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Non-Sequiturs: 07.08.15

* Time Warner Cable owes $229,500 for incessantly calling a woman after she demanded that they stop. Hm. Maybe this isn't the right time to launch my new "Happy Dude" scam. [Reuters] * Tom Selleck in hot water for allegedly stealing truckloads of H2O in the midst of California's drought. Claims he's just the caretaker and the authorities really need to check out Robin Masters. [LA Times] * In the wake of Judge Kopf's comments on Sen. Ted Cruz, Professor Kerr has found actual precedent involving Second Circuit Judge Guido Calabresi discussing George W. Bush. [The Volokh Conspiracy / Washington Post] * Law firm tax practice rankings are here! [TaxProf Blog] * Is your website optimized to sell your firm? [Law and More] * Have you ever invoked Rule 27 of the FRCP? Do you even know what it says? [What About Clients?] * Studying for the bar exam in GIF form. [Thought Catalog] * In case you missed our recent Weed Law symposium, you can now listen to the entire presentation here. [Legal Talk Network]

By Joe Patrice
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 06.23.15

* Government argues that lasers are "insidious instruments normally used for criminal purposes," which is... not true outside of Bond movies. [Lowering the Bar] * Local judge sues neighbors after "brutal donkey attack." I guess you'd call this legal jackassery. [Seattle Times] * Eagles coach Chip Kelly slapped with $80,000 in back rent. His landlord claims he moved out too quickly because apparently she has never seen Chip Kelly in action. [The Legal Intelligencer] * Lost in Justice Kennedy's comments on solitary confinement, Davis v. Ayala raised some important issues about jury selection. [Lawyers, Guns & Money] * Interesting post on lynching and legal realism. [The Faculty Lounge] * Saint Thomas More on blogging. [PrawfsBlawg] * RMJ, the lawyer who revolutionized attorney advertising by taking In re RMJ all the way to the Supreme Court, has died. [Missouri Lawyers Weekly]

By Joe Patrice
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 06.12.15

* If you're having girl problems, he feels bad for you son, he's got 99 problems, but an aggravated pimping charge ain't one. Ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was acquitted on his latest sex scandal charges by a French court. [Bloomberg Business] * “Justice may be blind, but she still sees it our way 88.4% of the time.” Humblebrag? Quinn Emanuel may kick ass at winning trials, but its percentage of "wins" advertised on airport signage has gone down by 3.9% since 2008. [WSJ Law Blog] * Which Biglaw firms had the greatest percent changes in headcount in the first half of 2015? With a 29.2 percent drop, McKenna Long & Aldridge is leaking lawyers like a sieve. Irella is in second place, with attorney headcount down by 22.8 percent. [Am Law Daily] * Say hello to the National Cannabis Bar Association, an organization that'll help you get some higher education as you navigate through the haze of marijuana laws. If you want to learn more, then come to our marijuana law event next week in Denver. [ABA Journal] * If you'd like to strengthen your law school application, then you may want to consider getting to know some current professors and alumni from the school of your choice. That way, you can suck up while you're sucking up. [Law Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News]

By Staci Zaretsky
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs 05.12.15

* Could there be a new lead, 10 years later, in the Natalee Holloway case? Or maybe just some overly sensationalized news coverage marking 10 years since Holloway went missing? [Inside Edition] * Despite Brooklyn DA Ken Thompson's decision not to prosecute Willie Groomes for the March fatal shooting in the Borough Hall subway station, stating they couldn't prove "homicide beyond a reasonable doubt.” Andy Cush makes a compelling case, with graphics and photos, that Groomes was pursuing, with his gun drawn, the unarmed victim at the time of the shooting. [Gawker] * Lawyers who make less money are happier. Of freaking course, just another reason why "having it all" is nothing but a cruel joke. [New York Times] * From T-14 law schools to... comedy? The career change for twin brothers that will feed the dream of disillusioned law students everywhere. [Village Voice] * This is how public interest lawyers are made: University of Wisconsin School of Law students create video for the public on the law of police-related killings. [Channel 3000] * Who doesn't love some awkward lawyers shilling their wares for our consumption? Check out this round-up of attorney commercials. [Esplin Weight] * Natalie Portman just loves her some legal luminaries. The Hollywood Reporter has her take on Alan Dershowitz [The Hollywood Reporter]

By Kathryn Rubino