when you take a "JD required" job as a catsitter. [Lowering the Bar] * Understand the tax implications of your student loan forgiveness program. [Lawyerist]

By Joe Patrice
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 07.24.15

* Cocaine-swiping judge out on work release. [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette] * Autozone settles $185 million suit over firing a pregnant worker. [Jezebel] * Once Donald Trump shuts up about illegal immigrants, maybe the adults in the room can start talking about the horrific conditions facing legal migrants, specifically those with H-2 visas. [BuzzFeed News] * It sounds like this guy deserved more than a 30-month license suspension. [Legal Profession Blog] * Things you can't tell your employees: that they look "quite f**kable." [Legal Cheek] * A new report focuses on disabilities in the legal profession. [BWB Solutions] * If you write off "trigger warnings" as an assault on academic freedom, you might be missing the point. [TaxProf Blog] * More on why a ban on T-14 hires is stupid. [Break Into Biglaw] * Kaye Scholer's Michael Solow discusses his experiences with the real-life Professor Kingsfield. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg BNA] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmtJ3bC0INo

By Joe Patrice
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 05.13.15

* The New Jersey legislature is considering a law decriminalizing slingshots. Finally, New Jersey's leaders looked at a map and realized the word "Philadelphia" looks suspiciously like "Philistines." [NJ.com] * The case for drone-based graffiti. People have complained of drones invading the privacy of innocents for a while now and nothing's happened. Now that drones can deface corporate property, what do you bet regulation comes fast and furious. [The Legal Artist] * Over a quarter of Harvard Law grads don't practice law. [Tax Prof Blog] * Sentencing reform may be coming, but that's not going to keep private prison companies from raking in the cash. [Sentencing Law and Policy] * Professor Campos on the role of government subsidies on the rising cost of higher education. [Lawyers, Guns & Money] * As a follow-up, here are even more tips for 0Ls researching law schools. [Law and More] * A legal analysis of Avengers: Age of Ultron. Apparently creating a genocidal death machine is not frowned upon as much in the Marvel Universe as it might be here. [Law and the Multiverse]

By Joe Patrice
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 05.13.15

* According to a recent survey conducted by Altman Weil, Biglaw managing partners and chairs say that overcapacity and a lack of work for their partners is putting a dent in their overall profitability. Please don't take the easy way out here -- the weather is way too nice for layoffs. [Am Law Daily] * Beverly Cochran, the wife of Judge Edward Najam of the Indiana Court of Appeals, was charged with obstruction and false reporting after allegedly carving "die judge" on their front door in the hope that her son-in-law would be arrested. [WBIW via ABA Journal] * When Harvard Law alums say their business education "was a joke," you know you've got a problem. Law schools are finally coming around to the fact that their graduates don't have a clue about business, and some of them are trying to fix that. [Bloomberg Business] * Nicole Eramo, UVA's associate dean of students, has filed a $7.5 million defamation suit against Rolling Stone for tarring and feathering her in the magazine's now discredited campus rape story. She's also upset this "unflattering" photo was published. [CNNMoney] * Say aloha to admission to the University of Hawaii School of Law without an LSAT score. We figure that a few more schools will decide to try this program out since the ABA recently indicated its regrets about introducing the initiative in the first place. [KHON2]

By Staci Zaretsky