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  • Non-Sequiturs: 04.26.16
    Non-Sequiturs

    Non-Sequiturs: 04.26.16

    * Is this judge dangerous or just doing her job — or worse, both? [Guile is Good]

    * So, you find yourself “in between” legal jobs at the moment. What do you do with the time? [Reboot Your Law Practice]

    * This University of Chicago Law student is just trying to make his nut, and he’s developed a card game called “The Golfing Dead.” A standard card game put through the “apocalyptic ringer.” Even his law professor is on board with the fun game… it may not be important or amazing, but it is entertaining. [Kickstarter]

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    * This Anthony Weiner documentary looks like it is going to be everything you didn’t even know you always wanted from a political documentary. [Gawker]

    * Despite blood testing company Theranos’s recent onslaught of issues, including SEC and U.S. Attorney’s Office investigation, David Boies reports the board is standing behind CEO and founder Elizabeth Holmes. [Vanity Fair]

    * When a decrease in the number of prisoners in a state is the cause of a budget crisis, you know things are jacked up. [Lawyers, Guns and Money]

    * Deutsche Bank is pushing back against rising legal costs. Is this the new normal that law firms have to deal with? [Law and More]

    * New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s lawsuit against Trump University is going forward. [Law Newz]

  • Morning Docket: 02.25.16
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 02.25.16

    * Democrats held a press conference demanding that Republicans do their job when it comes to filling Justice Scalia’s seat on the Supreme Court. My guess is a petition isn’t going to change anyone in the GOP’s mind on this one. [National Law Journal]

    * District Judge John Gleeson is stepping down from his position next month. He’ll be returning to private practice at… Debevoise & Plimpton LLP. [Wall Street Journal]

    * Virginia is considering legislation that would actually hid the names of all police officers. Less transparency for law enforcement? That is pretty much the exact opposite of what is needed. [Washington Post]

    * You know how the NFL has been in the news a bunch for a variety of legal issues? The newly for-profit organization is releasing their tax filings, and their legal expenses are detailed. Ouch. [American Lawyer]

    * Looks like attorneys formerly of Dickstein Shapiro are making themselves right at home at Blank Rome if their latest win for client Oshkosh Defense LLC is any indication. [Litigation Daily]

    * Take a look at the details of the sexual assault lawsuit from the 90s against Donald Trump. [Law Newz]

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    Morning Docket: 12.16.13

    * “She changed how the world looked at us: from scrappy lawyers to a force to be reckoned with.” As the very first female name partner of an Am Law 100 firm, the Biglaw world is Kathleen Sullivan’s oyster. Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan thanks you kindly. [American Lawyer]

    * “You hate to lose a great lawyer, but if you’re going to this is the way to do it.” Akin Gump might have recently lost partner Patricia Ann Millett to the D.C. Circuit, but her replacement, Pratik Shah, is working hard to fill her impressive shoes peep-toes. [National Law Journal]

    * Alan Dershowitz will be stepping down from his position at Harvard Law School at the end of the week. Perhaps he’ll be able to find some time to join O.J. Simpson in the hunt for the real killers. [Boston Globe]

    * Stephen McDaniel, the law grad accused of dismembering classmate Lauren Giddings, is back in the news. His alleged condom-stealing burglary capers are inadmissible at his murder trial. [Macon Telegraph]

    * As if TLC’s critically acclaimed “Sister Wives” couldn’t get any better, a judge declared parts of Utah’s polygamy statute unconstitutional. Just imagine the ratings gold because of this ruling. [Salt Lake Tribune]

    * It appears crack isn’t so wack after all, because Toronto’s crack-smoking mayor has a bevy of supporters who have stepped up to pay all of his legal bills. Waste your bonus money by donating here. [CBC News]